La donna e mobile
Opera details:
Opera title: | Rigoletto |
Composer: | Giuseppe Verdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Rigoletto Synopsis |
Libretto: | Rigoletto Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Duke of Mantua |
Voice(s): | Tenor |
Act: | 4.02 |
| Previous scene: | E l'ami sempre |
| Next scene: | Un di se ben rammentomi |
Alfredo Kraus sings La donna è mobile (vaimusic.com)
Singer: Alfredo KrausAlfredo Kraus sings "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
From: VAI DVD 4397 Alfredo Kraus:A lyric tenor in a class of his own, Alfredo Kraus (1927-1999) was acclaimed for the beauty, elegance, and passion of his singing. This 1990 recital presents the tenor in a characteristic program of songs by Massenet, Duparc, Bizet, Tosti, de Falla, Mompou, Turina, Obradors, and others, as well as arias from Cilèas Larlesiana and Verdis Rigoletto (La donna è mobile). With Edelmiro Arnaltes, piano.
Includes English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles
Color, stereo, 83 min., Playable in all regions. Live in Salzburg
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Watch videos with other singers performing La donna e mobile:
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Enrico Caruso
5 - Roberto Alagna
5 - Raffaele Mirate
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
5 - Alfredo Kraus
5 - Vittorio Grigolo
5 - Rolando Villazón
5 - Javier Camarena
5 - Mario Lanza
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - José Carreras
5 - Joseph Calleja
5 - Mario Del Monaco
5 - Jonas Kaufmann
5 - József Simándy
5 - Ramón Vargas
5 - Francesco Meli
5 - Franco Corelli
5 - Stephen Costello
5 - Piotr Beczała
5 - Giuseppe Di Stefano
5 - Antonio Paoli
5 - Nicolai Gedda
5 - James Valenti
5 - Tito Schipa
5 - Bryan Hymel
5 - Saimir Pirgu
5 - Stefano Secco
5 - Miguel Fleta
5 - Arnold Rutkowski
5 - Francisco Araiza
5 - Beniamino Gigli
5 - Ivan Kozlovsky
5 - Konstantinos Paliatsaras
5 - Daniele Barioni
5 - Ștefan Pop
5 - Wiesław Ochman
5 - Celso Albelo
5 - Michael Fabiano
5 - Richard Tucker
5 - José Carreras
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Plácido Domingo
Other videos of the same singers performing La donna e mobile:
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Enrico Caruso
5 - Alfredo Kraus
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Alfredo Kraus
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Rolando Villazón
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - José Carreras
5 - Joseph Calleja
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Mario Lanza
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - Alfredo Kraus
5 - Enrico Caruso
5 - Alfredo Kraus
5 - Vittorio Grigolo
5 - Mario Lanza
5 - Joseph Calleja
5 - Alfredo Kraus
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Joseph Calleja
5 - Javier Camarena
5 - Roberto Alagna
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Franco Corelli
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Enrico Caruso
5 - Enrico Caruso
5 - Giuseppe Di Stefano
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - José Carreras
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Mario Lanza
5 - Nicolai Gedda
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Javier Camarena
5 - Vittorio Grigolo
5 - Vittorio Grigolo
5 - Jonas Kaufmann
5 - Juan Diego Flórez
5 - Alfredo Kraus
5 - Vittorio Grigolo
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Raffaele Mirate
5 - Ștefan Pop
5 - José Carreras
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Plácido Domingo
5 - Luciano Pavarotti
5 - Plácido Domingo
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
DUCALa donna è mobile
Qual piuma al vento,
Muta d'accento
E di pensiero.
Sempre un amabile
Leggiadro viso,
In pianto o in riso
È menzognero.
È sempre misero
Chi a lei s'affida,
Chi le confida
Mal cauto il core!
Pur mai non sentesi
Felice appieno
Chi su quel seno
Non liba amore!
La donna è mobile, ecc.
Sparafucile rientra con una bottiglia di vino e due bicchieri che depone sulla tavola: quindi batte col pomo della sua lunga spada due colpi al soffitto. A quel segnale una ridente giovane, in costume di zingara, scende a salti la scala. Il Duca corre per abbracciarla, ma ella gli sfugge. Frattanto Sparafucile, uscito sulla via, dice a parte a Rigoletto:
SPARAFUCILE
È là il vostr'uomo …viver dee o morire?
RIGOLETTO
Più tardi tornerò l'opra a compire.
Sparafucile s'allontana dietro la casa verso il fiume.
English Libretto or Translation:
DUKEWomen are as fickle
as feathers in the wind,
simple in speech,
and simple in mind.
Always the loveable,
sweet, laughing face,
but laughing or crying,
the face is false for sure.
If you rely on her
you will regret it,
and if you trust her
you are undone!
Yet none can call himself
fully contented
who has not tasted
love in her arms!
Women are as fickle, etc.
Sparafucile returns with a bottle of wine and two glasses, which he puts on the table; then he strikes the ceiling twice with the pommel of his sword. At this signal, a buxom young woman in gypsy costume comes jumping down the stairs. The Duke runs to kiss her, but she eludes him. Meanwhile, Sparafucile, having slipped out into the road, speaks softly to Rigoletto:
SPARAFUCILE
Your man's in there. Is he to live or die?
RIGOLETTO
I'll come back later to conclude our business.
Sparafucile moves off behind the house in the direction of the river.
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