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Io son l'umile ancella
from Act I of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Adriana Lecouvreur, the star of the Comédie-Française
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : spinto
- Setting : backstage at the Comédie-Française, Paris, 1730
- Range : C4 to G#/Ab5. Tessitura : F4 to G5
- Synopsis : The Prince de Boullion and the Abbe de Chazeuil meet the company at the Comédie-Française before the show. Although the Prince is the patron of Adriana's main competition as an actress, Duclos, he compliments Adriana. She replies to the compliments by saying that she is only the vessel through which the muses work.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #2568, for score : #511-0 (Sonzogno). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
La dolcissima effigie
from Act I of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
Ecco il monologo
from Act I of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Michonnet, the manager of the Comédie-Française
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone
- Setting : backstage at the Comédie-Française, Paris, 1730
- Range : A#/Bb3 to F#/Gb4. Tessitura : C#/Db3 to D#/Eb4
- Synopsis : As Michonnet watches Adriana perform on stage, he is entranced with her skill and beauty. He is in love with her, although the love is not returned. He declares his joy in watching her perform.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #1252, for score : #511-0 (Sonzogno). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Acerba voluttŕ…O vagabonda stella
from Act II of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
L'anima ho stanca
from Act II of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Maurizio, the Count of Saxony
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : a salon in the house of the actress Duclos, Paris, 1730
- Range : F3 to A5. Tessitura : F#/Gb3 to F#/Gb4
- Synopsis : Maurizio has met with the Princesse de Bouillon for a secret tryst. When she asks him what the violets he has brought are for, he replies that he brought them for her. In truth, however, they were given to Maurizio by Adriana as a show of her love for him.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #511-0 (Sonzogno). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Poveri fiori
from Act IV of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Adriana Lecouvreur, the star of the Comédie-Française
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : spinto
- Setting : a room in Adriana's house, Paris, 1730
- Range : D4 to A6. Tessitura : G4 to G5
- Synopsis : On her birthday, Adriana is sent a package which she believes is from Maurizio. Depressed and suicidal because of Maurizio's betrayal of their love, her mood is made worse when she opens the package and finds that it contains the decrepit remains of the violets that she gave Maurizio some time ago as a sign of their love. She sings to them of her sorrow. Little does she know, however, that the package is from Maurizio's other love, the Princesse de Bouillon, who has soaked the flowers in poison.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #511-0 (Sonzogno). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Il russo Mčncikoff
from Act III of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Maurizio, the Count of Saxony
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : a room arranged as a private theater, the palace of the Prince de Bouillon, Paris, 1730
- Range : F3 to B5. Tessitura : F3 to G4
- Synopsis : At one of the Prince's gatherings, Maurizio is asked about a recent battle that he fought in. He responds by telling of the battle which he won by an amazing feat of bravery.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #511-0 (Sonzogno). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Come due tizzi accesi
from Act I of the Italian opera, L'Arlesiana by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Leopoldo Marenco
- Role : Baldassarre, an old shepherd
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone
- Setting : the farmyard of Rosa Mamai's farm, the end of May, late 1800's, Italy
- Range : A3 to G4. Tessitura : D#/Eb3 to D4
- Synopsis : Baldassarre tells a story to L'Innocente, the mentally impaired son of Rosa Mamai. He describes a little goat that is attacked during the night by a wolf. Throughout the entire night, the goat defends itself but finally as the morning breaks, it succumbs to its injuries.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #0959, for score : #511-0 (Sonzogno). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Era un giorno di festa
from Act I of the Italian opera, L'Arlesiana by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Leopoldo Marenco
- Role : Rosa Mamai, mother of Federico and L'Innocente
- Voice Part : mezzo-soprano Fach : dramatic mezzo
- Setting : the farmyard of Rosa Mamai's farm, the end of May, late 1800's, Italy
- Range : B4 to F#/Gb5. Tessitura : E4 to E5
- Synopsis : Vivetta and Rosa Mamai are talking about Federico and the girl from Arles that captured his heart. Upset because she loves Federico, Vivetta asks Rosa Mamai how Federico and the girl met. She responds, saying that he met her on a feast day and they fell in love at once. Now he no longer pays any attention to his mother.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #511-0 (Sonzogno) Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Vieni con me sui monti
from Act II of the Italian opera, L'Arlesiana by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Leopoldo Marenco
- Role : Baldassarre, an old shepherd
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone
- Setting : on the banks of Vacares pond in the region of Camargue, the end of May, late 1800's, Italy
- Range : D#/Eb3 to F#/Gb4. Tessitura : E3 to D4
- Synopsis : Federico has run away from home after finding out that his beloved girl from Arles has betrayed him with the stable boy. The whole farm is out looking for him and eventually Baldassarre and L'Innocente find him. Baldassarre tries to convince him to come back to the farm and forget about the girl by working with him on the pastures in the high hills.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #511-0 (Sonzogno) Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Lamento di Federico (E' la solita storia)
from Act II of the Italian opera, L'Arlesiana by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Leopoldo Marenco
- Role : Federico, son of Rosa Mamai
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : on the banks of Vacares pond in the region of Camargue, the end of May, late 1800's, Italy
- Range : E3 to A5. Tessitura : G3 to G4
- Synopsis : Federico has run away from home after finding out that his beloved girl from Arles has betrayed him with the stable boy. He is found by Baldassarre and L'Innocente but the former leaves to tend the flocks and the latter falls asleep. As L'Innocente falls asleep, he mentions a line from astory told earlier about a goat. This sets off Federico and he despairs over his lost love.
- Sound file : Sibelius score (requires Sibelius Scorch plug-in), MIDI file and zip format sequenced by David Usher.
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Hagy.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #1668, for score : #511-0 (Sonzogno). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Esser madre č un inferno
from Act III of the Italian opera, L'Arlesiana by Francesco Cilča
Libretto : Leopoldo Marenco
- Role : Rosa Mamai, mother of Federico and L'Innocente
- Voice Part : mezzo-soprano Fach : dramatic mezzo
- Setting : the eve of Federico's and Vivetta's wedding on Rosa Mamai's farm, the end of May, late 1800's, Italy
- Range : D4 to G#/Ab5. Tessitura : F#/Gb4 to F#/Gb5
- Synopsis : After losing his love to the stable hand, Federico consents to marry Vivetta. However, the passion for the girl from Arles still burns inside him and he attacks the stable hand with a sledgehammer. The two are separated but Rosa Mamai decides to offer a prayer to God that she can remain strong throughout the trials that her son has put upon her.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #511-0 (Sonzogno) Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
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