Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Gypsy Song)
Opera details:
Opera title: | Carmen |
Composer: | Georges Bizet |
Language: | French |
Synopsis: | Carmen Synopsis |
Libretto: | Carmen Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Aria details:
Also known as: | Gypsy Song |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Carmen / Frasquita / Mercédès |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 2.02 |
| Previous scene: | Entr'acte 1 |
| Next scene: | Vivat! vivat le Torero |
Watch videos with other singers performing Les tringles des sistres tintaient:
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Elīna Garanča
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Grace Bumbry
2 - Magdalena Kožená
2 - Maria Ewing
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Marina Domashenko
2 - Nadia Krasteva
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
1 - Geraldine Farrar
2 - Tamara Sinyavskaya
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
2 - Jennifer Larmore
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
3 - Ewa Podles
1 - Leontyne Price
2 - Isabel Leonard
2 - Regina Resnik
2 - Marjana Lipovšek
2 - Anita Rachvelishvili
2 - Nora Gubisch
2 - Clémentine Margaine
2 - Sonia Ganassi
1 - Mihoko Fujimura
2 - Gloria Lane
2 - Giulietta Simionato
2 - Elena Cernei
2 - Viorica Cortez
2 - Shirley Verrett
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Stella Grigorian
1 - Erzsébet Házy
2 - Julia Migenes
2 - Stéphanie d'Oustrac
2 - Ildikó Komlósi
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
1 - Irina Lungu
1 - Nellie Melba
2 - Nancy Fabiola Herrera
1 - Jolana Fogašová
2 - Conchita Supervía
2 - Marianne Crebassa
3 - Sigrid Onégin
3 - Jana Sýkorová
2 - Denise Scharley
2 - Eleonora de Cisneros
2 - Lucia Valentini Terrani
2 - Lena Belkina
1 - Clarissa Ocampo
2 - Audrey Babcock
2 - Geeta Novotny
2 - Irina Arkhipova
1 - Kiri Te Kanawa
1 - Ninon Vallin
1 - Margaret Matzenauer
1 - Giovanna Casolla
1 - Emma Calvé
2 - Risë Stevens
2 - Germaine Cernay
1 - Elizabeth Caballero
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Mary Hegarty
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Christine Rice
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Jane Berbié
5 - Roberto Alagna
6 - Bryn Terfel
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Jean Rigby
1 - Colette Boky
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Alicia Nafé
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Maria Pellegrini
2 - Marilyn Horne
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Mirella Freni
2 - Grace Bumbry
2 - Viorica Cortez
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Stella Doufexis
1 - Leontyne Price
1 - Mirella Freni
1 - Yvonne Minton
2 - Regina Resnik
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
1 - Elizabeth Vidal
1 - Inva Mula
1 - Norma Burrowes
2 - Jane Berbié
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Lucia Popp
2 - Christa Ludwig
2 - Margarita Lilowa
1 - María Ros
2 - Nadine Denize
1 - Anna Moffo
1 - Arleen Auger
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Anne Pashley
2 - Shirley Verrett
1 - Janine Micheau
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Gladys Swarthout
2 - Thelma Votipka
2 - Sigrid Kehl
2 - Soňa Červená
1 - Kiri Te Kanawa
2 - Shirley Verrett
1 - Lucine Amara
2 - Risë Stevens
Other videos of the same singers performing Les tringles des sistres tintaient:
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Leontyne Price
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
2 - Anita Rachvelishvili
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Geraldine Farrar
2 - Giulietta Simionato
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
2 - Nadia Krasteva
2 - Clémentine Margaine
1 - Geraldine Farrar
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
2 - Elīna Garanča
2 - Sonia Ganassi
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Magdalena Kožená
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Conchita Supervía
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Magdalena Kožená
2 - Sonia Ganassi
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Conchita Supervía
2 - Julia Migenes
2 - Regina Resnik
1 - Leontyne Price
1 - Leontyne Price
2 - Conchita Supervía
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Leontyne Price
2 - Jennifer Larmore
2 - Conchita Supervía
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Irina Arkhipova
2 - Risë Stevens
1 - Leontyne Price
2 - Giulietta Simionato
1 - Leontyne Price
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Conchita Supervía
1 - Geraldine Farrar
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Colette Boky
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Alicia Nafé
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Leontyne Price
1 - Mirella Freni
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Stella Doufexis
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Alicia Nafé
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Norma Burrowes
2 - Jane Berbié
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Maria Pellegrini
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Alicia Nafé
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Jean Rigby
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Stella Doufexis
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
CARMEN
Les tringles des sistres tintaient
Avec un éclat métallique.
Et sur cette étrange musique
Les zingarellas se levaient.
Tambours de basque allaient leur train.
Et les guitares forcenées
Grincaient sous des mains obstinées,
Même chanson, même refrain.
Tra la la la la la la, Tra la la la la.
CARMEN, FRASQUITA et MERCÉDÈS
Tra la la la la, Tra la la la la.
CARMEN
Les anneaux de cuivre et d'argent
Reluisaient sur les peaux bistrées;
D'orange ou de rouge zébrées
Les étoffes flottaient au vent:
La danse au chant se mariait
D'abord indécise et timide.
Plus vive ensuite et plus rapide,
Cela montait, montait, montait!
Tra la la la la la la la, Tra la la la la la.
CARMEN, FRASQUITA et MERCÉDÈS
Tra la la la la, Tra la la la la.
CARMEN
Les bohémiens à tour de bras,
De leurs instruments faisaient rage,
Et cet éblouissant tapage,
Ensorcelait les zingaras!
Sous le rythme de la chanson,
Ardentes, folles, enfiévrées,
Elles se laissaient, enivrées,
Emporter par le tourbillon!
Tra la la la la la la, Tra la la la la.
CARMEN, FRASQUITA et MERCÉDÈS
Tra la la la la, Tra la la la la.
English Libretto or Translation:
CARMEN
The rods sistrums tinkled
With a metallic luster.
And on this strange music
The zingarellas were rising.
Basque drums went their train.
And the crazy guitars
Squeaked under stubborn hands,
Same song, same chorus.
Tra la la la la, Tra la la la la la.
CARMEN, FRASQUITA and MERCEDES
Tra la la la, Tra la la la la.
CARMEN
The rings of copper and silver
Shine on the dark skin;
Orange or red zebra
The stuffs floated in the wind:
The singing dance was getting married
At first indecisive and timid.
More lively then and faster,
It went up, up, up!
Tra la la la la la, Tra la la la la la la la.
CARMEN, FRASQUITA and MERCEDES
Tra la la la, Tra la la la la.
CARMEN
Bohemians with a twist,
Their instruments were raging,
And this dazzling fuss,
Bewitched the zingaras!
Under the rhythm of the song,
Ardent, crazy, feverish,
They indulged, intoxicated,
Take it by the whirlpool!
Tra la la la la, Tra la la la la la.
CARMEN, FRASQUITA and MERCEDES
Tra la la la, Tra la la la la.
External links for Les tringles des sistres tintaient
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