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Lassu in cielo

Opera details:

Opera title:

Rigoletto

Composer:

Giuseppe Verdi

Language:

Italian

Synopsis:

Rigoletto Synopsis

Libretto:

Rigoletto Libretto

Translation(s):

English Deutsch

Duet details:

Type:

duet

Role(s):

Rigoletto / Gilda

Voice(s):

Baritone / Soprano

Act:

4.08b

Previous scene: V'ho ingannato colpevole fui

Lawrence Tibbett and Lily Pons sing Rigoletto Finale

Singer(s): Lily Pons Lawrence Tibbett

"Chi é mai, chi é qui in sua vece?...V'ho ingannato, colpevole fui...Lassù in cielo" The final duet from Verdi's Rigoletto.
Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) and Lily Pons (1898-1976) sing in this production from 1935, when both were in peak form. From the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Ettore Panizza.

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

GILDA
Ah, ch'io taccia... a me... a lui perdonate!
Benedite alla figlia, o mio padre ...
Lassù in cielo, vicino alla madre ...
In eterno per voi pregherò.
Non più... Addio!

RIGOLETTO
Non morir, mio tesoro, pietate...
Mia colomba, lasciarmi non dei!
Se t'involi, qui sol rimarrei.
Non morire, o ch'io teco morrò!
Oh, mia figlia! Oh, mia Gilda!
Gilda muore.
Gilda! mia Gilda!... è morta!
Ah, la maledizione!

Strappandosi i capelli, cade sul cadavere della figlia.

English Libretto or Translation:

GILDA
Let me be silent! Forgive me, and him.
Bless your daughter, O my father –
in heaven above, near my mother,
I shall pray for you evermore.
No more... Farewell!

RIGOLETTO
Do not die, my treasure, have pity!
Oh, my dove, you must not leave me!
If you go away, I shall be alone!
Do not die, or I shall die beside you!
Oh my daughter, my Gilda!

Gilda dies.

Gilda! My Gilda! She is dead!
Ah, the curse!

Tearing his hair in anguish, he falls senseless upon his daughter's body.

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