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 |
The Rake's Progress - Opera in 3 Acts: Act III, Scene 1: Aria: "Sold! Annoyed!" - Recitative:...
Singer(s): John Reardon Alexander YoungProvided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment
The Rake's Progress - Opera in 3 Acts: Act III, Scene 1: Aria: "Sold! Annoyed!" - Recitative: "Now What Was That!" - Duet: "You Love Him" - Ballad Tune: "If Boys Had Wings" · Igor Stravinsky / ?????
Stravinsky Conducts "The Rake's Progress"
? Originally released 1964 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Soprano: Judith Raskin
Tenor: Alexander Young
Librettist: W.H. Auden
Librettist: Chester Kallman
Baritone: John Reardon
Contralto: Regina Sarfaty
Tenor: Kevin Miller
Harpsichord: Colin Tilney
Associated Performer: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus
Chorus Master: John Barker
Associated Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / ?????????? / ??????????
Producer: John McClure
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5 - Alexander Young
6 - John Reardon
5 - Ian Bostridge
6 - Bryn Terfel
5 - Eugene Conley
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6 - Mack Harrell
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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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