Le Spectre de la rose - Jessye Norman

Le Spectre de la rose

Jessye Norman, 1987

Les Nuits d'été, part 2
Hector Berlioz / Théophile Gautier (1841)
Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

Here are the lyrics:
http://www.hberlioz.com/Libretti/Nuits.htm#spectre

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Music

Tags:

• Les
• Nuits
• d'été
• Jessye
• Norman
• Hector
• Berlioz
• Théophile
• Gautier
• Riccardo
• Muti
• opera

[Haendelful]

The ghost of the rose (1/2) Open your closed eyelid Which is gently brushed by a virginal dream! I am the ghost of the rose That you wore last night at the ball. You took me, still sprinkled with pearls Of silvery tears from the watering-can, And, among the sparkling festivities, You carried me the entire night. O you, who caused my death: Without the power to chase it away, You will be visited every night by my ghost, Which will dance at your bedside.

[Haendelful]

But fear nothing; I demand Neither Mass nor De Profundis; This mild perfume is my soul, And I've come from Paradise. My destiny is worthy of envy; And to have a fate so fine, More than one would give his life For on your breast I have my tomb, And on the alabaster where I rest, A poet with a kiss Wrote: "Here lies a rose, Of which all kings may be jealous." Theophile Gauthier (translated)

[cantorandopera]

@otheusrex moi :)

[otheusrex]

omg étoilée was flat! did anyone else hear that?

[whatever456]

says who?

[LohengrinT]

this Song has an Ethereal texture, so fragile as if it is Air, but its sentimental weight is heavy as a mountain :)

[LohengrinT]

-thank you so much for the translation This poem is drop dead Gorgeous

-After listening to this 4 times Im not so sure that Jessye does not reach the level of Regine in this

[LohengrinT]

It is amazing that Norman's Divine Voice that fits this kind of Songs so perfectly cant surpass Regine's ingenious reading of this most beautiful and fragile song...

[foropera]

C'est enregistré de plus loin que les deux autres aussi...

[joanabanyeres]

On comprend beaucoup mieux, Susann et Regine, malgré sa belle voix elle n'arrive pas comme elles deux.