Veronique Gens
Ivor Bolton
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
SESTO
Deh, per questo istante solo
Ti ricorda il primo amor.
Che morir mi fa di duolo
Il tuo sdegno il tuo rigor.
Di pietade indegno è vero,
Sol spirar io deggio orror.
Pur saresti men severo,
se vedessi questo cor.
Disperato vado a morte;
Ma il morir non mi spaventa.
Il pensiero mi tormenta
Che fui teco un traditor!
SEXTUS
Ah, for this single moment
remember our former love,
for your anger, your severity,
make me die of grief.
Unworthy of pity, it is true,
I ought only to inspire horror.
Yet you would be less harsh
if you could read my heart.
In despair I go to death,
but dying does not affright me.
The thought that I was
a traitor to you tortures me!
She is grate!!! La mas pefecta interpretacion de esta aria que jamas oi!
maragato23 2 months ago
FOLLOW THESE STEPS
1.COVER YOUR MOUTH WITH YOUR HAND
2.WHISPER A WISH INTO YOUR HAND
3.POST THIS ONTO TEN OTHER COMMENTS
4.NOW LOOK AT YOUR HAND
fearandregret123 1 year ago
What a lovely voice!
shantigiri 2 years ago
This is lovely--she really has such an exquisite voice!
LadyNeferankh 2 years ago
For some reason I have suspicions that she may be a high mezzo.
moghedien13 3 years ago 2
Really don't know how many top 10 arias and singers exist, however both Gens and this aria de facto belong to the leading ten.
This aria is one of my favourites since hearing it from Júlia Hamari in Bartók Rádió (simply the best among classical channels). Teresa Berganza's version should also be mentioned as outstanding.
pmi1733 3 years ago 2
Very beautiful and IMO greater perfection but I am touched more by Magdalena Kozena's version
hardybee 3 years ago