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 |
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Act III - "O tu ch'innanzi morte"
Singer: John TomlinsonProvided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Act III - "O tu ch'innanzi morte" · John Tomlinson · English Baroque Soloists · John Eliot Gardiner
The All-Baroque Box
â„— 1987 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2012-01-01
Producer: Dr. Andreas Holschneider
Producer: Charlotte Kriesch
Producer, Recording Producer, Studio Personnel, Balance Engineer: Karl-August Naegler
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Editor: Gregor Zielinsky
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Author: Alessandro Striggio
Auto-generated by YouTube.
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
Other videos of the same singers performing O tu ch'innanzi morte:
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.
Sheetmusic in our database with this aria
External links for O tu ch'innanzi morte
| 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 |
Possible interesting pages on Opera-Arias.com
All AriasBass Arias
Monteverdi Arias
Monteverdi Bass Arias
Italian Arias
Italian Bass Arias
Italian Operas
Italian Composers