O tu ch'innanzi morte
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): | Caronte |
Voice(s): | Bass |
Act: | 3.05 |
| Previous scene: | Dove, ah dove te n' vai |
| Next scene: | Possente Spirto |
Sergio Foresti - 2007 - live - Monteverdi L'Orfeo - O tu ch'innanzi a morte
Singer: Stéphane DegoutClaudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo. aria of Caronte: O tu ch'innanzi a morte
Baritone: Sergio Foresti
Orchestra: "Il Concerto Vocale", Akademie fur Alte Musik
Conductor: René Jacobs
Staatsoper Under den Linden, 2007
Produktion:
Musikalische Leitung: René Jacobs
Chor: Vocalconsort Berlin
Orchestra "Il Concerto Vocale",
Akademie fur Alte Musik
Inszenierung: Barrie Kosky
Bühnenbild: Klaus Grunberg
Kostume: Miro Paternostro
Licht: Nigel Levings
Cast:
Orfeo: Stéphane Degout
La Musica / Euridice: Sunhae Im
Messaggera / Prosperina: Marie-Claude Chappuis
Caronte: Sergio Foresti
Plutone: Antonio Abete
La Speranza: Arlene Rolph
Apollo: Michael Slattery
Pastore / Spirito / Eco: Johannes Chum
Ninfa: Yeree Suh
Pastore / Spirito: David Hansen
Caronte:
O tu ch'innanzi a mort'a queste rive
temerario te'n vieni, arresta i passi;
Solcar quest'onde ad uom mortal non dassi,
Ne può co'morti albergo aver chi vive.
Che? Vuoi forse, nemico al mio signore,
Cerbero trar da le tartaree porte?
O rapir brami sua cara consorte,
d'impudico desire acceso il core?
Pon freno al folle ardir, ch'entr'al mio legno
non accorò più mai corporea salma
si, de gl'antichi oltragg'ancor ne l'alma
serbo acerba memoria e giusto sdegno.
Charon:
O you who dare to approach these shores
before death, come no further;
No mortal is allowed to cross these waters,
nor may the living dwell with the dead.
Perhaps, hostile to my master, you will
drag Cerberus from the gates of Tartarus?
Or, your heart aflame with lewd desire,
you long to abduct his dear consort?
Curb your foolish desire, for never
will I allow a living body to enter my boat
for in my soul I still retain just resentment
and bitter memories of former affronts.
Watch videos with other singers performing O tu ch'innanzi morte:
6 - Stéphane Degout
7 - John Tomlinson
7 - John Tomlinson
7 - John Tomlinson
7 - Norman Foster
7 - John Tomlinson
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
CARONTEO tu ch'innanzi morte a queste rive
Temerario ten vieni, arresta i passi;
Solcar quest'onde ad uom mortal non dassi,
Né può co'morti albergo aver chi vive.
Che? vuoi forse, nemico al mio Signore,
Cerbero trar da le tartaree porte?
O rapir brami sua cara consorte,
D'impudico desire acceso il core?
Pon freno al folle ardir, ch'entr'al mio legno
Non accorrò più mai corporea salma
Sì degli antichi oltraggi ancor ne l'alma
Serbo acerba memoria e giusto sdegno.
English Libretto or Translation:
CHARONO you who rashly approach these shores
before death, stay your steps;
it is not given to mortal man to plough these waves,
nor can the living have shelter with the dead.
What? Perhaps, as an enemy of my lord,
you wish to drag Cerberus from the gates of Tartarus?
Or, your heart inflamed with lewd desire,
you long to abduct his dear consort?
Curb your foolish presumption, for never more
shall living body enter my boat,
for I still retain in my soul bitter memories
of former outrages, and just anger.
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