Quel Guardo il Cavaliere - Barbara Padilla - heartland festival orchestra

Quel Guardo il Cavaliere from Don Pasquale. Guest soprano Barbara Padilla appears with the Heartland Festival Orchestra and Artistic Director David Commanday.

Quel Guardo Il Cavaliere -- That glance the knight

Quel guardo,
il cavaliere in mezzo al cor trafisse,
Piegò i lginocchio e disse :
Son vostro cavalier.
E tanto era in quel guardo
Sapor di paradiso,
Che il cavalier Riccardo,
Tutto d'amor conquiso,
Giurò che ad altra mai,
Non volgeria il pensier."
Ah, ah!

So anch'io la virtù magica
D'un guardo a tempo e loco,
So anch'io come si bruciano
I cori a lento foco,
D'un breve sorrisetto
Conosco anch'io l'effetto,
Di menzognera lagrima,
D'un subito languor,
Conosco i mille modi
Dell'amorose frodi,
I vezzi e l'arti facili
Per adescare un cor.

Ho testa bizzarra,
son pronta vivace,
Brillare mi piace scherzar :
Se monto in furore
Di rado sto al segno,
Ma in riso lo sdegno fo presto a cangiar,
Ho testa bizzarra,
Ma core eccellente, ah!

English Translation

That glance
it pierced the knight's heart;
he fell to his knees and said:
"I am your knight!"
And in that glance there was
such a taste of heaven
that knight Riccardo,
conquered by love,
swore he would never think
of another woman".
Ah, Ah!

I also know the magic virtue
of a glance at the right time in the right place,
I also know how hearts burn
on the slow fire
of a short smile.
I also know the effect
of a deceitful tear,
of a sudden languor...
I know the thousand ways
of love's frauds,
the charms and easy arts
used to seduce a heart.

I have an odd mind,
I have a ready wit,
I like being witty, joking :
If I get angry
I rarely remain calm
But I soon change indignation to a laugh...
I have an odd mind,
but an excellent heart, ah!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Barbara
• Padilla;
• David
• Commanday;
• heartland
• festival
• orchestra;
• opera;
• chamber
• music;
• soprano;
• classical

[ggardoit]

This piece seems to be very difficult yet Ms. Padilla handles it with great charm and incredible ability!!! Brava!!!

[Senseial]

One thing I never read of on her videos and that is about her range.  She is so remarkable covering the range she does.

[zucchini2007]

Barbara herself just told me on FB a few hours ago that this performance was this past AUGUST. And I know because I saw her in San Angelo, TX on Oct 2nd, with Hector Guzman as the director of the San Angelo Symphony.

[zucchini2007]

To the person who posted this video: This performance was NOT this past Oct 2nd! I know because I saw and heard her in person on that day with the San Angelo Symphony, under the baton of Hector Guzman, in TX. And she was wearing a different dress.

So this performance MUST have been on a different date!

[Senseial]

Incredible she even gets into the character. That is what a great performer does.