Ewig war ich
Opera details:
Opera title: | Siegfried |
Composer: | Richard Wagner |
Language: | German |
Synopsis: | Siegfried Synopsis |
Libretto: | Siegfried Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Brünnhilde |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 3.03 |
| Previous scene: | Du bist nicht |
Hildegard Behrens: Wagner - Seigfried, 'Ewig war ich'
Singer: Hildegard BehrensHildegard Behrens (9 February 1937 -- 18 August 2009) was a German soprano with a wide repertoire including Wagner, Weber, Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg roles...
Lyrics & English Translation
Eternal I was, eternal I am, eternal in sweet,
Yearning bliss, yet eternal for your sake!
Oh Siegfried! Glorious one!
Treasure of the World!
Life of the earth!
Laughing hero!
Leave, oh leave!
Let me go!
Do not approach me with your passionate closeness!
Compel me not with your violating pressure!
Do not destroy me, your beloved!
Did you ever see your reflection in a clear Brook?
Did it please you, carefree youngster?
If you were to stir up the water and cause a wave
the brook's clear surface would dissolve;
you would no longer see your image,
but only the wave's eddying surge!
A link to this wonderful artists personal website:
Please Enjoy!
I send my kind and warm regards,
Watch videos with other singers performing Ewig war ich:
1 - Iréne Theorin
1 - Jennifer Wilson
5 - Ludwig Suthaus
1 - Eileen Farrell
1 - Deborah Voigt
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Germaine Lubin
1 - Christine Goerke
1 - Hildegard Behrens
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Catarina Ligendza
1 - Gwyneth Jones
1 - Helene Wildbrunn
5 - Manfred Jung
1 - Nanny Larsén-Todsen
1 - Amy Shuard
1 - Linda Watson
1 - Rachel Nicholls
1 - Lise Lindstrom
1 - Nina Stemme
1 - Ludmila Dvořáková
1 - Frida Leider
2 - Helga Dernesch
1 - Anne Evans
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Susan Owen
1 - Marianne Schech
1 - Berit Lindholm
1 - Jeannine Altmeyer
1 - Catherine Foster
1 - Lucie Weidt
1 - Lisa Gasteen
2 - Jean Madeira
2 - Martha Mödl
1 - Naděžda Kniplová
1 - Elizabeth Connell
5 - Stephen Gould
1 - Gwyneth Jones
5 - René Kollo
1 - Astrid Varnay
5 - Bernd Aldenhoff
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
5 - Lauritz Melchior
1 - Catarina Ligendza
5 - Jean Cox
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Birgit Nilsson
2 - Martha Mödl
1 - Birgit Nilsson
5 - Wolfgang Windgassen
1 - Linda Watson
2 - Christa Mayer
1 - Violeta Urmana
3 - Anna Larsson
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
3 - Kerstin Thorborg
1 - Frida Leider
2 - Margarete Klose
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Gertrude Grob-Prandl
1 - Irmgard Seefried
1 - Kateryna Kasper
1 - Susan Bullock
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
5 - Set Svanholm
1 - Germaine Lubin
1 - Lilli Lehmann
1 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Ilse Hollweg
3 - Maria von Ilosvay
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Rita Streich
1 - Helene Wildbrunn
1 - Lotte Lehmann
1 - Lucie Weidt
1 - Florence Easton
5 -
1 - Astrid Varnay
2 - Regina Resnik
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Rita Streich
3 - Maria von Ilosvay
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Ilse Hollweg
2 - Jean Madeira
Other videos of the same singers performing Ewig war ich:
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Helene Wildbrunn
1 - Hildegard Behrens
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Deborah Voigt
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Catarina Ligendza
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Helene Wildbrunn
1 - Nanny Larsén-Todsen
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Helene Wildbrunn
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Nanny Larsén-Todsen
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Hildegard Behrens
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Gwyneth Jones
1 - Jeannine Altmeyer
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Eileen Farrell
1 - Nanny Larsén-Todsen
1 - Helene Wildbrunn
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Frida Leider
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Linda Watson
1 - Gwyneth Jones
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Linda Watson
1 - Frida Leider
1 - Jeannine Altmeyer
1 - Birgit Nilsson
2 - Helga Dernesch
1 - Frida Leider
1 - Astrid Varnay
2 - Martha Mödl
1 - Gwyneth Jones
1 - Helene Wildbrunn
1 - Frida Leider
1 - Frida Leider
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Astrid Varnay
1 - Linda Watson
2 - Martha Mödl
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Ludmila Dvořáková
1 - Birgit Nilsson
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Florence Easton
5 -
1 - Astrid Varnay
2 - Regina Resnik
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
Ewig war ich,ewig bin ich,
ewig in süß
sehnender Wonne,
doch ewig zu deinem Heil!
O Siegfried Herrlicher!
Hort der Welt!
Leben der Erde!
Lachender Held!
Laß, ach laß!
Lasse von mir!
Nahe mir nicht
mit der wütenden Nähe!
Zwinge mich nicht
mit dem brechenden Zwang,
zertrümmre die Traute dir nicht! -
Sahst du dein Bild
im klaren Bach?
Hat es dich Frohen erfreut?
Rührtest zur Woge
das Wasser du auf;
zerflösse die klare
Fläche des Bachs:
dein Bild säht du nicht mehr,
nur der Welle schwankend Gewog'!
So berühre mich nicht,
trübe mich nicht!
Ewig licht
lachst du selig dann
aus mir dir entgegen,
froh und heiter ein Held! -
O Siegfried!
Leuchtender Sproß!
Liebe dich,
und lasse von mir:
vernichte dein Eigen nicht!
English Libretto or Translation:
Not entered yet.External links for Ewig war ich
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