Opera title: | Die Zauberflöte |
Composer: | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Language: | German |
Synopsis: | Die Zauberflöte Synopsis |
Libretto: | Die Zauberflöte Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Papageno |
Voice(s): | Baritone |
Act: | 1.04 |
Previous scene: | Wo bin ich? Ist es Phantasie |
Next scene: | He da! Was da! |
An underrated artist, the East German baritone Günther Leib sang with immaculate placement, discernment and ease. His was a light and mobile voice used with unfailing charm. He was a superb interpreter of Bach's music, for which his strengths were ideally suited. Perhaps his best opera role was Beckmesser, of which sadly no commercial recording exists. Also noteworthy is a recording of the St. Matthew Passion under Mauersberger where Leib's singing of the bass arias ranks with the best.
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja - Papageno's Aria from Act II of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Staatskapelle Dresden
Otmar Suitner, 1970
PAPAGENO
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja,
Stets lustig, heissa! hopsasa!
Der Vogelfänger ist bekannt
Bey Alt und Jung im ganzen Land.
Weiss mit dem Locken umzugeh'n,
Und mich aufs Pfeifen zu versteh'n.
Drum kann ich froh und lustig seyn;
Denn alle Vögel sind ja mein.
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja,
Stets lustig, heissa! hopsasa!
Der Vogelfänger ist bekannt,
Bey Alt und Jung im ganzen Land.
Ein Netz für Mädchen möchte ich;
Ich fing' sie dutzendweis für mich.
Dann sperrte sie bey mir ein,
Und alle Mäd en wären mein.
PAPAGENO
The bird-catcher, that's me,
always cheerful, hip hooray!
As a bird-catcher I'm known
to young and old throughout the land.
I know how to set about luring
and how to be good at piping.
That's why I can be merry and cheerful,
for all the birds are surely mine.
The bird-catcher, that's me,
always cheerful, hip hooray!
As a bird-catcher I'm known
to young and old throughout the land.
I'd like a net for girls,
I'd catch them for myself by the dozen!
Then I'd lock them up with me,
and all the girls would be mine.
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