Re dell'abisso affrettati
Opera details:
Opera title: | Un Ballo in maschera |
Composer: | Giuseppe Verdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Un Ballo in maschera Synopsis |
Libretto: | Un Ballo in maschera Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Ulrica |
Voice(s): | Contralto |
Act: | 1.10b |
| Previous scene: | Zitti l'incanto non dessi turbare |
| Next scene: | Arrivo il primo..e lui e lui! |
"A Masked Ball" Moving Moment, featuring Dolora Zajick
Singer: Dolora Zajick"King of the abyss, make haste," the witch Ulrica sings, summoning the devil into her house. Villagers have gathered to see her perform magic — and she calls on the devil to place the "torch of the future" into her hands, so she can predict their fortunes.
But who should step into her midst but King Gustavo himself, disguised in rags, ready to investigate all the hullabaloo about witchcraft in his kingdom. If he is skeptical about Ulrica's powers, her bone-chilling aria "Re dell'abisso, affrettati" might change his mind.
Mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick gives a magical performance as Ulrica in this weekend's free streaming special, Giuseppe Verdi's "A Masked Ball," streaming for free on our website the weekend of November 7, 2020:
Watch videos with other singers performing Re dell'abisso affrettati:
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Elena Obraztsova
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
3 - Ewa Podles
5 - Franco Corelli
2 - Shirley Verrett
2 - Irina Arkhipova
1 - Elisabeth Kulman
2 - Stephanie Blythe
2 - Daniela Barcellona
2 - Biserka Cvejić
2 - Nell Rankin
3 - Maureen Forrester
2 - Christa Ludwig
2 - Dolora Zajick
2 - Oralia Domínguez
2 - Bruna Castagna
2 - Viorica Cortez
2 - Nadia Krasteva
2 - Marta Moretto
2 - Rita Gorr
2 - Martha Mödl
3 - Marian Anderson
2 - Grace Bumbry
1 - Morag Beaton
2 - Helene Jung
2 - Giulietta Simionato
2 - Irina Bogacheva
2 - Jean Madeira
2 - Margaret Harshaw
3 - Claramae Turner
2 - Linda Finnie
3 - Kathleen Ferrier
Other videos of the same singers performing Re dell'abisso affrettati:
2 - Elena Obraztsova
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
2 - Elena Obraztsova
3 - Ewa Podles
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
3 - Marian Anderson
3 - Marian Anderson
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Martha Mödl
2 - Grace Bumbry
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Fedora Barbieri
3 - Marian Anderson
2 - Shirley Verrett
2 - Fiorenza Cossotto
2 - Shirley Verrett
3 - Marian Anderson
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Giulietta Simionato
2 - Fedora Barbieri
3 - Marian Anderson
2 - Giulietta Simionato
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Bruna Castagna
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Jean Madeira
2 - Margaret Harshaw
2 - Giulietta Simionato
2 - Grace Bumbry
3 - Marian Anderson
3 - Claramae Turner
2 - Fedora Barbieri
3 - Marian Anderson
2 - Fedora Barbieri
2 - Fedora Barbieri
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
Ulrica [ispirata]Re dell'abisso, affrettati,
Precipita per l'etra -
Senza libar la folgore
Il tetto mio penètra.
Omai tre volte l'upupa
Dall'alto sospirò;
La salamandra ignivora
Tre volte sibilò...
E delle tombe il gemito
Tre volte a me parlò!
Scena VII
Riccardo da pescatore, avanzandosi tra la folla, nè scorgendo alcuno de' suoi.
English Libretto or Translation:
Ulrica [inspired]King of the abyss, hurry up,
Precipita for the etra -
Without lightning the lightning
My penitra roof.
Three times the hoopoe
From above he sighed;
The ignominious salamander
Three times he hissed ...
And the moans of the tombs
Three times he spoke to me!
Scene VII
Richard as a fisherman, advancing through the crowd, or noticing any of his own.
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