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Aprite aprite

Opera details:

Opera title:

Otello

Composer:

Giuseppe Verdi

Language:

Italian

Synopsis:

Otello Synopsis

Libretto:

Otello Libretto

Translation(s):

English Deutsch

Recitative details:

Type:

recitative

Role(s):

Desdemona / Otello / Emilia

Voice(s):

Soprano / Tenor / Mezzo-Soprano

Act:

4.06b

Previous scene: Calma come la tomba
Next scene: Quai grida orrore

Aprite! Aprite! (Emilia/Otello/Desdemona)

Singer(s): James McCracken Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Piero de Palma Gwyneth Jones

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Aprite! Aprite! (Emilia/Otello/Desdemona) · Florindo Andreolli

Verdi - Otello

℗ 1970 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

Bass: Alfredo Giacomotti
Bass: Leonardo Monreale
Bass- Baritone: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Bass- Baritone: Glynne Thomas
Bass- Baritone Vocals: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Bass- Baritone Vocals: Glynne Thomas
Boy Soprano: Anna Di Stasio
Boy Soprano: Dame Gwyneth Jones
Boy Soprano: James McCracken
Choir: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Chorus: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli
Lead Vocals: James McCracken
Lead Vocals: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Lead Vocals: Alfredo Giacomotti
Lead Vocals: Leonardo Monreale
Lead Vocals: Glynne Thomas
Lead Vocals: Dame Gwyneth Jones
Lead Vocals: Anna Di Stasio
Lead Vocals: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Lead Vocals: Upton House School Boy's Choir
Lead Vocals: Hammersmith County School Girl's Choir
Lead Vocals: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Lead Vocals: Sir John Barbirolli
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Mezzo-soprano Vocals: Anna di Stasio
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Performance: Hammersmith County School Girl's Choir
Performance: Upton House School Boy's Choir
Performed by: Upton House School Boys' Choir
Performed by: Hammersmith County School Girls' Choir
Produced by: Ronald Kinloch Anderson
Producer: Ronald Kinloch Anderson
Soprano Vocals: James McCracken
Soprano Vocals: Dame Gwyneth Jones
Vocals: Florindo Andreolli
Vocals: Piero De Palma
Composer: Arrigo Boito
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

EMILIA
picchia di nuovo
Aprite! Aprite!

OTELLO
trabalzando
Chi è là? Chi batte?

EMILIA
Signor mio…ven prego, lasciate
ch'io vi parli…Aprite!

OTELLO
aprendo
Emilia! che avvenne?

EMILIA
entrando
Un gran delitto! Cassio uccise Roderigo.

OTELLO
E Cassio?

EMILIA
Vive.

OTELLO
Cassio vive!

DESDEMONA
dal letto
Ingiustamente…uccisa ingiustamente…

EMILIA
accorrendo al letto
Chi geme là?…Orror!

DESDEMONA
Muoio innocente…

EMILIA
Gran Dio!…Chi fu? chi fu?

DESDEMONA
Nessuno…io stessa…Al mio
Signor mi raccomanda…muoio innocente…
Addio.
muore

OTELLO
O mentitrice! io l'uccisi.

EMILIA
Assassino!

OTELLO
Fu di Cassio la druda. A Jago il chiedi.

EMILIA
A Jago?

OTELLO
A Jago.

EMILIA
Stolto!! E tu il credesti?

OTELLO
fa per avventarsi contro Emilia
Negarlo ardisci?

EMILIA
Non ti temo.

OTELLO
la afferra
Bada!

EMILIA
Olà! Soccorso! Aiuto!
si svincola e corre verso la porta, gridando disperatamente
Otello uccise Desdemona!

English Libretto or Translation:

EMILIA (without)
Unlock the door!

OTHELLO (starting)
Who is there? Who knocks?

EMILIA (knocking again)
O, good my lord, I do beseech
that I may speak with you...
Unlock the door!

OTHELLO (opening the door)
Emilia! What’s the matter?

EMILIA (entering)
Yonder’s foul murder done!
Cassio has killed Roderigo!

OTHELLO
And Cassio?

EMILIA
Lives.

OTHELLO
Cassio lives!!

DESDEMONA (from the bed)
Falsely...
falsely killed...

EMILIA (running towards the bed)
What cry is that?...
O horror!

DESDEMONA
A guiltless death I die...

EMILIA
Great God! Who did this deed?

DESDEMONA
Nobody... I myself...
Commend me to my lord...
A guiltless death I die...
Farewell...
(dies)

OTHELLO
O liar!
’Twas I that killed her.

EMILIA
Murderer!

OTHELLO
She was Cassio’s whore.
Ask Iago else.

EMILIA
Iago?

OTHELLO
Iago.

EMILIA
O dolt! And you believed him?

OTHELLO (about to strike Emilia)
Dare you deny it?

EMILIA
I fear you not.

OTHELLO (seizing her)
Take care!

EMILIAHo there! Help, ho! Help!(freeing herself she runs toward the door, crying out)

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