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Allor che i forti corrono - Cavatina
from Prologue, Scene 1 of the Italian opera Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Temistocle Solera

Role: Odabella, the Lord of Aquileia's daughter
Voice Part: soprano       Fach: dramatic coloratura
Setting: The main square of Aquileia, a Roman city, 5th century
Synopsis: After being overrun by the Huns, the surviving Aquileians are rounded up and brought before Attila. After Attila questions why some women have been spared against his orders, he is told that the Aquileian women fight beside their men and thus had been spared. Odabella then steps out to criticize the women in Attila's tribe for staying in their tents during the battle instead of taking part in it.
Range: Tessitura:
B3 - C6E4 - G5
Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz (added 1997-04-29)
Allor che i forti corrono, Odabella's aria from Attila

Allor che i forti corrono come leoni al brando
Stan le tue donne, o barbaro, sui carri lagrimando;
Ma noi, donne italiche, cinte di ferro il seno,
Sul fumido terreno sempre vedrai pugnar.
Sounds:
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Sheet Music/Scores:
Verdi, Giuseppe. Verdi Operas: The Complete Vocal Scores (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Verdi, Giuseppe. Attila. Published by Ricordi. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Verdi, Giuseppe. Attila. Published by Ricordi. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Verdi, Giuseppe. Aria Album for Soprano - Vol. 1. Published by Edition Peters. Available at Sheetmusicplus.com.
Verdi, Giuseppe. The Art of Joan Sutherland - Volume VII: Verdi Arias. Published by Boosey and Hawkes. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
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