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 |
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Richard Tucker and Eleanor Steber (both students of Paul Althouse) sing the Act I love duet ("Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia," "Stolta paura l'amor," and "Vogliatemi bene") from Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." This is from the full 1949 Metropolitan Opera production recording of "Butterfly" with Max Rudolf conducting the Met's orchestra. Thanks to Sony for the fantastic remastering and for this EXTREMELY RARE occasion of releasing old material, although done 10 years ago.
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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