Que bárbaro , es un monstruo, es como el franco corelli pero en barítono , que calidad, que temperamento, que lastima que no esté más con nosotros , esto es arte en su maxima expresión.
The (crucial) thing about this duet is - they have just had a blazing row and Danilo - realising that it was all wrong - is trying to bury it, hence 'lippen schweigen' = please hold your upset. She knows it too but it takes her much of the duet to come round to agree she really does love him. The drama is exquisite!
Rusalka: Song to the Moon Mesiku na nebi hlubokem Svetlo tve daleko vidi, Po svete bloudis sirokem, Divas se v pribytky lidi. Mesicku, postuj chvili Reckni mi, kde je muj mily Rekni mu, stribmy mesicku, Me ze jej objima rame, Aby si alespon chvilicku Vzpomenul ve sneni na mne. Zasvet mu do daleka, Rekni mu, rekni m kdo tu nan ceka! O mneli duse lidska sni, At'se tou vzpominkou vzbudi! Mesicku, nezhasni, nezhasni!
