Elżbieta Szmytka: Tremo fra' dubbi miei, Gluck (La clemenza di Tito)

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

La clemenza di Tito (1752)
Dramma per musica in 3 acts

Libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Vitellia's aria (Act II finale)

Misera! che farò? Quell'infelice,
Oh Dio! muore per me. Tito fra poco
Saprà il mio fallo, e lo sapran con lui
Tutti, per mio rossor. Non ho coraggio
Né a parlar, né a tacere,
Né a fuggir, né a restar. Non spero aiuto,
Non ritrovo consiglio. Altro non veggo
Che imminenti ruine; altro non sento
Che moti di rimorso e di spavento.

Tremo fra' dubbi miei;
Pavento i rai dei giorno;
L'aure, che ascolto intorno,
Mi fanno palpitar.

Nascondermi vorrei,
Vorrei scoprir l'errore:
Né di celarmi ho core,
Né core ho di parlar.

Stereo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qG29cheGjs&fmt=18

Conductor: Louis Langrée
Live recording (1996)

Playlist with other clips from this opera:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=915A3E816C2624C7

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• gluck
• clemenza
• szmytka
• langree
• vitellia
• opera
• seria
• metastasio
• cw
• soprano

[moghedien13]

i like bartoli better (im biased lol) but it is nice to hear an accomplished soprano in this, especially since she does those high note a bit more justice.

[Thrax1982]

What I really like here is the excellent voice acting (just listen to the recitative). Also, in my opinion the voice has a genuinely beautiful timbre, I really can't honestly say the same about Bartoli :P

[moghedien13]

like i said im a huge bartoli fan and a bit biased, but i did make a comment on her handel cleopatra on here about her sounding a bit....parrotish lol.

[Thrax1982]

Hehe, Bartoli... Sometimes I love her and sometimes I'm horrified.

:)

[thebarroque]

Nice sing, but a quite slow tempo! Thanks for post!

[Thrax1982]

It's much more contemplative this way than Bartoli's version, her Vitellia sounds completly deranged (the tempo is just a part of the difference of course).

[oliviasmulyan]

@moghedien13 i love bartoli

[oliviasmulyan]

@Thrax1982 i love her so much! cecilia rules!

[moghedien13]

THere's a video of her on here singing a vivialdi piece that i need to find again. the piece is played normally but the video is a whole compilation of all of Bartoli's facial features in concert only slowed down. i nearly pissed myself lol.