Ei dorme
Opera details:
Opera title: | L' Orfeo |
Composer: | Claudio Monteverdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | L' Orfeo Synopsis |
Libretto: | L' Orfeo Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Orfeo |
Voice(s): | Tenor |
Act: | 3.09 |
| Previous scene: | Ahi sventurato amante |
| Next scene: | Nulla impresa per huom |
Simon Keenlyside - L'Orfeo, Act III: Scorto da te, mio nume - Possente spirto - Ei dorme
Singer(s): Simon Keenlyside René Jacobs Yann BeuronSimon Keenlyside "Scorto da te, mio nume -Dove, ah, dove ten'vai - Possente spirto e formidabil nume - Ei dorme“ L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III - Trisha Brown, choreographer. René Jacobs, conductor
Claudio Monteverdi, Libretto by Alessandro Striggio
Simon Keenlyside - Orfeo
Juanita Lascarro - Euridice, La Musica, Eco
Graciela Oddone - La Messaggiera
Martina Dike - Proserpina
Stephen Wallace - la Speranza, Pastore
Tomas Tomasson - Plutone
Paul Gerimon - Caronte, Pastore
Mauro Utzeri - Apollo
Anne Cambier - Ninfa
Yann Beuron, John Bowen, Rene Linnenbank - Pastori, Spiriti
Concerto Vocale, Collegium Vocale Gent - Conductor: Rene Jacobs
Trisha Brown Company - choreographer: Trisha Brown
Theatre Royal de La Monnaie, May 21, 1998
Watch videos with other singers performing Ei dorme:
6 - Gino Quilico
5 - John Mark Ainsley
5 - Ian Bostridge
5 - Makoto Sakurada
5 - Lajos Kozma
5 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5 - Helmut Krebs
5 - Max Meili
6 - Dietrich Henschel
5 - Yann Beuron
6 - Simon Keenlyside
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5 - Kobie van Rensburg
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Thierry Grégoire
6 - Vincent Bouchot
Other videos of the same singers performing Ei dorme:
5 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
6 - Gino Quilico
5 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5 - John Mark Ainsley
5 - Helmut Krebs
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
Ei dorme, e la mia cetra,
Se pietà non impetra
Ne l'indurato core, almen il sonno
Fuggir al mio cantar gl'ocehi non ponno.
So, dunque, a che più tardo?
Tempo è ben d'approdar su l'altra sponda,
S'alcun non è ch'il nieghi,
Vaglia l'ardir se saran van'i prieghi.
È vago fior del tempo
L'occasion ch'esser dee colta a tempo.
Qui entra nella barca e passa cantando al suono dell'organo di legno.
Mentre versan quest'occhi amari fiumi,
Rendetemi il mio ben, tartarei Numi!
English Libretto or Translation:
He is asleep, and even if my lyrecannot arouse pity
in that stony heart, at least his eyes
cannot avoid slumber at my singing.
Up then! Why do I tarry longer?
It is high time to land on the other shore
if there is no one to prevent it;
let courage prevail if my prayers are to be in vain.
Opportunity is a fleeting flower of time
that must be plucked at the right moment.
He enters the boat and crosses over, singing to the sound of an organ.
Whilst my eyes pour forth streams of bitter tears,
give me back my love, ye gods of Tartarus!
External links for Ei dorme
| Sheetmusic for aria |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this aria | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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