Gia d'insolito ardore
Opera details:
Opera title: | L' Italiana in Algeri |
Composer: | Giaochino Rossini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Not entered yet. |
Libretto: | L' Italiana in Algeri Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Mustafà |
Voice(s): | Bass |
Act: | 1.18 |
| Previous scene: | Or mi tengo da piu gran Sultano |
| Next scene: | Vi dico il ver |
100 Greatest Singers: SAMUEL RAMEY
Singer: Samuel RameyTHIS PROJECT IS RESERVED ONLY FOR THE GREATEST! What´s your point of view about Ramey? Please comment!
Samuel Ramey, Bass (basso cantante) (born 1942)
Gioacchino Rossini - L´Italiana in Algeri
Gia d´insolito ardore nel petto
(Recorded around 1980)
My personal opinion: Sometimes it takes time to find out, how great a singer is. Most careers came late, perhaps too late. In case of Samuel Ramey it was clear from the very first moment, he was something very special, a basso cantante who seemed to come from another age of singing. He made his first steps with the New York City Opera House and his idol there was Norman Treigle (we can hear in the "Tales of Hoffmann"-recording with Sills).
Rameys repertoire spannend an immensive wideness, from belcanto Rossini to Mozart (Don Giovanni, Figaro) to Berlioz and Gounod (Mephistophélès in both), even to Stravinsky.
I would like to present you the fine but very difficult Mustafa-aria from Rossinis L´Italiana. It´s one of Ramey greatest showpieces. Please notice how lissome he slides through the coloratura lines.
He was one of the very few basses with a sense for demonic and erotic undertones.
Watch videos with other singers performing Gia d'insolito ardore:
7 - Samuel Ramey
7 - Ildar Abdrazakov
7 - Lorenzo Regazzo
6 - Ruggero Raimondi
6 - Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
7 - Ferruccio Furlanetto
7 - Andrea Mastroni
7 - Paolo Montarsolo
7 - Fernando Corena
6 - Sesto Bruscantini
7 - Enzo Dara
Other videos of the same singers performing Gia d'insolito ardore:
6 - Ruggero Raimondi
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
AriaMUSTAFÀ
Già d'insolito ardore nel petto
Agitare, avvampare mi sento:
Un ignoto soave contento
Mi trasporta e brillare mi fa.
ad Elvira
Voi partite... Nè più m'annoiate.
a Zulma
Tu va seco... Che smorfie...Obbedite.
ad Haly
Voi la bella al mio seno guidate.
V'apprestate a onorar la beltà.
Al mio foco, al trasporto, al desio,
Non resiste l'acceso cor mio:
Questo caro trionfo novello
Quanto dolce a quest'alma sarà.
Parte con Haly e seguito.
English Libretto or Translation:
AirMUSTAFA
Already of unusual ardor in the chest
Shake, blush I feel:
An unknown sweet happy
He carries me and shine makes me.
in Elvira
You leave ... No more bored me.
in Zulma
You go with him ... What grimaces ... Obey.
in Haly
You the beautiful in my womb lead.
You are ready to honor the beauty.
To my fire, to transportation, to desio,
I can not resist the following mine:
This dear new triumph
How sweet this alma will be.
He leaves with Haly and follows.
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