How sad a song
Opera details:
Opera title: | The Rake's Progress |
Composer: | Igor Stravinsky |
Language: | English |
Synopsis: | The Rake's Progress Synopsis |
Libretto: | The Rake's Progress Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Choir details:
Type: | choir |
Role(s): | choir / Mother Goose |
Voice(s): | Contralto |
Act: | 1.17 |
| Previous scene: | Love too frequently betrayed |
| Next scene: | The sun is bright |
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
ChorusPROSTITUTES
How sad a song!,
but sadness charms.
¡How handsomely he cries!
Come, drown your sorrows in these arms.
Forget it in these eyes, upon these lips,
(Mother Goose takes by the hand to Tom)
MOTHER GOOSE
Away!
Tonight I exercise my elder right
and claim him for my prize.
English Libretto or Translation:
Not entered yet.External links for How sad a song
| Sheetmusic for choir |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this choir | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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