If boys had wings
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. |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Tom Rakewell / Nick Shadow |
Voice(s): | Tenor |
Act: | 3.08 |
| Previous scene: | You love him, seek to set him right |
| Next scene: | I go to him. Oh love |
Act III Scene 1: Ballad Tune: If boys had wings and girls had stings… (Tom, Nick, Anne, Baba,...
Singer: Jon GarrisonProvided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
Act III Scene 1: Ballad Tune: If boys had wings and girls had stings… (Tom, Nick, Anne, Baba, Sellem, Chorus) · Jayne West
Stravinsky, I.: The Rake's Progress (Opera)
â„— 2009 Naxos
Released on: 2009-05-26
Artist: Arthur Woodley
Composer: Chester Kallman
Choir: Gregg Smith Singers
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Artist: Jayne West
Artist: Jeffrey Johnson
Artist: John Cheek
Artist: Jon Garrison
Artist: Melvin Lowery
Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke's
Conductor: Robert Craft
Artist: Shirley Love
Artist: Wendy White
Composer: Wystan Hugh Auden
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
TOM'S AND NICK'S VOICESIf boys had wings
and girls had stings
and gold fell from the sky,
if new-laid eggs
wore wooden legs
I should not laugh or cry.
ANNE
It's Tom, I know!
BABA
The two, then go!
SELLEM, CROWD
The thief, below!
Then go to him!.
His crime was grave.
English Libretto or Translation:
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