Wonderful mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly as the faithful maid Brangaene keeping watch for the lovers Tristan and Isolde from high in her tower. From a BBC Prom concert performance of Act 2 of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde", at the Royal Albert Hall with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1 August 2010. Ben Heppner and Violeta Urmana were Tristan and Isolde. The concert was given again on 4 August 2010 in Baden-Baden.
BRANGÄNES STIMME
(von der Zinne her)
Einsam wachend
in der Nacht,
wem der Traum
der Liebe lacht,
hab der einen
Ruf in acht,
die den Schläfern
Schlimmes ahnt,
bange zum
Erwachen mahnt.
Habet acht!
Habet acht!
Bald entweicht die Nacht.
THE VOICE OF BRANGAENE
(from the tower)
You upon whom
love's dream smiles,
take heed of
the voice of one
keeping solitary
watch at night,
foreseeing evil
for the sleepers,
anxiously urging
you to waken.
Beware!
Beware!
Night soon melts away.
Photo: Glyndebourne, 2009