Opera title: | La Clemenza di Tito |
Composer: | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | La Clemenza di Tito Synopsis |
Libretto: | La Clemenza di Tito Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Tito |
Voice(s): | Tenor |
Act: | 2.17 |
Previous scene: | Ove s'intese mai piu |
Next scene: | Publio ascolta |
From Mozart's opera seria from 1791 - LA CLEMENZA DI TITO, the Australian tenor, Glenn Winslade, sings Tito's Act Two aria "Se all'impero". This performance, sung in English translation, comes from a 1991 production in Aberdeen, Scotland, under conductor Martin Andre. (Though not heard in this extract, the Australian soprano, Cheryl Barker, appeared in the cast as Annio.)
TITO
Se all'impero, amici Dei,
Necessario e un cor severo;
O togliete a me l'impero,
O a me date un altro cor.
Se la fe de' regni miei
Coll'amr non assicuro:
D'una fede non mi curo,
Che sia frutto del timor.
TITUS
If a hard heart is necessary to a ruler,
ye benevolent gods,
either take the empire from me
or give me another heart.
If I cannot assure the loyalty
of my realms by love,
I care not for a loyalty
that is born of fear.
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