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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes |
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| Donizetti: LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT |
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| Band 3 |
Act I: Duet excerpt : "À cet aveu si tendre, mon coeur" ... "que perdre nos amours"
Marcella Sembrich (s), Marie
Thomas Sallgnac (t), Tonio
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra--Phillippe Flon
January 30, 1903
[Glackens 15.]
Marie, "the daughter of the regiment," was found as a child on a battlefield, her parents unknown. Recently, her life was saved by the Tyrolean youth Tonio, who has agreed to become a grenadier in order to obtain the regiment's permission to marry Marie. The recording presents the last part of their love duet. (It is followed on the original cylinder by the last strain of Arditi's Parla Vals, which Sembrich habitually sang at the end of La Fille du Régiment; see Band 10 on this side.)
[original]
TONIO
À cet aveu si tendre,
non, son coeur en ce jour
ne peut pas se défendre
de croire à mon amour!
Je t'aime, Marie, Simultaneous singing begins
je t'aime pour toujours, toujours!
MARIE
De cet aveu si tendre... Simultaneous singing ends
TONIO
Plutôt perdre la vie Simultaneous singing begins
que perdre nos amours...
MARIE
non, mon coeur en ce jour... Simultaneous singing ends
TONIO
nos amours, nos amours, nos amours! Simultaneous singing begins
MARIE
Sur le coeur de Marie,
Tonio, compte toujours!
TONIO
Qui, je t'aime, Marie,
je t'aime, et pour toujours! Simultaneous singing ends
BOTH
Plutôt perdre la vie
que perdre nos amours! etc.
MARIE
Plutôt la vie...
TONIO
Plutôt la vie...
BOTH
Plutôt perdre la vie
que perdre nos amours!
MARIE
Plutôt la vie...
TONIO
Plutôt la vie...
BOTH
Plutôt perdre la vie
que perdre nos amours! etc.
[translation]
TONIO
To such a tender avowal,
no, today her heart
cannot avoid
believing in my love!
I love you, Marie. Simultaneous singing begins
I love you always, always!
MARIE
By such a tender avowal... Simultaneous singing ends
TONIO
I'd rather die Simultaneous singing begins
than to lose our love...
MARIE
no, today my heart... Simultaneous singing ends
TONIO
our love, our love, our love! Simultaneous singing begins
MARIE
On Marie's heart,
Tonio, you may always rely!
TONIO
Yes, I love you, Marie,
I love you, and forever! Simultaneous singing ends
BOTH
I'd rather die
than to lose our love!
MARIE
I'd rather die...
TONIO
I'd rather die...
BOTH
I'd rather die
than to lose our love!
MARIE
I'd rather die...
TONIO
I'd rather die...
BOTH
I'd rather die
than to lose our love! etc.
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