Qui te fait si severe
Opera details:
Opera title: | Thais |
Composer: | Jules Massenet |
Language: | French |
Synopsis: | Thais Synopsis |
Libretto: | Thais Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Athanaël |
Voice(s): | Baritone |
Act: | 2 |
| Previous scene: | Hélas enfant encore |
| Next scene: | L'amour est une vertu rare |
Jules Massenet – THAÏS – ‘Qui te fait si sévère?’ (Fleming, Hampson & Sabbatini)
Singer: Thomas HampsonTHAÏS
Comédie lyrique en 3 actes et 7 tableaux
Composer : Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
Libretto : Louis Gallet, after Anatole France’s novel (1890)
First performance : Opéra Garnier, Paris, 16 March 1894 ; revised 13 April 1898
SETTING : Alexandria and surroundings, 4th century AD
PLOT: The Coenobite monk Athanaël converts the courtesan Thaïs but falls in love with her. She dies as a saint, while he succumbs to lust and falls in despair at her feet.
No. 5 – Phrase: ‘Qui te fait si sévère ?’
Thaïs asks the monk Athanaël why he has madly chosen to miss out on the joys of life and love. Athanaël angrily tells her that he will save her from sin—to which the others reply that he who defies Venus should be on his guard. As she starts to dance naked, Athanaël flees in horror.
Thaïs, comédienne et courtisane / actress and courtesan (soprano) : Renée Fleming
Athanaël, Cénobite / Coenobite (baritone) : Thomas Hampson
Nicias, jeune Philosophe sybarite / young hedonistic philosopher (tenor): Giuseppe Sabbatini
Conductor : Yves Abel
Choeur de l’Opéra de Bordeaux
Orchestra National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Bordeaux, 1997–1998
Watch videos with other singers performing Qui te fait si severe:
6 - Robert Massard
6 - Thomas Hampson
6 - Robert Massard
1 - Beverly Sills
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
Qui te fait si sévèreEt pourquoi démens-tu la flamme de tes yeux?
Quelle triste folie te fait manquer à ton destin?
Homme fait pour aimer, quelle erreur est la tienne!
Homme fait pour savoir, qui t'aveugle à ce point!
Tu n'as pas effleuré la coupe de la vie!
Tu n'as pas épelé l'amoureuse sagesse!
Assieds-toi près de nous, couronne-toi de roses;
Rien n'est vrai que d'aimer, tends les bras à l'amour!
English Libretto or Translation:
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