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11 August 2007

Voi che sapete
Che cosa è amor
Donne vedete
S'io l'ho nel cor

Quello ch'io provo
Vi ridiro
E per me nuovo
Capir nol so

Sento un affetto
Pien di desir
Ch'ora è diletto
Ch'ora è martir

Gelo e poi sento
L'alma avvampar
E in un momento
Torno a gelar

Ricerco un bene
Fuori di me
Non sochi il tiene
Non so cos'è

Sospiro e gemo senza voler
Palpito e tremo senza saper
Non trovo pace notte nè di
Ma pur mi piace languir cosi

Voi che sapete
Che cosa è amor
Donne vedete
S'io l'ho nel cor
posted by matteo 11 August | 12:33
What a beautiful voice.

Did Mozart write his operas in Italian?
posted by essexjan 11 August | 14:04
Some of Mozart's operas have Italian libretti, while others are in German (like the Magic Flute).

Mozart didn't write the words to The Marriage of Figaro (the opera which the aria 'Voi Che Sapete' is from). Often composers will only write the music, while the libretto is written by someone else. In this case, the libretto was written by Lorenzo da Pomte, with whom Mozart collaborated for several operas.
posted by matthewr 11 August | 14:44
Lorenzo da Ponte, dammit.
posted by matthewr 11 August | 14:44
Thanks, matthewr.
posted by essexjan 11 August | 15:15
She got mad skills.

It's kind of too bad that there's not much of a market for that style of music anymore. I still rock the Zauberflöte and some Puccini every now and again, but I still think it's pretty rare among members of my generation to do so, and rarer still among the younger generations.
posted by psmealey 11 August | 16:19
Quickly cleaning out your gmail account || taz, did you have anything to do with this?

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