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La mamma morta
from Act III of the Italian opera, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Luigi Illica
- Role : Maddalena di Coigny, the daughter of the Contessa di Coigny
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : lyric soprano
- Setting : The Revolutionary Tribunal.
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Maddalena tells Gérard about the death of her mother in the flames of her home that was burned by a mob. She tells of Bersi selling herself on the streets to provide for her. During her misery, love came to her and gave her the kiss of death. She finishes by telling Gérard to take her body for Chénier's life.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Carlos Bardera.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #511-0. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
- Researched by Stephen Parker
Son la vecchia Madelon
from Act III of the Italian opera, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Luigi Illica
- Role : Madelon, an old woman who is blind
- Voice Part : mezzo-soprano
- Setting : The Revolutionary Tribunal
- Range : C#/Db4 to G5. Tessitura : D#/Eb4 to D5
- Synopsis : Madelon, an older blind woman, has come to give the last possession she has to the cause of the revolution. Her grandson, whose father died in the taking of the Bastillé, can fight and die! She bids Gérard to take him for the cause.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto originally entered by Sally Mouzon.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #511-0. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
- Researched by Stephen Parker
Un dì, all'azzurro spazio
from Act I of the Italian opera, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Luigi Illica
Credi al destino?
from Act II of the Italian opera, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Luigi Illica
Sì fui soldato
from Act III of the Italian opera, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Luigi Illica
Come un bel dì di maggio
from Act IV of the Italian opera, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Luigi Illica
Compiacente a' colloqui del cicisbeo . . . Son sessant'anni
from Act I of the Italian opera, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Luigi Illica
- Role : Charles Gérard, a servant
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone
- Setting : The Ballroom in the Coigny's château.
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Gérard, along with his fellow servants, have been setting up for a party. Observing his father, an older crippled man struggling with cumbersome furniture, Gérard decries the class system that keeps them in virtual slavery. He denounces the guilded house and hypocratic aristocrats that condemn him to the life he is living.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto originally entered by Giovanni Christen from OperaGlass.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #511-0. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
- Researched by Stephen Parker
Nemico della Patria
from Act III of the Italian opera, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Luigi Illica
- Role : Charles Gérard, a servant
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone
- Setting : The Revolutionary Tribunal.
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Chénier has been arrested and Gérard asks Incredibile if Maddalena has surfaced. Incredibile responds no, but with Chénier in prison it will not be long now. Gérard prepares to write the indictment against Chénier as an, "Enemy of his country." He begins, but stops as he realizes his discontent with the Revolution and all that it is.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Jonathan H. Ward.
- 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 : #2598, for score : #511-0. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
- Researched by Stephen Parker
O grandi occhi
from Act I of the Italian opera, Fedora by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Princess Fedora Romanov, a rich widow
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : spinto
- Setting : the house of Count Andreyevich, St. Petersburg, Russia, late 19th century
- Range : E4 to A6. Tessitura : E4 to G5
- Synopsis : Fedora and Count Andreyevich are engaged to be married. She enters her fiance's house and asks where he is. As she waits for him to return, she looks at a photograph of him and kisses it, singing 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 vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Son gente risoluta
from Act I of the Italian opera, Fedora by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
Amor ti vieta
from Act II of the Italian opera, Fedora by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Count Loris Ipanov,
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : a party at Fedora's house, Paris, France, late 19th century
- Range : A4 to A5. Tessitura : B4 to G4
- Synopsis : Fedora has found out that Count Loris killed her fiance and swears to avenge his death. As the first step in her plan to capture Loris, she goes to Paris and attempts to get him to fall in love with her. Later, they are at a party at Fedora's house and he tells her that he truly loves her.
- Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by Benjamin Michael Sloman.
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation 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 : #2576, for score : #511-0 (Sonzogno). Buy vocal score and aria sheet music online at Sheet Music Plus.
Mia madre
from Act II of the Italian opera, Fedora by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Count Loris Ipanov,
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : a party at Fedora's house, Paris, France, late 19th century
- Range : D3 to G4. Tessitura : A4 to E4
- Synopsis : Fedora has found out that Count Loris killed her fiance and swears to avenge his death. As the first step in her plan to capture Loris, she goes to Paris and attempts to get him to fall in love with her. After he tells her of his love for her, she tries to get him to confess of the murder. Eventually, he does confess but then says that he killed him in revenge. Fedora's fiance had seduced Loris's wife and when he caught the two of them together, Fedora's fiance shot him and Loris had to shoot back in self-defense, unintentionally striking him a mortal wound.
- 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.
Vedi, io piango
from Act II of the Italian opera, Fedora by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Count Loris Ipanov,
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : a party at Fedora's house, Paris, France, late 19th century
- Range : G3 to G#/Ab4. Tessitura : A4 to G4
- Synopsis : Fedora has found out that Count Loris killed her fiance, Vladimir, and swears to avenge his death. As the first step in her plan to capture Loris, she goes to Paris and attempts to get him to fall in love with her. He does and she eventually gets him to confess that he did kill Vladimir but only in self-defense when he caught his wife and Vladimir together and Vladimir shot at him. She feels sorry for what she has done. He continues, saying that someone has been stalking him ever since and it has made him a nervous wreck. He wishes that he could return to Russia.
- 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.
La donna russa (Canzonetta Russa)
from Act II of the Italian opera, Fedora by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
Il Parigino è come il vino (Canzonetta Francese)
from Act II of the Italian opera, Fedora by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
Dio di giustizia
from Act III of the Italian opera, Fedora by Umberto Giordano
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
- Role : Princess Fedora Romanov, a rich widow
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : spinto
- Setting : Fedora's villa in Oberland, Switzerland, late 19th century
- Range : C4 to A6. Tessitura : F4 to F5
- Synopsis : Loris and Fedora have been living blissfully in love. However, their bliss comes to an end when Fedora finds out that Loris's brother was imprisoned for being an accomplice to the murder of Fedora's ex-fiance, who was actually killed in self-defense by Loris. Loris's brother later died in prison when the dungeon was suddenly flooded. Loris's mother then died from the shock of the news. Fedora prays for him, knowing that she caused his brother to be imprisoned when she still thought Loris was a murderer. She hopes that he will be saved from the tragedy she has brought upon his life.
- 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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