Rossini's La Cenerentola - Un Soave Non So Che (sung in Russian)
Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti
First performed in Teatro Valle, Rome on 25 January 1817
Date of Recording: 1951
Angelina (Cenerentola) - Zara Dolukhanova
Don Ramiro (The Prince) - Anatoli Orfenov
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Onissim Bron
For my friend Bronya and in remembrance of Dark Savta.
The tenor aria before has this has already been uploaded on YouTube.
This is in Russian so I think this performance will be quite different from the usual Italian performances we are getting. Please bear in mind that in those days, the standard of Rossinian singing in those days isn't as high as it is today so please give the singers here some slack though I have to admit that they sang well by the standards of their time.
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Watch videos with other singers performing Un soave non so che:
RAMIRO Un soave non so che In quegl' occhi scintillò.
CENERENTOLA Io vorrei saper perchè Il mio core palpitò.
RAMIRO Le direi, ma non ardisco.
CENERENTOLA Parlar voglio e taccio intanto.
A DUE Una grazia, un certo incanto Par che brilli su quel viso. Quanto caro è quel sorriso! Scende all' alma e fa sperar.
RAMIRO Del baron le figlie io chiedo. Dove son? qui non le vedo.
CENERENTOLA Stan di là nell' altre stanze. Or verranno addio speranze.
RAMIRO Ma di grazia, voi chi siete?
CENERENTOLA Io chi sono? Eh non lo so.
RAMIRO Nol sapete?
CENERENTOLA Quasi no. Quel ch' è padre non è padre ... Onde poi le due sorelle ... Era vedova mia madre ... Ma fu madre ancor di quelle! Questo padre pien d' orgoglio ... Sta a vedere che m' imbroglio. Deh! scusate, perdonate Alla mia semplicità.
RAMIRO Mi seduce, m' innamora Quella sua semplicità.
MAGNIFICO, CLORINDA, TISBE Cenerentola da me.
RAMIRO Quante voci, che cos' è?
CENERENTOLA A ponente, ed a levante, A scirocco è a tramontana, Non ho calma un solo istante, Tutto, tutto, tocca a me. Vengo, vengo. Addio signore. Ah! ci lascio proprio il core, Questo cor più mio non è.
English Libretto or Translation:
RAMIRO A sweet I do not know that In those eyes he sparkled.
CINDERELLA I would like to know why My heart palpitated.
RAMIRO I would say them, but I do not dare.
CINDERELLA I want to talk and I'm silent.
A TWO A grace, a certain enchantment Par that shines on that face. How expensive is that smile! It comes down to the alma and gives hope.
RAMIRO I ask the baron of the daughters. Where are they? I do not see them here.
CINDERELLA Stan there in the other rooms. Now hopes will come.
RAMIRO But of grace, who are you?
CINDERELLA Who am I? Eh I do not know.
RAMIRO Do not you know?
CINDERELLA Almost no. What is a father is not a father ... Then the two sisters ... My mother was a widow ... But it was still mother of those! This father is full of pride ... You're going to see that I'm cheating. Deh! sorry, forgive To my simplicity.
RAMIRO It seduces me, falls in love with me That simplicity.
MAGNIFICENT, CLORINDA, TISBE Cinderella from me.
RAMIRO How many voices, what is it?
CINDERELLA To the west, and to the east, A scirocco is a tramontana, I have not a single moment's calm, Everything, everything, it's up to me. I come, I come. Goodbye, sir. Ah! I leave the core, This is not mine anymore.
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