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Lo vidi e'l primo palpito - Cavatina
      from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano

• Role : Luisa Miller, a peasant girl
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic coloratura
• Setting : a happy village in the Tyrol, early 17th century
• Range : F#/Gb4 to C6. Tessitura : G4 to B6
• Synopsis : Luisa has a secret romance with a man named Carlo that only her father knows about. She sings to him of how she loved him the first time she saw 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 #50017 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Sacra la scelta è d'un consorte
      from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano

• Role : Miller, Luisa's father and a retired soldier
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : a happy village in the Tyrol, early 17th century
• Range : C#/Db3 to F#/Gb4. Tessitura : F3 to F4
• Synopsis : Wurm, the Count's secretary, has come to Miller to ask for his daugther's hand in marriage. Miller knows that Luisa is in love with Carlo though and tells Wurm that he cannot force her to marry anyone as long as she is in love with Carlo.
• 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 #50017 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Ah fu giusto il mio sospetto - Cabaletta for Sacra la scelta è d'un consorte
      from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano

• Role : Miller, Luisa's father and a retired soldier
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : a happy village in the Tyrol, early 17th century
• Range : D#/Eb3 to G4. Tessitura : D#/Eb3 to F4
• Synopsis : Wurm, Count Walter's secretary, has come to Miller to ask for his daugther's hand in marriage. Miller knows that Luisa is in love with Carlo though and tells Wurm that he cannot force her to marry anyone as long as she is in love with Carlo. Wurm tells him that Carlo is, in fact, Rodolfo, Walter's son and leaves. Shocked, Miller comments on how his own suspicions have come true
• 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 #50017 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Il mio sangue la vita darei - Romanza
      from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano

• Role : Count Walter, father of Rodolfo
• Voice Part : bass   Fach : lyric bass
• Setting : a hall in the castle of Count Walter in the Tyrol, early 17th century
• Range : A#/Bb3 to F4. Tessitura : A#/Bb3 to D4
• Synopsis : Count Walter has found out that his son Rodolfo has fallen in love with a peasant girl (Luisa). This comes at a particularly bad time, as the Count has invited the Duchess of Ostheim to his castle in the hopes that the two will fall in love. He sings that although he has had good luck in all else, the only thing he cares about, his son, is not going the way he wanted to. He wishes his son never guess how far he has gone to make him happy.
• 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 #50017 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Tu puniscimi, O Signore
      from Act II, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano

• Role : Luisa Miller, a peasant girl
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic coloratura
• Setting : a room in Miller's cottage, the Tyrol, early 17th century
• Range : C#/Db4 to B6. Tessitura : E4 to A6
• Synopsis : Luisa's father has been taken off to jail and is threatened with execution, all because Luisa and Rodolfo, the Count's son, are in love. Wurm, the Count's secretary, tells Luisa the only way to save her father is to write a letter saying that she loves Wurm and that she never loved Rodolfo. She writes it and then sings that if she does wrong in writing this letter, she wishes God to punish her instead of Wurm and the Count.
• 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 #50017 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

A brani, a brani, o perfido - Cabaletta for Tu puniscimi, O Signore
      from Act II, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano

• Role : Luisa Miller, a peasant girl
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic coloratura
• Setting : a room in Miller's cottage, the Tyrol, early 17th century
• Range : D4 to A#/Bb6. Tessitura : F4 to A#/Bb6
• Synopsis : After Wurm has made her sign a letter saying that she never loved Rodolfo and loved Wurm himself in order to save her father, Luisa sings furiously against the injustice of Wurm. Afterwards, she thinks of what joy she will have when her father returns.
• 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 #50017 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Quando le sere al placido
      from Act II, Scene 3 of the Italian opera, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano

• Role : Rodolfo, Count Walter's son
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : dramatic tenor/heldentenor
• Setting : the gardens in the castle of Count Walter, the Tyrol, early 17th century
• Range : D3 to G#/Ab4. Tessitura : A#/Bb4 to G#/Ab4
• Synopsis : Rodolfo has received a letter from Luisa saying that she never loved him. He is crushed and reminisces about the happy times they had together.
• 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 #50017 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

L'ara o l'avella apprestami - Cabaletta for Quando le sere al placido
      from Act II, Scene 3 of the Italian opera, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano

• Role : Rodolfo, Count Walter's son
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : dramatic tenor/heldentenor
• Setting : the gardens in the castle of Count Walter, the Tyrol, early 17th century
• Range : D3 to A#/Bb5. Tessitura : F3 to A5
• Synopsis : Rodolfo has received a letter from Luisa saying that she never loved him. He is crushed and when he goes to his father with the story, he says that he should get his revenge by marrying the Duchess of Ostheim. Hearing this, Rodolfo loses all hope and sings that he cannot have happiness in life or death.
• 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 #50017 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.