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"When I make my way up there [heaven], I hope they'll forgive me if I bring this along too." - -Richard Strauss, holding the score to Die Liebe der Danae after the final dress rehearsal
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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.
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