Porgi amor qualche ristoro

Nellie Melba 1904 Mozart The Marriage of Figaro "Porgi, amor"

Nellie Melba's first original recordings London March 1904.

Dame Nellie Melba.
Melba, the last of the 19th century tradition of bel canto sopranos.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Porgi, amor"
from The Marriage of Figaro
London March 1904
Words by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838)
Dame Nellie Melba GBE, Soprano
(1861-1931)

Ms. Helen Porter Mitchell

an operbathosa video


Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro - No. 10, Cavatina
from Act II of the Italian opera,
Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto : Lorenzo da Ponte

Role : The Countess Almaviva, wife of the Count Almaviva
Voice Part : soprano
Fach : lyric soprano
Setting : The Countess's bedroom
Range : D4 to G#/Ab5.
Tessitura : G4 to G5
Synopsis : The Countess laments that the Count has lost his love for her.

Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro,
O Love, give me some remedy
Al mio duolo, a'miei sospir!
For my sorrow, for my sighs!
O mi rendi il mio tesoro,
Either give me back my darling
O mi lascia almen morir.
Or at least let me die.