Belle nuit (Barcarolle)
Opera details:
Opera title: | Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Composer: | Jacques Offenbach |
Language: | French |
Synopsis: | Les Contes d'Hoffmann Synopsis |
Libretto: | Les Contes d'Hoffmann Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Duet details:
Also known as: | Barcarolle |
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Giulietta / Nicklausse |
Voice(s): | Soprano / Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 2 |
| Previous scene: | Scintille diamant |
| Next scene: | Elle a fui, la tourterelle |
Watch videos with other singers performing Belle nuit:
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Montserrat Caballé
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Irina Iordachescu
2 - Cristina Iordachescu
1 - Hei-Kyung Hong
2 - Jennifer Larmore
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Katherine Ciesinski
1 - Montserrat Caballé
1 - Nomeda Kazlaus
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Stéphanie d'Oustrac
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Ileana Cotrubas
2 - Elena Obraztsova
1 - Hei-Kyung Hong
2 - Jennifer Larmore
1 - Montserrat Caballé
2 - Shirley Verrett
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Angela Brower
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Renée Fleming
2 - Susan Graham
1 - Natalie Dessay
2 - Stella Grigorian
1 - Julie Fuchs
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Aida Garifullina
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Felicity Lott
2 - Jennifer Larmore
1 - Natalie Dessay
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
1 - Katia Ricciarelli
2 - Lucia Valentini Terrani
1 - Elena Moșuc
1 - Riki Guy
2 - Christine Rice
2 - Irene Roberts
1 - Vina Bovy
2 - Fanély Revoil
1 - Patricia Petibon
2 - Sylvie Brunet
1 - Edita Gruberová
2 - Claudia Eder
1 - Adriana Maliponte
1 - Mady Mesplé
1 - Patricia Petibon
2 - Karine Deshayes
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Christine Rice
2 - Kate Lindsey
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Cheryl Studer
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Nicole Cabell
2 - Alyson Cambridge
1 - Edita Gruberová
1 - Heidi Brunner
1 - Vina Bovy
3 - Irra Petina
1 - Catherine Malfitano
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Mildred Miller
2 - Risë Stevens
1 - Margarete Teschemacher
2 - Margarete Klose
1 - Catherine Dubosc
1 - Sumi Jo
1 - Sabine Devieilhe
2 - Ann Hallenberg
1 - Beverly Sills
2 - Susanne Marsee
1 - Glenys Fowles
2 - Heather Begg
1 - Emma Luart
2 - Germaine Cernay
1 - Pierrette Alarie
1 - Suzanne Danco
1 - Diana Damrau
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Marianne Crebassa
5 - Plácido Domingo
2 - Agnes Baltsa
1 - Jodie Devos
2 - Kate Aldrich
2 - Sylvie Brunet
1 - Olga Peretyatko
1 - Hibla Gerzmava
2 - Anne-Marie Owens
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Rachel Harnisch
2 - Maria Riccarda Wesseling
2 - Nadine Denize
2 - Stella Doufexis
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Marie-Ange Todorovitch
2 - Katharine Goeldner
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Renata Tebaldi
1 - Jolana Fogašová
1 - Renata Scotto
2 - Jenny Meyer
5 - Roberto Alagna
1 - Felicia Filip
1 - Riki Guy
5 - Vittorio Grigolo
6 - Laurent Naouri
2 - Ginger Costa-Jackson
2 - Pauline Viardot
1 - Geraldine Farrar
1 - Sabina Puértolas
1 - Maria Katzarava
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Gianna D'Angelo
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Gré Brouwenstijn
2 - Jennie Tourel
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
2 - Hanna Ludwig
1 - Elisabeth Schumann
Other videos of the same singers performing Belle nuit:
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Irina Iordachescu
2 - Cristina Iordachescu
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Hei-Kyung Hong
2 - Jennifer Larmore
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Angela Brower
1 - Montserrat Caballé
2 - Shirley Verrett
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Elena Moșuc
1 - Riki Guy
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Katia Ricciarelli
2 - Lucia Valentini Terrani
2 - Christine Rice
2 - Irene Roberts
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Edita Gruberová
2 - Claudia Eder
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Hei-Kyung Hong
2 - Jennifer Larmore
1 - Montserrat Caballé
2 - Shirley Verrett
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Hei-Kyung Hong
2 - Jennifer Larmore
1 - Cheryl Studer
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Katherine Ciesinski
1 - Edita Gruberová
2 - Claudia Eder
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Margarete Teschemacher
2 - Margarete Klose
1 - Edita Gruberová
2 - Claudia Eder
1 - Catherine Dubosc
1 - Sumi Jo
1 - Patricia Petibon
2 - Karine Deshayes
1 - Vina Bovy
2 - Fanély Revoil
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Huguette Tourangeau
1 - Cheryl Studer
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Beverly Sills
2 - Susanne Marsee
1 - Beverly Sills
2 - Susanne Marsee
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Elīna Garanča
2 - Shirley Verrett
1 - Anna Netrebko
5 - Plácido Domingo
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Agnes Baltsa
1 - Anna Netrebko
2 - Anne-Marie Owens
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Olga Peretyatko
1 - Montserrat Caballé
1 - Riki Guy
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Anna Netrebko
1 - Riki Guy
5 - Vittorio Grigolo
6 - Laurent Naouri
1 - Riki Guy
2 - Shirley Verrett
2 - Anne-Marie Owens
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Anna Netrebko
1 - Renata Scotto
1 - Jodie Devos
1 - Geraldine Farrar
1 - Geraldine Farrar
1 - Montserrat Caballé
1 - Gré Brouwenstijn
1 - Vina Bovy
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Vina Bovy
2 - Mildred Miller
1 - Vina Bovy
2 - Mildred Miller
1 - Gré Brouwenstijn
1 - Suzanne Danco
1 - Geraldine Farrar
2 - Hanna Ludwig
2 - Risë Stevens
2 - Hanna Ludwig
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
NICKLAUSSE
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour,
Souris à nos ivresses,
Nuit plus douce que le jour,
Ô belle nuit d'amour!
GIULIETTA, NICKLAUSSE
Le temps fuit et sans retour
Emporte nos tendresses,
Loin de cet heureux séjour
Le temps fuit sans retour.
Zéphyrs embrasés,
Versez-nous vos caresses,
Zéphyrs embrasés,
Donnez-nous vos baisers!
vos baisers! vos baisers! Ah!
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour,
Souris à nos ivresses,
Nuit plus douce que le jour,
Ô belle nuit d'amour!
Ah! Souris à nos ivresses!
Nuit d'amour, ô nuit d'amour!
Ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah!
English Libretto or Translation:
NICKLAUSSE
Lovely night, oh, night of love
Lovely night, oh, night of love
Smile upon our joys!
Night much sweeter than the day
Oh beautiful night of love!
GIULIETTA, NICKLAUSSE
GIULIETTA, NICKLAUSSE
Time flies by, and carries away
Our tender caresses for ever!
Time flies far from this happy oasis
And does not return
Burning zephyrs
Embrace us with your caresses!
Burning zephyrs
Give us your kisses!
Your kisses! Your kisses! Ah!
Lovely night, oh, night of love
Smile upon our joys!
Night much sweeter than the day
Oh, beautiful night of love!
Ah! Smile upon our joys!
Night of love, oh, night of love!
Ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah!
External links for Belle nuit
| Sheetmusic for duet |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this duet | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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