Opera title: | La Traviata |
Composer: | Giuseppe Verdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | La Traviata Synopsis |
Libretto: | La Traviata Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Violetta Valéry |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 1.11 |
Previous scene: | Follie! follie! delirio vano e questo |
Next scene: | Lunge da lei |
Beverly Sills sings " Follie!....Sempre Libera" with tenor, Henry Price
From: VAI DVD 4207 La Traviata (Verdi)
Beverly Sills was world-famous for her portrayal of Violetta in Tito Capobianco's stirring production of Verdi's perennial favorite. This performance was captured live on video in 1976 as part of the Wolf Trap Festival.
Julius Rudel, conductor
135 minutes, color
Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
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VIOLETTA
Follie! follie delirio vano è questo!
Povera donna, sola
Abbandonata in questo
Popoloso deserto
Che appellano Parigi,
Che spero or più?
Che far degg'io!
Gioire,
Di voluttà nei vortici perire.
Sempre libera degg'io
Folleggiar di gioia in gioia,
Vo' che scorra il viver mio
Pei sentieri del piacer,
Nasca il giorno, o il giorno muoia,
Sempre lieta ne' ritrovi
A diletti sempre nuovi
Dee volare il mio pensier.
VIOLETTA
It's madness! It's empty delirium!
A poor, lonely woman
Abandoned in this
teeming desert
They call Paris!
What can I hope?
What should I do?
Enjoy myself!
Plurge into the vortex
Of pleasure and drown there!
Enjoy myself!
Free and aimless I must flutter
From pleasure to pleasure,
Skimming the surface
Of life's primrose path.
As each day dawns,
As each day dies,
Gaily I turn to the new delights
That make my spirit soar.
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