Reverenza la bella Alice
Opera details:
Opera title: | Falstaff |
Composer: | Giuseppe Verdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Falstaff Synopsis |
Libretto: | Falstaff Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Ensemble details:
Type: | recitative,ensemble |
Role(s): | All cast |
Voice(s): | all |
Act: | 3.02a |
| Previous scene: | Mondo ladro |
| Next scene: | Legge vedrai che ci ricasca |
G. Verdi - Falstaff - L. Bernstein - "22. Reverenza, la bella Alice"
Singer: Dietrich Fischer-DieskauGiuseppe Verdi's second comic opera (described as a commedia lirica) and his last (of 28), Falstaff is based on the Shakespearian character - the fat knight who makes his living exploring others.
It wasn't very sucessful, until Arturo Toscanini returned it to the regular operatic repertory.
Here, it is conducted by Leonard Bernstein, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as... well, Falstaff.
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
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inchinandosi e interrompendo Falstaff
Reverenza. La bella Alice …
FALSTAFF
alzandosi e scattando
Al diavolo te con Alice bella!
Ne ho piene le bisacce!
Ne ho piene le budella!
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Voi siete errato …
FALSTAFF
Un canchero! Sento ancor le cornate
Di quell'irco geloso!
Ho ancor l'ossa arrembate
D'esser rimasto curvo,
come una buona lama
Di Bilbao, nello spazio
D'un panierin di dama!
Con quel tufo! E quel caldo!
Un uom della mia tempra,
Che in uno stillicidio
continuo si distempra!
Poi, quando fui ben cotto,
rovente, incandescente,
M'han tuffato nell'acqua. Canaglie!!!
Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Mr Ford, Dr.Cajus, Fenton sbucano dietro una casa, or l'uno or l'altro spiando, non visti da Falstaff e poi si nascondono, poi tornano a spiare
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Essa è innocente.
Prendete abbaglio.
FALSTAFF
Vattene!
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infervorata
La colpa è di quei fanti
Malaugurati! Alice piange, urla, invoca i santi.
Povera donna! V'ama. Leggete.
English Libretto or Translation:
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bowing and interrupting Falstaff
Reverence. The beautiful Alice ...
FALSTAFF
getting up and shooting
To hell with you beautiful Alice!
I've got my saddlebags full!
I've got my guts full!
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You are wrong ...
FALSTAFF
A canker! I still feel the horns
Of that jealous iris!
I still have the arboreal bones
of being curved,
like a good blade
of Bilbao, in the space
D'un panierin di dama!
With that tuff! And that heat!
A man of my temper,
Which in a
continuous dripping is distempered!
Then, when I was well cooked,
hot, incandescent,
I plunged into the water. Scoundrels !!!
Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Mr. Ford, Dr.Cajus, Fenton come out behind a house, either spying or not, not seen by Falstaff and then they hide, then they go back to spying
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She's innocent.
Take it blind.
FALSTAFF
Get out!
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fervent
The blame lies with those
unfortunate infantrymen ! Alice cries, screams, invokes the saints.
Poor woman! He loves you. Read.
External links for Reverenza la bella Alice
| Sheetmusic for ensemble |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this ensemble | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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