Opera title: | La Traviata |
Composer: | Giuseppe Verdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | La Traviata Synopsis |
Libretto: | La Traviata Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Giorgio Germont / Violetta Valéry |
Voice(s): | Baritone / Soprano |
Act: | 2.04 |
Previous scene: | Madamigella Valery |
Next scene: | Non sapete quale affetto |
DONATIONS/DONAZIONI:
00:00 - Madamigella Valéry?
02:59 - Pura siccome un angelo...
04:57 - Non sapete quale affetto...
06:21 - È grave il sagrifizio
07:18 - Un dì, quando le veneri
10:09 - Ah! Dite alla giovine
11:39 - Piangi, piangi, piani, o misera...
15:02 - Imponete
16:15 - Morrò!...morrò!.. la mia memoria
16:59 - Conosca il sagrifizio ch'io consumai d'amore
18:44 - Siate felice... Addio..
La Traviata (original title in Italian, which in Spanish could be translated as La extraviada) is a three-act opera with music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas (son) "La dame aux camellias" (1852), although not directly but through a theatrical adaptation. Originally titled "Violetta" - the name of the main character - it appears to be based on the life of a Parisian courtesan, Alphonsine Plessis.
Place and date of premiere: Teatro La Fenice in Venice on March 6, 1853
Roles:
-Violetta Valéry, courtesan (light lyrical soprano or light soprano)
-Alfredo Germont, student (lyric tenor)
-Giorgio Germont, his father (baritone)
-Gastón, viscount of Letorières (tenor)
-Flora Bervoix, friend of Violetta (mezzo-soprano)
-Annina, maid of Violetta (soprano)
-Barón Douphol, protector of Violetta (baritone)
-Doctor Grenvil (bass)
Chorus
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GERMONT
Sì.
Pura siccome un angelo
Iddio mi die' una figlia;
Se Alfredo nega riedere
In seno alla famiglia,
L'amato e amante giovane,
Cui sposa andar dovea,
Or si ricusa al vincolo
Che lieti ne rendea
Deh, non mutate in triboli
Le rose dell'amor.
Ai preghi miei resistere
Non voglia il vostro cor.
VIOLETTA
Ah, comprendo dovrò per alcun tempo
Da Alfredo allontanarmi... doloroso
Fora per me... pur...
GERMONT
Non è ciò che chiedo.
VIOLETTA
Cielo, che più cercate?
offersi assai!
GERMONT
Pur non basta
VIOLETTA
Volete che per sempre a lui rinunzi?
GERMONT
È d'uopo!
GERMONT
Yes.
God gave me a daughter
As pure as an angel;
And if Alfredo refuses
To return to the bosom of his family,
The man she loves and who loves her,
The one whose wife she was to be,
Will break the chain
That was to bind them in their happiness.
I pray you not to change the roses of their
Love to flowers of sadness.
Surely your heart will not deny
The prayer I utter now.
VIOLETTA
Ah yes, I understand. If I left
Alfredo for a time …
It would be a sacrifice, but then ...
GERMONT
That's not what I'm asking.
VIOLETTA
Heavens! What more do you expect?
So much I've offered, already!
GERMONT
But not enough.
VIOLETTA
You want me to leave him for ever?
GERMONT
It's necessary.
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