Aria de Mezzo Carattere IN ENGLISH Part 1/2

For high quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l31SUW-nP5U&fmt=18

This is Part One of a two-part video. For the other half, check the video responses or my channel page!

***PLEASE READ INFORMATION WHILE YOU LISTEN! It's informative and fun and something to do when the slideshow pictures aren't that fun.

This song is the opera from FFVI (FFIII when it was first released on the SNES), performed for the first and I think only time in English. It translates roughly to "Air of Half Character" from Italian. It's number twelve on the album "More Friends Music From FINAL FANTASY ~Final Fantasy Orchestra Concert in Los Angeles 2005~" (yes, I know what a long name that is - it's actually the whole name, though), performed in the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles by the World Festival Symphony Orchestra, featuring Stephanie Woodling as Maria, Chad Berlinghieri as Draco, and Todd Robinson as Ralse.

I decided to add a slideshow with it because it's more fun to watch that way! The song is 12:27 long, so it's divided in half, but I cut it at a silent

section, so you're not missing anything. :D The lyrics used are mostly from the GameBoy Advanced Version, different from the original SNES version. I retyped them just by listening!

[Instrumental]

Draco:
Oh, Maria,
Oh, Maria.
Though I call you from afar
Will this message reach your heart?
Oh, how I long to be with you...

[Instrumental]

Maria:
Oh my hero,
My beloved,
Shall we still be made to part?
For promises of
Perinniel love
Yet sing here in my heart.

I'm the darkness,
You're the starlight
Shining brightly from afar.
Through arms of despair
I offer this prayer
To you, my evening star.

Must my final
Vows exchanged
Be with him and not with you?
Were you only here
To quiet my fear...
Oh, speak, guide me anew!

[Instrumental]

Draco:
Maria!

Maria:
Draco!
I knew you would return to me, my love!

Ralse:
Insolent rouge!
Knave the Western Hold!
You would address my queen-to-be, Maria?

Draco:
Never shall You have Maria's hand!
I would die Before that day comes!

Ralse:
Then we duel!

[Instrumental]

Ralse:
I yield, this day is yours, Draco!
Curse you should you let Maria go!

Draco:
Peace then, for you'll have my word:
With me she'll know nothing but peace!

Ralse: Maria!
Maria! I love you so!

Draco & Ralse:
Maria! Maria! Return to me!

[Short Instrumental]

Maria:
I am thankful,
My beloved,
For your tenderness and grace.
I see in your eyes,
So gentle and wise,
All doubts and fears erased.

Though the hours
Take no notice
Of what fate might have in store...

Draco & Maria:
...Our love come what may,
Will never age a day.
I'll wait forevermore!

I'll wait
Forevermore!

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Now for links:

Information from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Final_Fantasy_VI#Aria_di_Mezzo_Carattere -- Wikipedia article on this song. ^^
Screencaps from:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8672554679665368020 -- the FFXI portrayal!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uVH96AwZMkM -- the FFVI FMVs from the PS version. Screencaps taken by myself. ^^

Lyrics from:
I typed them myself! ^^ To find the original SNES lyrics, see: http://www.fflyrics.com/ff6.html#toe.

Pictures from:
http://www.photobucket.com/
http://images.google.com/
http://www.deviantart.com/
I used the terms "Celes Chere" and "FFVI Opera"

Song downloaded from: http://www.sumotorrent.com/en/details/82904/More%20Friends%20music%20from%20F... (Old torrent was dead, this link was kindly provided by Greg Freed. Thank you!)

Finally, I no own, you no sue. FFVI and its characters are the property of Square Enix. Aria de Mezzo Carattere was written by Nobou Umetsu. Pictures are the work of their respective artists. If you want to email me, please feel free to do so - I can be reached at thegeminisage@gmail.com.

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[mornmeril]

Someone try and prove to me now that games are nothing but mindless killing with no art behind it. Come on. I dare you.

[IheartGardevoir]

I'm an Imperial General not some opera floozy!

Best quote ever.

[holypie987]

@Testsubject909 They will say

(stupid stupid japanese games skyrimFTW)

[holypie987]

@mornmeril Fps and wrpgs are

[perun1nj]

Celes continues to be my favorite hero in the final fantasy series, right ahead of Cecil.

[StormZephyr]

Does anyone know who sings this? Her voice is phenomenal!

[Magrail1982]

I still tear up a little at this. And hearing it when/if she attempts suicide plucks my heart strings.

[FranklinNation]

@groudonsbest funny, i thought he looked a lot like Trunks from DBZ lol

[XxDragonsPrayerxX]

Best song ever. *For FF ost's that is*

[OilDaydream]

@Balendula Definitely.

[goblinrogers]

@timfortune9 AMEN

[maniamaster2]

@Balendula Well, remember, it's not supposed to be Celes, it's supposed to be Maria. We don't really know much about Maria except that she's waiting for her love to return to her from war. That doesn't sound too vulnerable to me. (And I'm not trying to be rude, or anything like that, but I'm sorry if it comes across that way)