Opera title: | Norma |
Composer: | Vincenzo Bellini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Norma Synopsis |
Libretto: | Norma Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Norma / Adalgisa |
Voice(s): | Soprano / Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 2.05a |
Previous scene: | Deh! con te li prendi |
Next scene: | Alcun s'avanza |
Much better than Sutherland!
Norma abounds in many famous arias, duets and scenes - Fine al rito, Casta diva, Sediziose voci, Ah bello a me ritorna, In mia man, Mira o Norma, Qual cor tradisti and this beautiful cabaletta.
Here, a soprano sfogato assoluto Virtual Singer recorded a duetto with herself, like Joyce DiDonato. She added a lot of high tessitura to the repeat, very tasteful ornamentation and of course high D and high F.
Sabine Devieilhe, Elena Mosuc, Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills, Edita Gruberova, Mariella Devia, Angela Meade, Roberta Peters, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Diana Damrau, Cristina Deutekom, Mado Robin, Mady Mesple, Erna Sack, Erna Berger, Lucia Popp, June Anderson, Edda Moser, Elizabeth Parcells, Elizabeth Vidal, Erika Miklosa, Christina Johnston, Maria Remola
ADALGISA
Mira, o Norma, ai tuoi ginocchi
questi cari tuoi pargoletti.
Ah! pietade di lor ti tocchi,
se non hai di te pietà...
NORMA
Ah! perché la mia costanza
vuoi scemar con molli affetti?
Più lusinghe, ah più speranza
presso a morte un cor non ha...
ADALGISA
See, O Norma, at your knees,
these dear, dear children.
Let pity for them move you,
if you feel no pity for yourself...
NORMA
Ah, why do you try to weaken me
with such soft feelings?
Such illusions, such hopes
are not for one about to die.
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