Au fond du temple saint (Pearl Fishers Duet)
Opera details:
Opera title: | Les Pêcheurs de perles |
Composer: | Georges Bizet |
Language: | French |
Synopsis: | Les Pêcheurs de perles Synopsis |
Libretto: | Les Pêcheurs de perles Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Duet details:
Also known as: | Pearl Fishers Duet |
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Nadir / Zurga |
Voice(s): | Tenor / Baritone |
Act: | 1.06 |
| Previous scene: | C'est toi qu'enfin je revais |
| Next scene: | Que vois je? |
Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill / Pearl Fishers Duet
Singer(s): Jussi Björling Robert MerrillJussi Björling sings Pearl Fishers Duet with Robert Merrill
Watch videos with other singers performing Au fond du temple saint:
5 - Jonas Kaufmann
6 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Roberto Alagna
6 - Bryn Terfel
5 - Plácido Domingo
6 - Sherrill Milnes
5 - Enrico Caruso
6 - Mario Ancona
5 - Alfredo Kraus
6 - Barry McDaniel
5 - Nicolai Gedda
6 - Ernest Blanc
5 - Jonas Kaufmann
6 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
5 - Jerry Hadley
6 - Alan Titus
5 - Matthew Polenzani
6 - Mariusz Kwiecień
5 - Richard Tucker
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - Rolando Villazón
5 - Fritz Wunderlich
6 - Hermann Prey
5 - Jonas Kaufmann
6 - Ludovic Tézier
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Jerry Hadley
6 - Thomas Hampson
5 - Marcelo Álvarez
5 - Salvatore Licitra
5 - Javier Camarena
6 - Mariusz Kwiecień
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Francesco Demuro
6 - Wolfgang Schöne
5 - Noah Stewart
6 - Nmon Ford
5 - Léopold Simoneau
6 - René Bianco
5 - Plácido Domingo
6 - Bryn Terfel
6 - Cyrille Dubois
6 - Florian Sempey
5 - Alexey Kudrya
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - David Hobson
6 - Teddy Tahu Rhodes
5 - Raoul Jobin
6 - Martial Singher
5 - Rolando Villazón
7 - Ildar Abdrazakov
5 - Alfredo Kraus
6 - Vicente Sardinero
5 - Antonio Poli
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - Alain Vanzo
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
5 - Francisco Araiza
6 - Wolfgang Brendel
5 - Noah Stewart
6 - Günter Haumer
5 - Javier Camarena
6 - Lucas Meachem
5 - Nicolai Gedda
6 - Renato Bruson
5 - Alfredo Kraus
6 - Giuseppe Taddei
5 - Beniamino Gigli
6 - Giuseppe De Luca
5 - Ugo Benelli
6 - Alessandro Corbelli
5 - Charles Castronovo
6 - Nathan Gunn
5 - Paul Groves
5 - Lawrence Brownlee
5 - Ramón Vargas
5 - Jonas Kaufmann
6 - Ludovic Tézier
6 - Philip Kraus
5 - Dennis O'Neill
5 - Paul Groves
5 - Richard Tucker
6 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
5 - Joseph Calleja
5 - Gabor Carelli
5 - Léopold Simoneau
6 - René Bianco
6 - Theodor Uppman
5 - Sean Panikkar
5 -
5 - Marc Laho
6 - Gino Quilico
5 - Matthew Polenzani
6 - Mariusz Kwiecień
6 - Nicolas Testé
6 - David Bižić
5 - John Keyes
5 - Carlo Bergonzi
5 - Carlo Bergonzi
6 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
6 - Brian Mulligan
6 - Jeremy Huw Williams
5 - Peter Auty
6 - Peter Coleman-Wright
6 - Russell Braun
5 - John Aler
Other videos of the same singers performing Au fond du temple saint:
5 - Roberto Alagna
6 - Bryn Terfel
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Nicolai Gedda
6 - Ernest Blanc
5 - Matthew Polenzani
6 - Mariusz Kwiecień
5 - Plácido Domingo
6 - Sherrill Milnes
5 - Roberto Alagna
6 - Bryn Terfel
5 - Nicolai Gedda
6 - Ernest Blanc
5 - Enrico Caruso
6 - Mario Ancona
5 - Jonas Kaufmann
6 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Enrico Caruso
6 - Mario Ancona
5 - Fritz Wunderlich
6 - Hermann Prey
5 - Alfredo Kraus
6 - Barry McDaniel
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - Rolando Villazón
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Roberto Alagna
6 - Bryn Terfel
5 - Jerry Hadley
6 - Thomas Hampson
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Marcelo Álvarez
5 - Salvatore Licitra
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Matthew Polenzani
6 - Mariusz Kwiecień
5 - Jerry Hadley
6 - Alan Titus
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Nicolai Gedda
6 - Ernest Blanc
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Robert Merrill
5 - Beniamino Gigli
6 - Giuseppe De Luca
5 - Plácido Domingo
6 - Bryn Terfel
6 - Bryn Terfel
5 - Matthew Polenzani
5 - Enrico Caruso
6 - Thomas Hampson
6 - Florian Sempey
5 - Plácido Domingo
6 - Bryn Terfel
5 - Plácido Domingo
6 - Mario Ancona
6 - Bryn Terfel
5 - Beniamino Gigli
5 - Jussi Björling
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Jussi Björling
6 - Florian Sempey
6 - Florian Sempey
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Jussi Björling
5 - Jussi Björling
5 - Nicolai Gedda
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Carlo Bergonzi
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
5 - Nicolai Gedda
5 - Beniamino Gigli
5 - Jussi Björling
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
NADIRAu fond du temple saint
Paré de fleurs et d'or,
Une femme apparaît!
Je crois la voir encore!
ZURGA
Une femme apparaît!
Je crois la voir encore!
NADIR
La foule prosternée
La regarde, etonnée,
Et murmure tous bas:
Voyez, c'est la déesse!
Qui dans l'ombre se dresse
Et vers nous tend les bras!
ZURGA
Son voile se soulève!
Ô vision! ô rêve!
La foule est à genoux!
NADIR et ZURGA
Oui, c'est elle!
C'est la déesse plus charmante et plus belle!
Oui, c'est elle!
C'est la déesse qui descend parmi nous!
Son voile se soulève et la foule est à genoux!
NADIR
Mais à travers la foule
Elle s'ouvre un passage!
ZURGA
Son long voile déjà
Nous cache son visage!
NADIR
Mon regard, hélas!
La cherche en vain!
ZURGA
Elle fuit!
NADIR
Elle fuit!
Mais dans mon âme soudain
Quelle étrange ardeur s'allume!
ZURGA
Quel feu nouveau me consume!
NADIR
Ta main repousse ma main!
ZURGA
Ta main repousse ma main!
NADIR
De nos cœurs l'amour s'empare
Et nous change en ennemis!
ZURGA
Non, que rien ne nous sépare!
NADIR
Non, rien!
ZURGA et NADIR
Jurons de rester amis!
Oh oui, jurons de rester amis!
Oui, c'est elle! C'est la déesse!
En ce jour qui vient nous unir,
Et fidèle à ma promesse,
Comme un frère je veux te chérir!
C'est elle, c'est la déesse
Qui vient en ce jour nous unir!
Oui, partageons le même sort,
Soyons unis jusqu'à la mort!
English Libretto or Translation:
NADIRAt the back of the holy temple,
decorated with flowers and gold,
a woman appears...
I can still see her.
ZURGA
A woman appears...
I can still see her.
NADIR
The prostrate crowd
looks at her amazed
and murmurs under its breath:
look, this is the goddess
looming up out of the shadow
and holding out her arms to us.
ZURGA
Her veil parts slightly;
what a vision, what a dream!
The crowd is kneeling.
TOGETHER
Yes, it is she, it is the goddess,
more charming and more beautiful;
yes, it is she, it is the goddess,
who has come down among us.
Her veil has parted,
and the crowd is kneeling.
NADIR
But through the crowd
she makes her way.
ZURGA
Already, her long veil
hides her face from us.
NADIR
My eyes, alas, seek her in vain.
ZURGA
She flees!
NADIR
She flees!
But what is this strange flame
which is suddenly kindled within my soul!
ZURGA
What unknown fire is destroying me!
NADIR
Your hand pushes mine away.
ZURGA
Your hand pushes mine away.
NADIR
Love takes our hearts by storm
and turns us into enemies.
ZURGA
No, let nothing part us!
NADIR
No, nothing!
ZURGA
Let us swear to remain friends!
NADIR
Let us swear to remain friends!
TOGETHER
Oh yes! Let us swear to remain friends!
We have seen her, she is the Godness
who today led you to me,
and from now I'll keep you my promise,
close as brothers we shall be!
Great Godness, Heaven descended,
she today has led you to me!
Now we shall tread one single path,
never again to part till death!
External links for Au fond du temple saint
| Sheetmusic for duet |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this duet | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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