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Io son l'umile ancella
from Act I of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilèa
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 Cilèa
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
Ecco il monologo
from Act I of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilèa
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 voluttà…O vagabonda stella
from Act II of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilèa
Libretto : Arturo Colautti
L'anima ho stanca
from Act II of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilèa
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 Cilèa
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 Mèncikoff
from Act III of the Italian opera, Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilèa
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.
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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