Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea - Poppea and Arnalta

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
20,452
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Apr 26, 2008

Poppea believes that Amore and Fortune will protect her, but her nurse Arnalta warns of the dangers of dealing with the powerful. When Poppea insists Arnalta tells her she must be mad to trust a blind boy and a bald woman.
Rachel Yakar and Alexander Oliver in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's film, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. 1979

POPPEA
Speranza, tu mi vai
Il cor accarezzando,

POPPEA
Speranza, tu mi vai
Il genio lusingando,
E mi circondi intanto
Di regio sì, ma immaginario manto.
S' a tue promesse io credo,
Già in capo ho le corone,
E già 'l divo Nerone
Consorte bramatissimo possedo,
Ma se ricerco il vero
Regina io sono col semplice pensiero.
No, non temo, no, di noia alcuna,
Per me guerreggia Amor, e la Fortuna.

ARNALTA
Ahi figlia, voglia il cielo,
Che questi abbracciamenti
Non sian un giorno i precipizi tuoi.

POPPEA
No, non temo, no, di noia alcuna.

ARNALTA
L'imperatrice Ottavia ha penetrati
Di Neron gli amori,
Ond'io pavento e temo
Ch'ogni giorno, ogni punto
Sia di tua vita il giorno, il punto estremo.

POPPEA
Per me guerreggia Amor, e la Fortuna.

ARNALTA
La pratica coi regi è perigliosa,
L'amor e l'odio non han forza in essi,
Sono gli affetti lor puri interessi.

Se Neron t'ama, è mera cortesia,
S'ei t'abbandona, non ten puoi dolere.
Per minor mal ti converrà tacere.

POPPEA
No, non temo, no, di noia alcuna.

ARNALTA
Il grande spira onor con la presenza,
Lascia, mentre la casa empie di vento,
Riputazione e fumo in pagamento.

Perdi l'onor con dir:
Neron mi gode.
Son inutili i vizi ambiziosi !
Mi piaccion più i peccati fruttuosi.

Con lui tu non puoi mai trattar del pari,
E se le nozze hai per oggetto e fine,
Mendicando tu vai le tue ruine.

POPPEA
No, non temo, no, di noia alcuna.

ARNALTA
Mira, mira Poppea,
Dove il prato è più ameno e dilettoso,
Stassi il serpente ascoso.
Dei casi le vicende son funeste;
La calma è profezia delle tempeste.

POPPEA
No, non temo, no, di noia alcuna,
Per me guerreggia Amor, e la Fortuna.

ARNALTA
Ben sei pazza, se credi
Che ti possano far contenta e salva
Un garzon cieco ed una donna calva.
Ben sei pazza se credi...

  • likes, 2 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (CzarDodon)

  • so i thoroughly enjoyed this. however i read a review that totally destroyed this whole thing especially rachel yakar. i found her singing to be very pleasing. alot of vibrato but not distressing or bothersome at all to me. can someone with something to criticize this tell me what they find wrong with it?

  • Some people think that early music (which actually covers a huge period of history and a great number of countries and different styles and genres) has to be sung with weak vibratoless colourless voices. The fact is that we will never know for sure how they played Monteverdi's music. Harnoncourt was considered an expert in this music. You cannot please everyone, but I think this gets to the heart of Monteverdi and Rachel gets the spirit of this sensual and very foxy character perfectly .

see all

All Comments (10)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Zauberhaft gespielet

  • Is it possible to see the whole opera online? Do you know some website, where I could watch operas? I love Monteverdi's operas.

  • yes, clearly all vibratoless voices are weak and colourless. this is just as unfitting as to say every vibrato was meant to hide weaknesses of intonation.

    in reality it´s just two ideals of sound that seem to contradict each other, but not necessarily have to.

  • Totally engaging, wonderful production and thank you for the subtitles in English.

  • no puede ser mejor esta puesta y los cantantes....pura genialidad

  • thank you very much. and i totally agree about rachel.

  • pucha q es buena esta ópera!!!! ademas es tan genial esta puesta en escenaaa

  • They don't write 'em like that anymore!

Loading...

0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more