Se fiera belva ha cinto fra le catene
Opera details:
Opera title: | Rodelinda |
Composer: | Georg Handel |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Rodelinda Synopsis |
Libretto: | Rodelinda Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Bertarido |
Voice(s): | CounterTenor or Contralto |
Act: | 3.05-2 |
| Previous scene: | Amico, ah, che a me duole |
| Next scene: | Fatto inferno e il mio petto |
Se fiera belva - M. Mijanovic LIVE 2004 in Glyndebourne - Rodelinda - Handel
Singer(s): Jean Rigby Matthew WhiteGlyndebourne Festival
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Dir. Emmanuelle Haïm
Marijana Mijanovic (Bertarido)
Emma Bell (Rodelinda)
Jean Rigby (Eduige)
Timothy Robinson (Grimoaldo)
Matthew White (Unulfo)
Paul Gay (Garibaldo)
Aria BERTARIDO
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Se fiera belva ha cinto
Fra le catene il piede
Col fremito richiede
La tolta libertà.
Ma poi da lacci sciolta
In fuga ognun rivolta
Ché, offesa, tosto apprende
A non usar pietà.
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If a wild beast
finds its foot ensnarred,
it trembles as it asks
to be restored to libetrty.
But when it is released,
everyone takes flight,
for, wounded, it soon learns
to show no mercy.
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
BertaridoMi celerò; ma questo cor non teme
più d'un tiranno il perfido comando.
Giacché pietoso il ciel sciolto mi rende
altro più non domando;
ch`or dal mio braccio il fato dipende.
Se fiera belva ha cinto
Fra le catene il piede
Col fremito richiede
La tolta libertà.
Ma poi da lacci sciolta
In fuga ognun rivolta
Ché, offesa, tosto apprende
A non usar pietà.
Se fiera, etc.
(si ritira)
English Libretto or Translation:
BertaridoI’ll yet conceal myself; nor longer fear
the hart commands of an imperious tyrant.
Since heav`n has set me free, I wish no more
but trust my fortune to my courage.
Thus when a savage beast in snares is caught,
he fiercely roars and bites the rattling chain,
but when, to liberty restored, he roams,
the trembling prey their safety seek in vain.
Thus etc.
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