The Merry Wives of Windsor - Anne/Fenton Duet and Quartet

From the Bel Canto Opera production: Fenton comes to court Anne Page, while her other two suitors, Slender and Dr Caius, in hiding, spy on them.

ANNE: Fenton.
FENTON: My darling! What? You have been crying?
ANNE: My sweetest, I am devastated.
My father says ... and Mother too...we must be separated.
FENTON: And you?
ANNE: A daughter can't defy them.
FENTON: So...you'll abandon me? Like that? Like that? Swear you've no love for me...
for that alone I'll leave you.
ANNE: Fenton. My Fenton!
Do I love you? Can you doubt it?
Never question my love for you,
for there's no two ways about it...
cross my heart, I swear I do.
No, there's no two ways about it.
I pledge a heart forever true
Yes, my heart belongs to you.
Though my mother has cajoled me,
and my father 's been unkind
Let them rave and rant and scold me,
They don't know their daughter's strength of mind.
FENTON: Pray, forgive that I should doubt you
on my knee I do amend
for to live my life without you
would for me be journey's end.
So there's no two ways about it
I embrace the vow you swore,
I was mad to ever doubt it
thou art mine forevermore.
Do those two idiotic suitors come to pursue ... and harass you?
ANNE: Ah, yes they do.
FENTON: That silly ass, the one called Slender, who so inanely chants "oh sweet sweet sweet Anne Page"
SLENDER: (from behind bush) Blasted Fenton, no doubt that clown will put me down.
ANNE: Squire Slender has my father's blessing, but I would fain a spinster be.
FENTON: And that buffoon, the loony Frenchman?
ANNE: That is my mother's choice for me. Ha ha ha ha!
DR. CAIUS: (from behind a tree) Pourquoi she goes "ha ha" faire rire?
She'll marry moi, cela va sans dire.
FENTON; With them for rivals, I can't lose, when it comes times for you to choose.
SLENDER: He's giving her his slanderous views!
CAIUS: Ma foi, zis jackanapes pursues ze mad'moiselle avec la ruse!
ANNE: Just you wait and be brave,
Father's temper I shall soothe, dear,
when irate, he will rave,
but the course of true love never did run smooth, dear,
if we wait, behave, we'll achieve the fate we crave.
SLENDER: Oh, the pain..all in vain,
I'm no longer the front runner.
My love's loss is his gain,
when I thought for sure my fortune would have won her.
Oh, what pain! Once again, it's been all in vain.
CAIUS: Oh mon dieu! Sacre bleu!
If zis jackanapes fait capot,
zen, by gar, I'll eat my chapeau!
Et pourquoi? Le vanqueure c'est moi!
ANNE and FENTON: True love never did run smooth,
but if we wait, dear,staunch devotion overcomes the tricks of fate, dear,
if we're brave and behave,
we'll achieve that which we crave.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bel
• canto
• opera
• merry
• wives
• of
• windsor
• otto
• nicolai
• shakespeare
• boyd
• fenton
• badley
• anne
• page
• slender
• caius

[xsurfgurlx]

That's my cousin! You did very good !!!!!

[peterrunnalls]

Beautiful production!