Un soave non so che
Opera details:
Opera title: | La Cenerentola |
Composer: | Giaochino Rossini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | La Cenerentola Synopsis |
Libretto: | La Cenerentola Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Duet details:
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Prince Ramiro / Angelina |
Voice(s): | Tenor / Contralto or Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 1.08b |
| Previous scene: | Una volta c'era un re |
| Next scene: | Non so che dir |
Rossini's La Cenerentola - Un soave non so che (Looking Back Series)
Singer(s): Alessandro Corbelli Joyce DiDonato Luca Pisaroni Pietro Spagnoli Juan Diego FlórezAngelina (Joyce DiDonato) might be in rags, and the Prince (Juan Diego Florez) might be pretending to be a servant, but it doesn't matter to the both of them as the fall in love with each other at first sight...
Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story features a brilliant cast, led by bel canto stars Joyce DiDonato in the title role and Juan Diego Florez as her Prince Charming. Alessandro Corbelli delivers a comic tour de force as Don Magnifico, Cinderella’s stepfather. Pietro Spagnoli is Dandini, the Prince’s valet, who, disguised as his master, puts the prospective brides to the text, and Luca Pisaroni is the philosopher Alidoro, who takes the place of the fairy godmother. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads Cesare Lievi’s whimsical production.
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Watch videos with other singers performing Un soave non so che:
2 - Jennifer Larmore
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Lawrence Brownlee
1 - Erika Köth
5 - Fritz Wunderlich
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
2 - Susanne Marsee
5 - Rockwell Blake
2 - Isabel Leonard
5 - Lawrence Brownlee
2 - Raquel Pierotti
5 - Rockwell Blake
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
5 - John Osborn
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
5 - Javier Camarena
2 - Frederica von Stade
5 - Francisco Araiza
2 - Teresa Berganza
5 - Nicola Monti
2 - Agnes Baltsa
5 - Rockwell Blake
2 - Frederica von Stade
5 - Ugo Benelli
2 - Giulietta Simionato
5 - Ugo Benelli
2 - Lena Belkina
5 - Javier Camarena
2 - Giulietta Simionato
5 - Juan Oncina
2 - Vivica Genaux
5 - Bruce Fowler
2 - Lucia Valentini Terrani
5 - Luigi Alva
2 - Jennifer Larmore
2 - Laura Polverelli
2 - Teresa Berganza
5 - Luigi Alva
2 - Giulietta Simionato
5 - Cesare Valletti
5 - Maxim Mironov
2 - Sonia Ganassi
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Gloria Banditelli
5 - William Matteuzzi
2 - Ginger Costa-Jackson
2 - Serena Malfi
5 - Kenneth Tarver
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
6 - Alessandro Corbelli
6 - Luca Pisaroni
6 - Pietro Spagnoli
2 - Katija Dragojevic
2 - Zara Dolukhanova
6 - Craig Irvin
5 - Donald George
2 - Jennifer Larmore
2 - Laura Polverelli
5 - Raúl Giménez
2 - Giulietta Simionato
5 - Cesare Valletti
6 - Saturno Meletti
2 - Teresa Berganza
5 - Nicola Monti
6 - Sesto Bruscantini
7 - Mario Petri
1 - Alda Noni
5 - Juan Oncina
6 - Ian Wallace
6 - Ian Wallace
6 - Sesto Bruscantini
Other videos of the same singers performing Un soave non so che:
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
2 - Teresa Berganza
5 - Luigi Alva
2 - Giulietta Simionato
5 - Cesare Valletti
2 - Teresa Berganza
5 - Luigi Alva
2 - Teresa Berganza
5 - Luigi Alva
2 - Teresa Berganza
5 - Luigi Alva
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Isabel Leonard
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Maxim Mironov
5 - Maxim Mironov
5 - Lawrence Brownlee
2 - Lucia Valentini Terrani
2 - Lena Belkina
5 - Rockwell Blake
2 - Jennifer Larmore
5 - Ugo Benelli
5 - Ugo Benelli
5 - Ugo Benelli
5 - Nicola Monti
1 - Alda Noni
5 - Juan Oncina
6 - Ian Wallace
6 - Ian Wallace
5 - Juan Oncina
5 - Nicola Monti
5 - Juan Oncina
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
RAMIROUn 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:
RAMIROA 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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