Malo malo than a naughty boy
Opera details:
Opera title: | Turn of the screw |
Composer: | Benjamin Britten |
Language: | English |
Synopsis: | Turn of the screw Synopsis |
Libretto: | Turn of the screw Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Recitative details:
Type: | recitative |
Role(s): | Miles / Governess / Peter Quint |
Voice(s): | Treble / Soprano / Tenor |
Act: | 2.05 |
| Previous scene: | She is here in my own room |
| Next scene: | So she has written |
Raina Kabaivanska in The Turn of the Screw Act1_part4
Singer: Raina KabaivanskaOpera in a prologue and two acts
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after a story by Henry James
First performed on September 14, 1954 in Venice
T. Carignano, Torino, 1995
Matthew Long, Miles
Hazel Norton Hale, Flora
Bruno Campanella, conductor
Luca Ronconi, production
Scene 6: The Lesson
Bustling music introduces Miles in the manor's schoolroom reciting Latin exercises with frequent
prompts from Flora. The Governess praises him and asks if he remembers any other rhymes. In
a hesitant voice he sings a curious verse, which he claims to have "found" somewhere:
Malo, Malo, Malo I would rather be
Malo, Malo in an apple tree,
Malo, Malo, Malo than a naughty boy
Malo, Malo in adversity.
English Libretto or Translation:
Not entered yet.External links for Malo malo than a naughty boy
| Sheetmusic for recitative |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this recitative | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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