Rolando - Ettore Bastianini, baritone
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
December 7, 1961
Teatro alla Scala, Milano
La battaglia di Legnano, Act I.
Digitized from vinyl source: Melodram 30 (1984).
Music by Giuseppe Verdi, 1849
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano
English translation by Richard P. Arsenty (from the MRF-109 vinyl edition's booklet)
Photos: Erio Piccagliani
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ROLANDO
Spento tra le fiamme di Susa
La fama ti narrò.
Lagrime sparsi,
cui l'amarezze
Non temprar d'Imene
Per me le accese faci
Nè sul pargolo mio
Gl'immensi baci...
Ah! M'abbraccia... d'esultanza
Tutta ho l'anima compresa,
In te vive, in te m'è resa
Una parte del mio cor!
O buon Dio, la tua possanza
Adorando io benedico,
Tu ridoni a me l'amico,
All'Italia un difensor!
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ROLANDO
You were supposed
To have died in the fire of Susa.
I cried with tears
Whose bitterness was not softened
By a joyful marriage,
Nor by the tender kisses
Of my baby son...
Ah! Embrace me... my entire soul
Is in rapture at finding you again.
In you there lives again,
Found once more
A part of my heart!
O merciful God, I venerate
I bless your divine power
Which brought back a friend to me,
To Italy a defender!
26 янв 2021
