Opera title: | Madame Butterfly |
Composer: | Giacomo Antonio Puccini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Madame Butterfly Synopsis |
Libretto: | Madame Butterfly Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | B. F. Pinkerton / Cio-Cio San |
Voice(s): | Tenor / Soprano |
Act: | 1.13b |
Previous scene: | Stolta paura |
Next scene: | Dolce notte! Quante stelle |
On the 28th of August 1947 Mario Lanza made his Hollywood Bowl debut, it was a great success & led directly to his MGM contract. One of the highlights of the concert that evening was the "Love Duet" from Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" which Mario sang with soprano Frances Yeend. The following year Mario made his professional operatic debut in this very opera with the New Orleans Opera House Association. Mario again revisited "Madama Butterfly" in his 2nd film as the "Vogliatemi Bene" duet provided the memorable climax of the film...
This video is a tribute to the historic 1947 Hollywood Bowl concert, Mario's professional operatic debut of 1948 & the film performance of 1950...
The audio is the live Hollywood Bowl performance with Frances Yeend...
Notte completa: cioelo purissimo e stellato. Avvicinandosi lentamente a Pinkerton seduto sulla panca nel giardino. Si inginocchia ai piedi di Pinkerton e los guarda con tenerezza, quasi suplichevole.
BUTTERFLY
Vogliatemi bene,
un ben piccolino,
un bene da bambino,
quale a me si conviene.
Vogliatemi bene.
Noi siamo gente avvezza
alle piccole cose
umili e silenziose,
ad una tenerezza
sfiorante e pur profonda
come il ciel, come l'onda del mare!
Full night: that is pure and starry. Slowly approaching Pinkerton sitting on the bench in the garden. He kneels at Pinkerton's feet and looks at him with tenderness, almost supri-compliant.
BUTTERFLY
Please feel good,
a very small child
a child's good,
which one suits me.
Please feel good.
We are good people
to the little things
humble and silent,
to a tenderness
grazing and yet deep
like heaven, like the wave of the sea!
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