- Di quella pira
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Carlo Baucardé, the first Manrico Di quella pira is a popular tenor aria (or more specifically cabaletta) sung by Manrico in Act 3, Scene 2 of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Il trovatore.
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Setting
In a chamber adjoining the chapel at Castellor, Leonora and Manrico vow their love for each other. After Manrico's aria Ah si, ben mio coll'essere ("Ah, yes, my love, in being yours"), they are about to take their marriage vows. However, Ruiz, Manrico's comrade, suddenly returns to report that Manrico's mother Azucena is to be burned at the stake. Manrico calls together his soldiers and sings of how they will save Azucena from death: "Di quella pira l'orrendo foco tutte le fibre m'arse avvampò!..." ("The horrible blaze of that pyre burns, enflames all of my being!...")
Text
Manrico (tenor):
Di quella pira l'orrendo foco
Tutte le fibre m'arse avvampò!...
Empi spegnetela, o ch'io tra poco
Col sangue vostro la spegnerò...
Era già figlio prima d'amarti
Non può frenarmi il tuo martir.
Madre infelice, corro a salvarti,
O teco almeno corro a morir!Leonora (soprano):
Non reggo a colpi tanto funesti...
Oh quanto meglio sarìa morir!Ruiz (tenor), Chorus of soldiers:
All'armi, all'armi! eccone presti
A pugnar teco, teco a morir.References
- Libretto: Il tovatore, Parte Terza on the Giuseppe Verdi official web site (giuseppeverdi.it). Accessed 6 March 2008
External links
- Di quella pira sung by Enrico Caruso – MP3 file on The Internet Archive.
- Act 3, Scene 2 of Il trovatore – public domain score with the original Italian text and English translation at the International Music Score Library Project.
- Di quella pira on The Aria Database.
Categories:- Opera excerpts
- Arias by Giuseppe Verdi
- Opera stubs
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