Ma io
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): | La messaggera |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 2.10 |
| Previous scene: | Ahi caso acerbo-2 |
| Next scene: | Chi ne consola ahi lassi? |
MONTEVERDI L'Orfeo (12/12)
Singer: Trudeliese SchmidtMONTEVERDI LOrfeo (1978)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, direction
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, direction
Philippe Huttenlocher (Orfeo)
Dietlinde Turban (Euridice)
Trudeliese Schmidt (Music, Hope)
Roland Hermann (Apollo)
Glenys Linos (Messenger, Proserpina)
Werner Gröschel (Plutone)
Hans Franzen (Caronte)
Peter Keller (First Shepherd)
Francisco Araiza (Second Shepherd, First Spirit)
Ballet de l'Opéra de Zürich
Choeur de l'Opéra de Zürich
Das Monteverdi ensemble
Pet Halmen, costumes
Watch videos with other singers performing Ma io:
1 - Natalie Dessay
2 - Trudeliese Schmidt
1 - Céline Scheen
2 - Guillemette Laurens
1 - Rotraud Hansmann
2 - Cathy Berberian
2 - Alice Coote
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Rotraud Hansmann
2 - Cathy Berberian
1 - Roberta Invernizzi
3 - Sara Mingardo
5 - Robert Wilson
6 - Georg Nigl
1 - Carolyn Sampson
1 - Patrizia Ciofi
1 - Sara Macliver
1 - Virginia Rea
Other videos of the same singers performing Ma io:
2 - Cathy Berberian
1 - Rotraud Hansmann
2 - Cathy Berberian
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
MESSAGGIERAMa io, che in questa lingua
Ho portato il coltello
Ch'ha svenata ad Orfeo l'anima amante,
Odiosa ai pastori et alle ninfe,
Odiosa a me stessa, ove m'ascondo?
Nottola infausta, il sole
Fuggirò sempre e in solitario speco
Menerò vita al mio dolor conforme.
English Libretto or Translation:
MESSENGERBut I, who in my tongue
have borne the knife
that has slain Orpheus's loving heart,
abhorrent to the shepherds and the nymphs,
abhorrent to myself, where shall I hide me?
An ill?omened creature of the night, I will forever
shun the sun, and in a lonely cavern
lead a life in keeping with my sorrow.
External links for Ma io
| 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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