Sunday, October 16, 2011

Esultate - Otello


Esultate - Otello

Cypriots
He is saved! He is saved!


Inner Voices
Throw out the skiffs!
Hands to the ropes! Stop!


Cypriots
Stronger with the oars! To the shore!

Inner Voices
To the shore! To the shore!

Cypriots
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

Othello
Rejoice! The pride of the Muslim’s
is buried in the sea; the glory is ours and the heavens!
First the army then the hurricane brought victory.

Cypriots
Hooray Othello! Hooray! Hooray!
Hooray!
Victory! Victory! Victory!

Placido Domingo sings 'Esultate' from the first act of Verdi's Otello.
Paris, 1976. Conductor: George Solti.

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