Una voce poco fa
Opera details:
Opera title: | Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Composer: | Giaochino Rossini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Il Barbiere di Siviglia Synopsis |
Libretto: | Il Barbiere di Siviglia Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Rosina |
Voice(s): | Contralto or Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 1.12a |
| Previous scene: | Numero quindici |
| Next scene: | Io son docile |
The "Una voce poco fa" - Roberta Peters
Singer(s): Victoria de los Ángeles Maria Barrientos Roberta Peters Mado Robin Jennifer Larmore Sonia GanassiAfter numerous requests for new versions of "Una voce poco fa", I spent some time looking for new renditions and I'm happy to annonce that I'm adding this month seven new renditions of the famous air. The singers are: the stunning Jennifer Larmore, the virtuoso Luisa Tetrezzini, the high-flying Mado Robin, the warm Maria Barrientos, the lightning-fast Roberta Peters, the wonderful Sonia Ganassi and the sweet Victoria de Los Angeles. I do hope you enjoy this contest (the system is the same: the marks range from 1 to 5; there are two categories: singing/characterization; so your mark (+ comment :-) ) should look like this: (*/*))! Also, if you have the time, listen to all the versions, I think it's interesting to compare them all to see what makes each rendition so special. Thank you all in advance for your comments and opinions :-) !
Watch videos with other singers performing Una voce poco fa:
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Diana Damrau
1 - Sumi Jo
1 - Kathleen Battle
1 - Hera Hyesang Park
1 - Beverly Sills
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Anna Moffo
2 - Isabel Leonard
1 - Kathleen Kim
2 - Lea Desandre
2 - Maria Ewing
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
1 - Teodora Gheorghiu
1 - Lucia Aliberti
1 - Anna Kasyan
1 - Lily Pons
2 - Anna Bonitatibus
5 - Raúl Giménez
6 - Leo Nucci
2 - Giulietta Simionato
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Sunhae Im
1 - Edita Gruberová
1 - Erika Miklósa
2 - Olga Borodina
1 - Roberta Peters
1 - Amelita Galli-Curci
1 - Marianne Mathy
1 - María Bayo
1 - Mady Mesplé
3 - Ewa Podles
1 - Inger Dam-Jensen
1 - Ingeborg Hallstein
1 - Pretty Yende
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
1 - Selma Kurz
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Sabina Puértolas
1 - Kiri Te Kanawa
2 - Laura Polverelli
1 - Sarah Coburn
2 - Ginger Costa-Jackson
1 - Lisette Oropesa
1 - Olga Peretyatko
2 - Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
1 - Isabella Colbran
1 - Miliza Korjus
1 - Julie Fuchs
2 - Frederica von Stade
5 - Rockwell Blake
6 - Claudio Desderi
6 - Thomas Allen
7 - Nicolai Ghiaurov
2 - Della Jones
1 - Magda Olivero
1 - Erika Köth
1 - Ana María Martínez
2 - Raquel Pierotti
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Nancy Fabiola Herrera
1 - Luisa Tetrazzini
2 - Julia Hamari
2 - Daniela Barcellona
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Larisa Rudakova
1 - Reri Grist
1 - Rebeka Bobanj
1 - Lucia Popp
1 - Renata Scotto
2 - Lucia Valentini Terrani
2 - Jennifer Larmore
2 - Eugenia Mantelli
1 - Montserrat Caballé
1 - Toti Dal Monte
2 - Shirley Verrett
1 - Aleksandra Kurzak
1 - Greta Bradman
1 - Erna Sack
1 - Luciana Serra
1 - Gianna Rolandi
1 - Jennifer McGregor
1 - Antonina Nezhdanova
1 - Rita Streich
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Vivica Genaux
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
3 - Marie-Nicole Lemieux
1 - Gianna D'Angelo
1 - Maria Barrientos
1 - Edita Gruberová
1 - Erna Sack
1 - Ingeborg Hallstein
1 - Mado Robin
1 - Mady Mesplé
1 - Pretty Yende
1 - Sylvia Geszty
1 - Sári Barabás
1 - Edith Kertész-Gabry
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Mado Robin
1 - Maria Barrientos
1 - Roberta Peters
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Jennifer Larmore
2 - Sonia Ganassi
1 - Magda Ianculescu
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Diana Damrau
1 - Mariella Devia
1 - Natalie Dessay
1 - Virginia Zeani
2 - Elīna Garanča
1 - Adelina Patti
1 - Désirée Artôt
1 - Isabella Colbran
3 - Barbara Marchisio
3 - Geltrude Righetti
1 - Felicie Huni-Mihacsek
1 - Felicie Hüni-Mihacsek
1 - Wilma Driessen
1 - Estelle Liebling
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Roberta Peters
2 - Frederica von Stade
6 - Ruggero Raimondi
1 - Ainhoa Arteta
1 - Linda Watson
2 - Ildikó Komlósi
2 - Karine Deshayes
Other videos of the same singers performing Una voce poco fa:
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Sumi Jo
1 - Sumi Jo
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Kathleen Battle
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Anna Bonitatibus
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Kathleen Battle
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Maria Callas
6 - Leo Nucci
3 - Ewa Podles
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Anna Moffo
1 - Hera Hyesang Park
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - María Bayo
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Sumi Jo
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Edita Gruberová
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
1 - Sumi Jo
1 - Sumi Jo
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Anna Moffo
1 - Pretty Yende
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Amelita Galli-Curci
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Hera Hyesang Park
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
1 - Olga Peretyatko
1 - Kathleen Battle
1 - Edita Gruberová
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Giulietta Simionato
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Raquel Pierotti
1 - Kathleen Battle
2 - Isabel Leonard
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Olga Peretyatko
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
1 - Edita Gruberová
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Edita Gruberová
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Edita Gruberová
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Giulietta Simionato
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Rebeka Bobanj
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Olga Borodina
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Kathleen Battle
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Sumi Jo
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
1 - Sumi Jo
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Sumi Jo
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Aleksandra Kurzak
1 - María Bayo
1 - Joan Sutherland
2 - Agnes Baltsa
1 - Amelita Galli-Curci
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Giulietta Simionato
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
2 - Jennifer Larmore
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Agnes Baltsa
1 - Sarah Coburn
2 - Marilyn Horne
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Olga Borodina
2 - Ginger Costa-Jackson
2 - Joyce DiDonato
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
N. 5 - CavatinaROSINA
con una lettera in mano
Una voce poco fa
qui nel cor mi risuonò;
il mio cor ferito è già,
e Lindor fu che il piagò.
Sì, Lindoro mio sarà;
lo giurai, la vincerò.
Il tutor ricuserà,
io l'ingegno aguzzerò.
Alla fin s'accheterà.
e contenta io resterò
Sì, Lindoro mio sarà;
lo giurai, la vincerò.
Io sono docile, - son rispettosa,
sono ubbediente, - dolce, amorosa;
mi lascio reggere, - mi fo guidar.
Ma se mi toccano - dov'è il mio debole,
sarò una vipera - e cento trappole
prima di cedere - farò giocar.
English Libretto or Translation:
CavatinaROSINA
a letter in her hand
The voice I heard just now
has thrilled my very heart.
My heart already is pierced
and it was Lindoro who hurled the dart.
Yes, Lindoro shall be mine,
I've sworn it, I'll succeed.
My guardian won't consent,
but I will sharpen my wits,
and at last, he will relent,
And I shall be content.
Yes, Lindoro etc.
I am docile,
I am respectful,
I am obedient,
sweet and loving.
I can be ruled,
I can be guided.
But if crossed in love,
I can be a viper,
and a hundred tricks
I shall play
before they have their way.
I am docile, etc.
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