Depuis le jour - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

by Gustave Charpentier..
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Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée
Toute fleurie semble ma destine
Je crois rêver sous un ciel
De féerie
Iâme encore grisée de ton premier baiser
Quelle belle vie
Mon rêve nétait pas un rêve
Ah! Je suis heureuse
Lamour étend sur moi ses ailes
Au jardin de mon coeur chante
Une joie nouvelle
Tout vibre, tout se réjouit de mon
Triomphe
Autour de moi tout est sourire
Lumière et joie
Et je tremble déllicieusement
Au souvenir charmant
Du premier jour damour
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Since the day when I gave myself to you
my destiny seems strewn with flowers
I think I am dreaming beneath
an enchanted sky
my soul still intoxicated by your first kiss
How beautiful a life
My dream was not a dream
Ah, I am too happy
Love spreads its wings over me
A new joy sings in the garden
of my heart
Everything thrills, everything rejoices at my
triumph
Around me, everything is smiling
light and joy
and I tremble wonderfully
At the delightful memory
of the first day of our love

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Kiri
• Te
• Kanawa
• Soprano
• Depuis
• le
• jour
• Louise
• Gustave
• Charpentier
• chanson
• française

[Chilair1]

where is this? Who is the composer?

[Amethyst888]

The song is from the opera "Louise" by Gustave Charpentier.

This perfomance was filmed at the Barbican Centre in London in 1989.

[LIRIKXIII]

La voix est magnifique mais la diction est catastrophique. Il faut connaitre cette partition pour deviner les mots chantés.

[mariadelamor21]

Fascinante!!!!!! Pura emoción!

[DavidoffGustav]

I heard Kiri live she has one of the most exquisite voices in this or last century

[7thViking]

Great attack and rendition from Dame Kiri, but I think Renee Fleming owns this aria; such control and dynamics.

[ifmusicbe]

Gorgeous (after she warms up a bit). The last high note has the incredible focus and beauty of a Leontyne Price high note. I love how Kiri sings through her phrases and the voice simply disappear seductively into the ether!

[theblueangel28]

get it Kiri!