Arrigo - Franco Corelli, tenor
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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ARRIGO
O magnanima e prima
Delle città Lombarde,
O Milan valorosa,
io ti saluto,
Io dalla tomba sorto
Al par di te! S'accese
All'ombra delle sacre
Tue rinascenti mura il fuoco,
Ond'io enternamente avvamperò.
Divina cagion de' miei sospiri,
Io bevo l'aure alfin che tu respiri!
La pia materna mano
Chiuse la mia ferita...
Eppur da te lontano
Io non sentia la vita:
Come in un mar di pianto
Parea sepolto il cor...
Ah! Solo a te d'accanto
Saprò ch'io vivo ancor.
.
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O most generous and
Greatest of Lombard cities,
O valorous Milan, I salute you.
I arise from the grave even as you do!
In the shadow of your holy, reborn walls
Was a fire which shall burn
Forever in my heart.
Divine motive of my yearning,
At last I drink in the air
Which you exhale!
My mother's pious hand
Closed my wounds...
And yet, when I was far from you,
I did not feel alive:
As if in a sea of tears,
My heart seemed drowned.
Ah, only when I'm near you
Do I know that I still live.
25 янв 2021
