Contessa perdono
Opera details:
Opera title: | Le Nozze di Figaro |
Composer: | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Le Nozze di Figaro Synopsis |
Libretto: | Le Nozze di Figaro Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Septet details:
Type: | ensemble,septet,finale |
Role(s): | Count Almaviva / Rosina / Susanna / Figaro / Cherubino / Marcellina / Bartolo / Basilio |
Voice(s): | Baritone / Soprano / Soprano / Bass-Baritone / Mezzo-Soprano / Soprano / Bass |
Act: | 4.15c |
| Previous scene: | Perdono perdono! |
| Next scene: | Ah! tutti contenti |
Michael Lewis & ensemble , Act 4 - "Contessa perdono, perdono perdono" from The Marriage of Figaro
Singer(s): Heather Begg Suzanne Johnston Donald Shanks Amanda ThaneFrom a live audio recording of The Marriage of Figaro (in English) performed in the Opera Theatre at the Sydney Opera House October 1986.
Figaro - John Fulford
Susanna - Anne-Maree McDonald
Count Almaviva - Michael Lewis
Countess Almaviva - Amanda Thane
Cherubino - Suzanne Johnston
Dr Bartolo - Donald Shanks
Marcellina - Dame Heather Begg
Don Basilio - Robert Gard
Don Curzio - Graeme Ewer
Barbarina - Peta Blyth
Antonio - Donald Solomon
Conductor - David Agler
The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Watch videos with other singers performing Contessa perdono:
1 - Marie McLaughlin
1 - Nuria Rial
1 - Patrizia Ciofi
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Angelika Kirchschlager
6 - Simon Keenlyside
7 - Lorenzo Regazzo
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Irmgard Seefried
1 - Mariella Adani
1 - Sena Jurinac
6 - Rolando Panerai
7 - Franco Calabrese
7 - Mario Petri
1 - Dorothea Röschmann
1 - Anita Hartig
1 - Martina Janková
2 - Ann Murray
6 - Adam Plachetka
6 - Luca Pisaroni
1 - Felicity Lott
1 - Isobel Buchanan
2 - Anne Howells
2 - Patricia Payne
6 - Richard Stilwell
6 - Willard White
7 - John Tomlinson
7 - Samuel Ramey
6 - Claudio Desderi
1 - Julia Kleiter
6 - Christian Gerhaher
6 - Simon Keenlyside
6 - Thomas Guthrie
1 - Simone Kermes
6 - Andrei Bondarenko
1 - Anna Netrebko
1 - Dorothea Röschmann
1 - Marie McLaughlin
6 - Bo Skovhus
1 - Simone Kermes
6 - Andrei Bondarenko
6 - Christian Van Horn
1 - Sally Matthews
2 - Isabel Leonard
6 - Audun Iversen
1 - Ileana Cotrubas
1 - Kiri Te Kanawa
2 - Frederica von Stade
6 - Benjamin Luxon
6 - Knut Skram
1 - Anna Christy
1 - Margaret Lloyd
1 - Kirsten MacKinnon
1 - Irmgard Seefried
2 - Jennie Tourel
6 - William Warfield
1 - Felicity Lott
6 - Richard Stilwell
1 - Irmgard Seefried
1 - Maria Stader
3 - Hertha Töpper
6 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
6 - Renato Capecchi
1 - Mirella Freni
2 - Frederica von Stade
6 - José van Dam
1 - Graziella Sciutti
6 - Claudio Desderi
1 - Jarmila Novotná
6 - Mariano Stabile
7 - Ezio Pinza
7 - Virgilio Lazzari
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Irmgard Seefried
6 - Erich Kunz
6 - George London
1 - Federica Lombardi
6 - Christian Gerhaher
6 - Tom Krause
1 - Lisa Della Casa
1 - Roberta Peters
2 - Rosalind Elias
6 - George London
7 - Giorgio Tozzi
7 - Boris Christoff
7 - Giacomo Prestia
1 - Amanda Thane
2 - Heather Begg
2 - Suzanne Johnston
6 - Donald Shanks
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Elisabeth Söderström
2 - Teresa Berganza
6 - Ernest Blanc
6 - Piero Cappuccilli
7 - Fernando Corena
1 - Lisa Della Casa
6 - George London
1 - Irmgard Seefried
7 - Georg Wieter
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
6 - Frank Guarrera
1 - Rita Streich
1 - Sena Jurinac
6 - Paul Schöffler
6 - Walter Berry
1 - Graziella Sciutti
1 - Sena Jurinac
6 - Ian Wallace
6 - Ian Wallace
6 - Sesto Bruscantini
7 - Franco Calabrese
1 - Nadine Conner
1 - Roberta Peters
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Jean Madeira
2 - Mildred Miller
6 - Giuseppe Valdengo
7 - Cesare Siepi
7 - Salvatore Baccaloni
1 - Lisa Della Casa
7 - Kim Borg
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Sena Jurinac
6 - Erich Kunz
6 - George London
1 - Jarmila Novotná
6 - Mariano Stabile
6 - Viktor Madin
7 - Ezio Pinza
7 - Virgilio Lazzari
1 - Anna Moffo
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
6 - Giuseppe Taddei
6 - Piero Cappuccilli
7 - Ivo Vinco
1 - Elisabeth Söderström
1 - Lisa Della Casa
1 - Mildred Allen
1 - Teresa Stratas
2 - Joan Wall
2 - Mildred Miller
2 - Regina Resnik
7 - Cesare Siepi
7 - Ezio Flagello
7 - Kim Borg
1 - Rita Streich
1 - Teresa Stich-Randall
6 - Rolando Panerai
Other videos of the same singers performing Contessa perdono:
6 - Simon Keenlyside
1 - Marie McLaughlin
1 - Nuria Rial
1 - Patrizia Ciofi
2 - Angelika Kirchschlager
6 - Simon Keenlyside
7 - Lorenzo Regazzo
1 - Simone Kermes
6 - Andrei Bondarenko
6 - Christian Van Horn
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Irmgard Seefried
6 - Erich Kunz
6 - George London
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Irmgard Seefried
6 - Erich Kunz
6 - George London
6 - George London
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Irmgard Seefried
6 - Erich Kunz
6 - George London
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Irmgard Seefried
6 - Erich Kunz
6 - George London
1 - Anna Moffo
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
6 - Giuseppe Taddei
6 - Piero Cappuccilli
7 - Ivo Vinco
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
IL CONTE
Contessa, perdono!
LA CONTESSA
Più docile io sono,
e dico di sì.
TUTTI
Ah, tutti contenti
saremo così.
Questo giorno di tormenti,
di capricci, e di follia,
in contenti e in allegria
solo amor può terminar.
Sposi, amici, al ballo, al gioco,
alle mine date foco!
Ed al suon di lieta marcia
corriam tutti a festeggiar!
English Libretto or Translation:
COUNT
My Countess, forgive me.
COUNTESS
I am kinder:
I will say "Yes."
ALL
Then let us all
Be happy.
This day of torment,
Of caprices and folly,
Love can end
Only in contentment and joy.
Lovers and friends, let's round things off
In dancing and pleasure,
And to the sound of a gay march
Let's hasten to the revelry.
External links for Contessa perdono
| Sheetmusic for septet |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
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| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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