Il segreto per esser felice
Opera details:
Opera title: | Lucrezia Borgia |
Composer: | Gaetano Donizetti |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Lucrezia Borgia Synopsis |
Libretto: | Lucrezia Borgia Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Maffio Orsini |
Voice(s): | Contralto |
Act: | 2 |
| Previous scene: | Vieni la mia vendetta |
| Next scene: | Era desso il figlio mio |
100 Greatest Singers: MARILYN HORNE
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Marilyn Horne, Mezzosoprano (born 1934)
Gaetano Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia
Brindisi "Il segreto per esser felice"
(Recorded early seventys)
My personal opinion: She was the last belcanto heroine of opera. Her vocal agility was stupendous, her ability unique. I heard Orsinis Brindisi in many, many versions - none came close (except Schumann-Heink). Please note the young male-like color in her voice and the fantastic floating trill.
Watch videos with other singers performing Il segreto per esser felice:
2 - Marilyn Horne
3 - Clara Butt
2 - Shirley Verrett
2 - Elīna Garanča
3 - Sigrid Onégin
3 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink
2 - Della Jones
2 - Marilyn Horne
2 - Shirley Verrett
3 - Aafje Heynis
Other videos of the same singers performing Il segreto per esser felice:
2 - Marilyn Horne
2 - Marilyn Horne
3 - Clara Butt
2 - Marilyn Horne
3 - Clara Butt
3 - Clara Butt
3 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink
2 - Marilyn Horne
3 - Clara Butt
2 - Shirley Verrett
3 - Clara Butt
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
Il segreto per esser feliciSo per prova e l'insegno agli amici
Sia sereno, sia nubilo il cielo,
Ogni tempo, sia caldo, sia gelo,
Scherzo e bevo, e derido gl'insani
Che si dan del futuro pensier.
Non curiamo l'incerto domani,
Se quest'oggi n'è dato a goder.
La strofa è presta.
Profittiamo degli'anni fiorenti,
Il piacer li fa correr più lenti;
Se vecchiezza con livida faccia
Stammi a tergo e mia vita minaccia,
Scherzo e bevo, e derido gl'insani, ecc
English Libretto or Translation:
Not entered yet.Sheetmusic in our database with this aria
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