From the film "Vivere" (1936)
Aria from 'Lucia di Lammermoor': "Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali"
by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848). Opera composed 1835.
Tito Schipa, Tenor
Tu che a Dio spiegast...
From the film "Vivere" (1936)
Aria from 'Lucia di Lammermoor': "Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali"
by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848). Opera composed 1835.
Tito Schipa, Tenor
Tu che a Dio spiegasti, Edgardo's aria from Lucia di Lammermoor:
Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali o bell'alma innamorata, ti rivolgi a me placata, teco ascenda il tuo fedel. Ah! Se l'ira dei mortali fece a noi sì cruda guerra, se divisi fummo in terra, ne congiunga il Nume in ciel.
You who have spread your wings to God, oh, my beautiful soul in love, turn towards me appeased, let your true lover ascend with you. Oh! If the anger of mortals was so cruel with us, if we were divided on earth, may God unite us in Heaven.
Translation by Ugo Berardi
excerpt below from an excellent piece by Marston on Schipa, see in full here (from the liner notes of one of his superb vocal reissue discs): http://www.marstonrecords.com/schipa/...
"Tito Schipa proves Goethe's maxim that we know a great artist by his flaws. Schipa's limitations are so well known, they hardly need to be enumerated. He lacked Martinelli's trumpety top, Pertile's explosive attack and Lauri-Volpi's lithe, muscular tone. Unlike Caruso, Schipa could not dominate the big vocal climaxes, nor could he negotiate fioriture with the easy accuracy of De Lucia or McCormack.
Despite these shortcomings, Schipa incontestably ranks on the short list of great tenors. Anyone familiar with his recordings knows why. Martinelli could only dream of shading a phrase with the inimitable charm Schipa brought to everything he sang. Did Lauri-Volpi ever display the blandishing rhythmic grace that informed Schipa's singing? De Lucia must have admired the natural clarity of Schipa's diction, especially the purity of his vowels. Even Caruso might have envied the stylish way Schipa tossed off light music."
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I, too, heard Schipa in that recital! In all these years, you, pearlmuth3, are the only person I have ever encountered (in person or on line) who was there. Just to think that he was 74! Do you recall what he sang? Sadly, I lost the program years ago!
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