Since it is not by merit
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 |
Voice(s): | Tenor |
Act: | 1.03b |
| Previous scene: | Here I stand |
| Next scene: | Tom Rakewell? |
Act I Scene 1: Aria: Since it is not by merit… (Tom)
Singer: Jon GarrisonProvided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
Act I Scene 1: Aria: Since it is not by merit… (Tom) · 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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5 - Paul Franke
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6 - Mack Harrell
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
AriaSince it is not by merit
we rise or we fall,
but the favour of Fortune
that governs us all,
why should I labour
for what in the end
she will give me for nothing
if she be my friend?
While if she be not,
why, the wealth I might gain
for a time by my toil
would at last be in vain.
Till I die then, of fever,
or by lightning am struck,
let me live by my wits
and trust to my luck.
My life lies before me,
the world is so wide:
come, wishes, be horses
this beggar shall ride.
(Spoken)
I wish I had money!
(Nick appears behind fence)
English Libretto or Translation:
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| Sheetmusic for aria |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
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| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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