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 |
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Susanna / Rosina |
Voice(s): | Soprano / Soprano |
Act: | 3.14a |
Previous scene: | Cosa mi narri? |
Next scene: | Che soave zeffiretto |
Scene from 1976 Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's movie version of "Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata" (The Marriage of Figaro, or the Day of Madness), composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786).
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Act III Scene 10: Duet
Countess Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Susanna - Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Slow tempo, grace, and mesmerizing beauty of female voice.
Still one of the best 30+ years later.
SUSANNA
scrivendo
"Sull'aria..."
LA CONTESSA
"Che soave zeffiretto..."
SUSANNA
"Zeffiretto..."
LA CONTESSA
"Questa sera spirerà..."
SUSANNA
"Questa sera spirerà..."
LA CONTESSA
"Sotto i pini del boschetto."
SUSANNA
"Sotto i pini..."
LA CONTESSA
"Sotto i pini del boschetto."
SUSANNA
"Sotto i pini...del boschetto..."
LA CONTESSA
Ei già il resto capirà.
SUSANNA
Certo, certo il capirà.
SUSANNA
To the zephyr ...
COUNTESS
dictating
"How sweet the breeze
SUSANNA
repeating the Countess's words
The breeze ...
COUNTESS
"Will be this evening...
SUSANNA
Will be this evening ...
COUNTESS
"In the pine grove.
SUSANNA
questioning
In the pine grove?
writing
In the pine grove.
COUNTESS
The rest he'll understand.
SUSANNA
I'm sure he'll understand.
Together they re?read what has been written.
Susanna folds the letter.
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