Mozart: Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 / Act 1 - "Fuor la spada" · Ernst Haefliger · Hermann Prey · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau · Berliner Philharmoniker · Eugen Jochum
Mozart 225 - Legendary Opera Performances
â„— 1963 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2017-02-03
Producer: Elsa Schiller Producer, Recording Producer: Wolfgang Lohse Studio Personnel, Balance Engineer: Günter Hermanns Editor: Volker Martin Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Author: Lorenzo Da Ponte
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FERRANDO e GUGLIELMO Fuor la spada! Scegliete Qual di noi più vi piace.
DON ALFONSO placido Io son uomo di pace, E duelli non fo, se non a mensa.
FERRANDO O battervi, o dir subito Perché d'infedeltà le nostre amanti Sospettate capaci!
DON ALFONSO Cara semplicità, quanto mi piaci!
FERRANDO Cessate di scherzar, o giuro al cielo!...
DON ALFONSO Ed io, giuro alla terra, Non scherzo, amici miei; Solo saper vorrei Che razza di animali Son queste belle, Se han come tutti noi carne, ossa e pelle, Se mangian come noi, se veston gonne, Alfin, se Dee, se donne son...
FERRANDO e GUGLIELMO Son donne, Ma... son tali, son tali...
DON ALFONSO E in donne pretendete Di trovar fedeltà? Quanto mi piaci mai, semplicità!
English Libretto or Translation:
Recitative
GUGLIELMO Draw your sword! Choose which of us you'd prefer.
DON ALFONSO calmly I'm a peaceable man And don't touch steel Except at table.
FERRANDO Either fight, Or say at once Why you suspect our sweethearts Could possibly be untrue.
DON ALFONSO Sweet simplicity, how I love it!
FERRANDO A truce to your jests, Or I swear, by heaven ...
DON ALFONSO And I swear by this world, My friends, I'm not jesting; I'd only like to know What kind of creatures Are these beauties of yours, if they're flesh and blood and bone like us, If they eat like us, and wear skirts, If, in fact, they're goddesses or women ...
FERRANDO AND GUGLIELMO They're women, but the like of them ...
DON ALFONSO And in woman you expect To find fidelity? How I love such simplicity!