Scintille diamant
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 |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Dapertutto |
Voice(s): | Bass-Baritone |
Act: | 2 |
| Previous scene: | Amis l'amour tendre et reveur |
| Next scene: | Belle nuit (Barcarolle) |
The Other Great Welsh Bass-Baritone
Singer(s): Geraint Evans Bryn TerfelSir Geraint Evans singing "Oh Diamond Shine" from "The Tales of Hoffmann". This is better known as "Scintille Diamant" from "Les Contes d'Hoffmann". But here it is sung in English.
This aria is by Offenbach but it is not originally from Hoffmann. It is from "Le Voyage Dans La Lune". In some modern productions it is now cut.
This performance is from a TV broadcast with Michele Molese as Hoffmann.
Evans had a range and a repertoire very much like that of Bryn Terfel. Evans was shorter so he played a lot of short guy parts like Papageno and Beckmesser. Terfel being taller, gets to do Sachs and Giovanni.
Overall however Evans voice is darker and a little more dramatic than Terfel's. Both have been famous Leporellos and Falstaffs.
Watch videos with other singers performing Scintille diamant:
6 - José van Dam
7 - Samuel Ramey
6 - Bryn Terfel
6 - Ruggero Raimondi
7 - Ildar Abdrazakov
6 - George London
6 - Joel Berglund
7 - Carlo Colombara
6 - James Morris
6 - Robert Merrill
7 - John Relyea
6 - Erwin Schrott
6 - Heinrich Schlusnus
6 - Christian Van Horn
6 - Alain Fondary
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
6 - Hugo Hasslo
6 - Martial Singher
6 - Lawrence Tibbett
6 - Gino Quilico
6 - Leonard Warren
6 - Mark S. Doss
6 - Sesto Bruscantini
6 - Laurent Naouri
6 - Burak Bilgili
6 - Marcel Journet
6 - Adolf Robinson
6 - Justino Díaz
6 - David Serero
6 - Wolfgang Brendel
6 - Norman Treigle
6 - Michel Dens
6 - Craig Irvin
7 - Nicolas Courjal
6 - Allan Monk
7 - René Pape
6 - Louis Musy
6 - Kevin Short
6 - Heinz Rehfuss
6 - René Bianco
6 - John Wegner
6 - André Pernet
6 - Bryn Terfel
6 - Geraint Evans
6 - Nicolas Rivenq
6 - Ruggero Raimondi
6 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
6 - Gérard Souzay
6 - Heinz Rehfuss
7 - Boris Christoff
6 - Ernest Blanc
6 - George London
6 - Jean-Christophe Benoît
7 - Nicola Ghiuselev
6 - George London
6 - Renato Capecchi
7 - Dezső Ernster
Other videos of the same singers performing Scintille diamant:
6 - José van Dam
6 - José van Dam
7 - Samuel Ramey
6 - Erwin Schrott
6 - José van Dam
6 - George London
6 - Leonard Warren
6 - George London
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
6 - Martial Singher
7 - Samuel Ramey
6 - Bryn Terfel
6 - George London
6 - Bryn Terfel
6 - Martial Singher
6 - Marcel Journet
6 - George London
6 - Robert Merrill
6 - George London
6 - Heinrich Schlusnus
7 - Samuel Ramey
6 - José van Dam
6 - Justino Díaz
6 - Michel Dens
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
6 - Hugo Hasslo
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
6 - Marcel Journet
6 - George London
6 - José van Dam
6 - George London
6 - Hugo Hasslo
6 - Michel Dens
6 - Hugo Hasslo
6 - Marcel Journet
6 - Lawrence Tibbett
7 - René Pape
7 - Samuel Ramey
6 - George London
6 - Bryn Terfel
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
6 - Norman Treigle
7 - René Pape
6 - Hugo Hasslo
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
6 - Gabriel Bacquier
6 - Justino Díaz
6 - René Bianco
6 - Ernest Blanc
6 - George London
6 - Jean-Christophe Benoît
7 - Nicola Ghiuselev
6 - Ernest Blanc
6 - George London
6 - Jean-Christophe Benoît
7 - Nicola Ghiuselev
6 - Ernest Blanc
6 - George London
6 - Jean-Christophe Benoît
7 - Nicola Ghiuselev
6 - Ernest Blanc
6 - George London
6 - Jean-Christophe Benoît
7 - Nicola Ghiuselev
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
Scintille, diamant,Miroir où se prend l'alouette,
Scintille, diamant, fascine, attirre-la
L'alouette ou la femme a cet appas vainqueur
Vont de l'aile ou du coeur
L'une y laisse la vie
Et l'autre y perd son âme.
Beau diamant, scintille, attire-la.
English Libretto or Translation:
Not entered separately yet.Full English translation Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Sheetmusic in our database with this aria
External links for Scintille diamant
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