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Mario Cavaradossi?

Opera details:

Opera title:

Tosca

Composer:

Giacomo Antonio Puccini

Language:

Italian

Synopsis:

Tosca Synopsis

Libretto:

Tosca Libretto

Translation(s):

English Deutsch

Duet details:

Type:

duet

Role(s):

Mario Cavaradossi / A Jailer

Voice(s):

Tenor / Bass

Act:

3.02

Previous scene: Io de sospiri
Next scene: E lucevan le stelle

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Raina Kabaivanska (Bulgarian: Райна Кабаиванска) (December 15, 1934) is a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the leading lyrico-spinto sopranos of her generation, particularly associated with Verdi and Puccini, although she sang a wide range of roles. Born Raina Jakimowa in Burgas, Bulgaria, she studied in Sofia with Prokopowa and Jossifow, and made her debut at the Bulgarian National Opera in Sofia as Tatjana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in 1957. The following year, she left for Italy for further studies with Zina Fumagalli-Riva in Milan and with Giulia Tess in Vercelli. Two years later she made a breakthrough in Fano, Italy, as Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. In 1961, she gave her first performance at La Scala in Milan, as Agnese in Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda, opposite Dame Joan Sutherland. She sang widely in Italy, Genoa, Venice, Parma and notably in Turin in 1973, as Elena in I vespri siciliani, in the only production ever directed by Maria Callas. In 1962, she made her debuts at both the Royal Opera House in London, as Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as Nedda. She went on performing at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Paris Opéra, the Vienna State Opera, the Budapest Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the San Francisco Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, etc. She also appeared in a few opera films, notably Pagliacci, opposite Jon Vickers in 1968, Il trovatore, opposite Franco Bonisolli, in 1975, and Tosca, opposite Plácido Domingo, in 1976. A versatile singer with a beautiful voice and fine musicianship, she is also a singing-actress of considerable ability...
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Plácido Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈplaθiðo ðoˈmiŋɡo]; born 21 January 1941), born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range. In March 2008, he debuted in his 128th opera role, and as of July 2011, his 136 roles give Domingo more roles than any other tenor. One of The Three Tenors, he has also taken on conducting opera and concert performances, and he is the general director of the Los Angeles Opera in California...

Track List

0:01 - Introduction
1:17 - Mario Cavaradossi?
4:07 - E lucevan le stelle
7:55 - Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca
10:07 - O dolci mani
18:37 - E non giungono
20:57 - Mario! Andiamo! Andiamo! Su!


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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

La luce incerta e grigia che precede l'alba: le campane delle chiese suonano mattutino.
Un Carceriere con una lanterna sale dalla scala, va alla casamatta e vi accende la lampada sospesa davanti al crocifisso, poi quella sulla tavola. Poi va in fondo alla piattaforma e guarda giù nel cortile sottostante per vedere se giunge il picchetto dei soldati, col condannato. Si incontra con una sentinella che percorre tutt'all'intorno la piattaforma e scambiate colla stessa alcune parole, ritorna alla casamatta, siede ed aspetta mezzo assonnato. Più tardi un picchetto, comandato da un Sergente di guardia, sale sulla piattaforma accompagnando Cavaradossi: il picchetto si arresta e il Sergente conduce Cavaradossi nella casamatta, consegnando un foglio al Carceriere. - Il Carceriere esamina il foglio, apre il registro e vi scrive mentre interroga:


CARCERIERE
Mario Cavaradossi?
Cavaradossi china il capo, assentendo. Il Carceriere porge la penna al Sergente
A voi.
Il Sergente firma il registro, poi parte coi soldati, scendendo per la scala
Vi resta un'ora...
Un sacerdote i vostri cenni attende.

CAVARADOSSI
No! Ma un'ultima grazia
io vi richiedo...

CARCERIERE
Se posso...

CAVARADOSSI
Io lascio al mondo
una persona cara. Consentite
ch'io le scriva un sol motto.
togliendosi dal dito un anello
Unico resto di mia ricchezza è
questo anel!...
Se promettete di consegnarle il mio
ultimo addio,
esso è vostro...

CARCERIERE
tituba un poco, poi accetta e facendo cenno a Cavaradossi di sedere alla tavola, va a sedere sulla panca
Scrivete...

English Libretto or Translation:

A jailer with a lantern mounts the stairs from below. He goes to the casemate and lights the light in front of the crucifix, and then the one on the table He sits down and waits, half drowsing. Soon a picket of guards, led by a Sergeant, emerges from the stairway with Cavaradossi. The picket halts as the Sergeant leads Cavaradossi to the casemate and hands a note to the jailer. The latter examines it, opens the registry book and writes, as he questions the prisoner.

JAILER
Mario Cavaradossi?
Cavaradossi bows his head in acknowledgement. The jailer hands the pen to the Sergeant.
For you
to Cavaradossi
You have one hour.
A priest awaits your call.

CAVARADOSSI
No … but I have a last favour to ask of you.

JAILER
If I can …

CAVARADOSSI
One very dear person
I leave behind me. Permit me
To write her a few lines.
taking a ring from his finger
This ring is all that remains
Of my possessions.
If you will promise to give her
My last farewell,
Then it is yours.

JAILER
hesitates a little, then accepts. He motions Cavaradossi to the chair at the table, and sits down on the bench.
Write.

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