Ah! ses yeux se ferment
Opera details:
Opera title: | Werther |
Composer: | Jules Massenet |
Language: | French |
Synopsis: | Werther Synopsis |
Libretto: | Werther Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Recitative details:
Type: | recitative |
Role(s): | Charlotte / Werther |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano / Tenor |
Act: | 4.06a |
| Previous scene: | Noël Noël! Dieu ces cris |
| Next scene: | Non Charlotte je meurs |
Alagna, Zhidkova - Werther
Singer: Roberto AlagnaRoberto Alagna & Elena Zhidkova sing "Qui parle...Noel!...Ah!Ses yeux se ferment" from Werther by Massenet
Watch videos with other singers performing Ah! ses yeux se ferment:
5 - Roberto Alagna
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
5 - Ramón Vargas
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
5 - Jerry Hadley
2 - Doris Soffel
5 - Francisco Araiza
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
5 - Roberto Alagna
2 - Sophie Koch
5 - Alfredo Kraus
2 - Frederica von Stade
1 - Ninon Vallin
5 - Georges Thill
1 - Mady Mesplé
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
5 - André Mallabrera
5 - Nicolai Gedda
6 - Jean-Christophe Benoît
6 - Roger Soyer
1 - Magali Léger
2 - Rosalind Elias
5 - Franco Corelli
2 - Béatrice Uria-Monzon
5 - Marcus Haddock
6 - René Massis
2 - Elena Obraztsova
2 - Sophie Koch
5 - Rolando Villazón
2 - Frederica von Stade
5 - José Carreras
Other videos of the same singers performing Ah! ses yeux se ferment:
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
5 - Ramón Vargas
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
(Werther qui a écouté debout, frémissant,
les yeux grands ouverts s'appuie subitement sur le fauteuil,
et s'y laisse tomber avec un gémissement.)
CHARLOTTE
(le regardant, avec angoisse)
Ah! ses yeux se fermant!
(très déclamé)
se main se glace!
(avec effroi)
il va mourir! mourir! ah! pitié! grâce!
(avec des sanglots)
je ne veux pas! je ne veux pas! ah!
Werther! Werther! réponds-moi
(déchirant)
réponds!
Tu peux encor m'entendre! la mort
(doux et tendre, pressant Werther contre elle)
entre mes bras, n'osera pas te prendre!
(avec la plus grande émotion)
Tu vivras! tu vivras!
(murmuré)
Vois, je ne crains plus rien!
English Libretto or Translation:
(Werther who listened standing, shuddering,
eyes wide open suddenly on the chair,
and lets himself fall with a groan.)
CHARLOTTE
(looking at him, anxiously)
Ah!his eyes closing!
(very declaimed)
gets his hands on ice!
(with horror)
he will die! die! ah!pity! thanks!
(with sobs)
I do not want to! I do not want! ah!
Werther! Werther! answer me
(heartbreaking)
answer!
You can still hear me! death
(sweet and tender, pressing Werther against her)
in my arms, will not dare to take you!
(with the greatest emotion)
You will live! you will live!
(murmured)
See, I do not fear anything anymore!
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| Sheetmusic for recitative |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
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| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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