Monday, December 17, 2012

Dalla sua pace - Don Giovanni



My peace depends upon her peace;
That which pleases her gives life to me,
That which hurts her gives death to me.
If she sighs, I sigh as well;
Her wrath is mine, her cry is mine;
And I have no good, if she has none.

Luigi Alva as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Aix, 1960.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali – Lucia di Lammermoor



Edgardo
You who unfolded your wings to God
O beautiful, loving soul
Turn yourself back to me, satisfied;
Your faithful one ascends with you.
Ah! If the wrath of mortals
Brings such a cruel war to us,
If we are divided on earth,
May God in heaven join us.

Raimondo
Madman!...

Raimondo, Chorus
Ah! What are you doing?

Edgardo
I want to die, I want to die!

Raimondo, Chorus
Be sensible, be sensible!

Edgardo
No, no no!

Raimondo
What have you done?

Edgardo
I’m coming to you, o beautiful soul…

Raimondo
Wretched man!

Edgardo
Turn yourself back ah! To your faithful one.

Raimondo
Think of heaven!

Edgardo
Ah, if the wrath of mortals
Such a cruel war...
O beautiful soul, may God in heaven join us.
O beautiful, loving soul,
May God in heaven join us.

Chorus
What horror!

Raimondo
O God, forgive him!

Chorus
Oh awful, black fate!
God, pardon this great horror!

Jose Carreras sings the great final aria from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.

Bregenz, 1982.