Joyce DiDonato (Idamante) and Camilla Tilling (Ilia) singing the love duet "S'io non moro a questi accenti" from Mozart's Idomeneo. Paris, february 2009.
English libretto:
IDAMANTE
If I do not die at these words
it is not true that love can kill
and that joy oppresses the heart.
ILIA
No more grief, no more lamenting!
I will be constant and true to you;
you are my only treasure!
IDAMANTE
You shall be ...
ILIA
As you desire me.
IDAMANTE
My bride ...
ILIA
Will you be
my bridegroom?
IDAMANTE, ILIA
Let love speak!
Ah, our joy banishes
the cruel torments we have suffered;
our love is all‑conquering.
They can melt your heart. Mozart has a little something to do with it, as well.
LeipzigC1 1 year ago
thats great!
cacav 2 years ago
This is great! I love DiDonato and Tilling is such a perfect Ilia... I equally like Kasarova/ Röschmann version even though these two interpretations are so different from each other, This one sounds so sweet and ethereal; the other one sounds so dark and is full of urgency... they are equally sublime.. It is so wonderful to hear different interpretations. Thanks for posting them!
0001cida 2 years ago
fantastic...
LohengrinT 2 years ago
I love that duo!!!!!!!!!!!! Joyce is amazing, and Tilling has a beautiful voice too, a perfect Ilia =) Thanks for posting it
leporello89 2 years ago 2