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"Dear Puccini, if this time you have not succeeded in hitting the nail squarely on the head, I will change my profession and sell salami!" - -Giulio Ricordi (Puccini's publisher) after seeing the score for La Bohème
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Un ange, une femme inconnue (Una vergine, un angel di Dio) - Romance
from Act I, scene 1 of the French|Italian opera, La Favorite (La Favorita) by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto : Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz
- Role : Fernand (Ferdinand), a young novice at the monastery of St. James of Compostella
- Voice Part : tenor
- Setting : the monastery of St James of Compostella, Castile, Spain, 1340
- Range : E3 to C#/Db5. Tessitura : A4 to F#/Gb4
- Synopsis : Fernand tells Balthasar, the Father Superior of the monastery, that he would like to renounce his vows because he has fallen in love with a woman. Although he doesn't know anything about her, he does know that she is young and beautiful like an angel and that he cannot get her out of his thoughts.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto in Italian 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 : #0927 (Italian), for opera : #4 (French) or #50489 (Italian). Buy French vocal score and Italian vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Rayons dorés (Dolce zeffiro, il seconda) - Aria with chorus
from Act I, scene 2 of the French|Italian opera, La Favorite (La Favorita) by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto : Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz
Oui, ta voix m'inspire (Si, che un tuo solo accento) - Scene and aria
from Act I, scene 2 of the French|Italian opera, La Favorite (La Favorita) by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto : Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz
- Role : Fernand (Ferdinand), a young novice at the monastery of St. James of Compostella
- Voice Part : tenor
- Setting : the island of St Léon, Castile, Spain, circa 1340
- Range : E3 to A5. Tessitura : A4 to F#/Gb4
- Synopsis : Fernand has met Léonore, whose beauty has caused him to renounce his vows to the monastery and travel to the palace in hopes of meeting his love. Léonore is also taken with Fernand but, unfortunately, she is the mistress of the king and tells him that any relationship between the two of them would end badly. To help him out, though, she has acquired him a commission in the king's army. He exults over this chance, anticipating the impressive deeds that he will accomplish. He hopes that his imminent glory will cause Léonore to change her mind about their relationship.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto in Italian 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 #4 (French) or #50489 (Italian). Buy French vocal score and Italian vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Léonore, viens, j'abandonne (Vien Leonora, a piedi tuoi) - Scene and aria
from Act II of the French|Italian opera, La Favorite (La Favorita) by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto : Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz
O mon Fernand (O mio Fernando)
from Act III of the French|Italian opera, La Favorite (La Favorita) by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto : Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz
- Role : Léonore de Guzman (Leonora di Gusman), the mistress of Alphonse (Alfonso)
- Voice Part : mezzo-soprano
- Setting : a room in the king's palace, Castile, Spain, circa 1340
- Range : B4 to A6. Tessitura : E4 to E5
- Synopsis : Léonore is in love with and loved by Fernand, formerly a novice at a monastery and currently an officer in Spain’s army. Fernand is granted a reward by the king for his valor in battle, and not knowing that she is the king's "favorite", Fernand asks for her hand in marriage, which the king grants. Leonore is willing to sacrifice her own happiness to ensure Fernand's, and determines to let him know the truth.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto in French and Italian entered by Sally Mouzon.
- 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 : #2917 (French) or #1589 (Italian), for opera : #4 (French) or #50489 (Italian). Buy French vocal score and Italian vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Ange si pur (Spirto gentil) - Recitative and romance
from Act IV of the French|Italian opera, La Favorite (La Favorita) by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto : Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz
- Role : Fernand (Ferdinand), a young novice at the monastery of St. James of Compostella
- Voice Part : tenor
- Setting : the monastery of St James of Compostella, Castile, Spain, circa 1340
- Range : G3 to C5. Tessitura : B4 to G4
- Synopsis : Not knowing that Léonore is the "favorite" of King Alphonse, Fernand asks the king for her hand in marriage and receives it because he has led Castile to victory in battle over the Moors. Thinking that his bride is pure, he prepares to marry her. However, before she appears, he finds out that she has been the lover of the King. With his heart broken, he returns to the monastery and mourns for the betrayal of his love and the loss of Léonore.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto in Italian 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 : #1124 (Italian), for opera : #4 (French) or #50489 (Italian). Buy French vocal score and Italian vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
- Some information contributed by Sally Mouzon.
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