Opera title: | Falstaff |
Composer: | Giuseppe Verdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Falstaff Synopsis |
Libretto: | Falstaff Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Type: | recitative |
Role(s): | Sir John Falstaff / Bardolfo / Pistola |
Voice(s): | Baritone / Tenor / Bass |
Act: | 1.02a |
Previous scene: | Falstaff ola! |
Next scene: | So che se andiam la notte |
Giuseppe 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.
FALSTAFF
Cessi l'antifona.
Le urlate in contrattempo.
Bardolfo e Pistola smettono e si avvicinano a Falstaff
L'arte sta in questa massima:
"Rubar con garbo e a tempo".
Siete dei rozzi artisti.
Si mette ad esaminare il conto che l'Oste avrà portato insieme alla bottiglia di Xeres
6 polli: 6 scellini,
30 giarre di Xeres: 2 lire; 3 tacchini …
a Bardolfo gettandogli la borsa, e si rimette a leggere lentamente.
Fruga nella mia borsa. - 2 fagiani
Un'acciuga.
BARDOLFO
estrae dalla borsa le monete e le conta sul tavolo
Un mark, un mark, un penny.
FALSTAFF
Fruga.
BARDOLFO
Ho frugato.
FALSTAFF
Fruga!
BARDOLFO
gettando la borsa sul tavolo
Qui non c'è più uno spicciolo.
FALSTAFF
The antiphon ceases.
The screams in mishap.
Bardolfo and Pistola stop and approach Falstaff
Art stands in this maxim:
"Rubar gracefully and in time".
You are rude artists.
It starts to examine the account that the Oste has brought together with the bottle of Xeres
6 chickens: 6 shillings,
30 giarres of Xeres: 2 lire; 3 turkeys ...
to Bardolfo throwing his bag, and reads slowly again.
Run into my bag. - 2 pheasants An
anchovy.
BARDOLFO
extracts coins from the bag and counts them on the table.
A mark, a mark, a penny.
FALSTAFF
Fruga.
BARDOLFO
I rummaged.
FALSTAFF
Fruga!
BARDOLFO
throwing the bag on the table
Here there is not a penny.
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