Opera title: | Otello |
Composer: | Giuseppe Verdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Otello Synopsis |
Libretto: | Otello Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Iago |
Voice(s): | Baritone |
Act: | 3.10 |
Previous scene: | E intanto giacche non si stanca |
Next scene: | Miracolo vago dell aspo |
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Otello: Act III: Questa e una ragna (Iago, Cassio, Otello, Chorus) · Aleksandrs Antonenko
Verdi: Otello
℗ 2013 CSO Resound
Released on: 2013-09-03
Artist: Aleksandrs Antonenko
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Artist: Carlo Guelfi
Artist: Barbara di Castri
Artist: Juan Francisco Gatell
Artist: Michael Spyres
Artist: Paolo Battaglia
Artist: Eric Owens
Artist: David Govertsen
Choir: Chicago Symphony Chorus
Choir: Chicago Children's Choir
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
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JAGO
a Cassio indicando il fazzoletto
Questa è una ragna
dove il tuo cuor
casca, si lagna,
s'impiglia e muor.
Troppo l'ammiri,
troppo la guardi;
bada ai deliri
vani e bugiardi.
Questa è una ragna, etc…
IAGO (eyeing Cassio, indicating the handkerchief)
This is a spider’s web,
‘twill your heart catch,
in spite of complaining
‘twill trap and dispatch.
Too much you’re admiring,
too long you are eyeing,
beware of such transports
abortive and lying.
This is a spider’s web, etc.
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