Opera title: | Falstaff |
Composer: | Giuseppe Verdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Falstaff Synopsis |
Libretto: | Falstaff Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Type: | recitative |
Role(s): | Bardolfo / Pistola / Sir John Falstaff / Mistress Quickly |
Voice(s): | Tenor / Bass / Baritone / Contralto |
Act: | 2.01a |
Previous scene: | Qui piu non si vagoli |
Next scene: | Reverenza! |
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.
BARDOLFO, PISTOLA
cantando insieme e battendosi il petto in atto di pentimento
Siam pentiti e contriti.
FALSTAFF
volgendosi appena verso Bardolfo e Pistola
L'uomo ritorna al vizio,
La gatta al lardo …
BARDOLFO, PISTOLA
E noi, torniamo al tuo servizio.
BARDOLFO
a Falstaff
Padron, là c'è una donna
che alla vostra presenza
Chiede d'essere ammessa.
FALSTAFF
S'inoltri.
BARDOLFO, PISTOLA
singing together and beating his chest in the act of repentance
Siam repented and contrite.
FALSTAFF
turning slightly towards Bardolfo and Pistola
The man returns to the vice,
The cat to the lard ...
BARDOLFO, PISTOLA
AND we return to your service.
BARDOLFO
to Falstaff
Padron, there is a woman
in your presence who
asks to be admitted.
FALSTAFF
You can forward it .
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