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Stolta non sai

Opera details:

Opera title:

Anna Bolena

Composer:

Gaetano Donizetti

Language:

Italian

Synopsis:

Anna Bolena Synopsis

Libretto:

Anna Bolena Libretto

Translation(s):

English Deutsch

Recitative details:

Type:

recitative

Role(s):

Enrico / Giovanna Seymour

Voice(s):

Bass / Mezzo-Soprano

Act:

2.11

Previous scene: Per questa fiamma indomita
Next scene: Ah! pensate che rivolti

Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Stolta! non sai" (Enrico, Giovanna, Hervey) (Live)

Singer(s): Maria Callas Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Giulietta Simionato

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Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Stolta! non sai" (Enrico, Giovanna, Hervey) (Live) · Maria Callas · Giulietta Simionato · Luigi Rumbo · Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Donizetti: Anna Bolena (1957 - Milan) - Callas Live Remastered

℗ 2017 Digital Remastering Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Mezzo-soprano Vocals: Giulietta Simionato
Tenor Vocals: Luigi Rumbo
Bass Vocals: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

ENRICO
Stolta! non sai …
si apron le porte delle sale
Ma, frenati:
Sciolto è il Consiglio.

GIOVANNA
Ah! m'odi …

ENRICO
severamente
Frenati.

Seymour rimane afflittissima


SCENA OTTAVA
Hervey con gli Sceriffi che portano la sentenza del Consiglio:
accorron da tutte le parti i Cortigiani e le Dame, ecc.


HERVEY
I Pari unanimi
Sciolsero i regi nodi …
Anna, infedel consorte,
È condannata a morte,
E seco ognun che complice
E istigator ne fu.

CORO
A voi, supremo Giudice,
Sommessa è la sentenza.
Unica speme ai miseri
È la real clemenza:
I Re pietosi immagine
Sono del Ciel quaggiù.

ENRICO
Rifletterò: giustizia
Prima è dei Re virtù.

English Libretto or Translation:

HENRY:
Silly girl! You are not…

(the doors to the rooms open)

But refrain yourself:
The Counsel have finished.

JANE:
Ah! Listen to me…

HENRY:
Restrain yourself.

(severely; Jane remains, greatly afflicted)

Scene 2
Hervey with the sheriffs who are carrying the sentence of the Counsel, courtiers and ladies run up from every side.

HERVEY:
Parliament has unanimously
unbound the royal knot…
Anna, an unfaithful wife,
is condemned to death,
and with her,
everyone who was an accomplice
and instigator.

CHORUS:
To you, Supreme Judge, the sentence is committed.
The only hope to the unfortunate ones, is the royal clemency:
merciful kings are the images of Heaven above.

HENRY:
I will reflect on it: justice
is the primary virtue of kings.

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