Opera title: | Turandot |
Composer: | Giacomo Antonio Puccini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Turandot Synopsis |
Libretto: | Turandot Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Calaf |
Voice(s): | Tenor |
Act: | 3.02 |
| Previous scene: | Cosi comanda Turandot |
| Next scene: | Tu che guardi le stelle |
Mario Del Monaco is one of three or four of my favourite tenors. His "Dio, mi potevi scagliar" or "Forse la soglia attinse", or "Amor ti vieta", or e.g. "L´anima ho stanca" are unrivalled. Only Domingo (mainly as Radames or Cavaradossi) or Corelli (as Chenier or Manrico) there is possible to compare with his vocal beauty... sometimes, namely in Amor ti vieta ("vieta") or Forse la soglia ("palpito", "sotto") or Lamento (phrase "il dolce sembiante" - vocal "A") are his vocals incomparable beautifull...
Nessun dorma, Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che tremano d'amore e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun sapra!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo diro'
quando la luce splendera'!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia!
(Il nome suo nessun saprà !
e noi dovrem, ahime, morir!)
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincero'!
No one sleeps! No one sleeps!
You too, O Princess!
in your chaste room
are watching the stars which
tremble with love and hope!
But my secret lies hidden within me,
no one shall discover my name!
Oh no, I will reveal it only on your lips,
when daylight shines forth
and my kiss shall break
the silence which makes you mine
(no one shall discover my name!
And we will have to die!)
Depart, oh night!
Fade away, you stars!
At dawn I shall win!








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