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 |
Renata Tebaldi (Pesaro, Italy, February 1, 1922 San Marino, December 19, 2004). This is a true spinto soprano voice. The spinto voice is one that can open up to dramatic power while also being able to sing lyric roles. Traviata probably was not ideal for her voice because of the fioratura, but she sings it beautifully here nevertheless.
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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