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Pour me rapprocher de Marie - No. 11, Romance
from Act II of the French opera La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto: Jean Francois Bayard

Role: Tonio, a Tyrolese peasant in love with Marie
Voice Part: tenor       Fach: tenor leggiero
Setting: A room in Chateau Birkenfeld, the Swiss Tyrolese Mountains, 1815
Synopsis: The Marquise has chosen a man for Marie to marry. However, Marie still loves Tonio. When the Marquise catches Marie and Tonio together, she tells Tonio to leave but he first explains the depths of his love for Marie. He explains that he could not continue living if he could not be with her.
Range: Tessitura:
E3 - B4A3 - F#/Gb4
Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz (added 1998-05-11)
Pour me rapprocher de Marie, Tonio's aria from La Fille du Régiment

Pour me rapprocher de Marie,
Je m'enrôlai, pauvre soldat,
J'ai pour elle risqué ma vie,
Et je disais dans les combats:
Si, jamais la grandeur enivre,
Cet ange qui m'a su charmer, ah!
Il me faudrait cesser de vivre,
S'il me fallait cesser d'aimer!

Tout en tremblant, je viens, Madame,
Réclamer mon unique bien!
Si j'ai su lire dans son âme,
Mon bonheur est aussi le sien!
Lorsqu'à l'espoir mon coeur se livre;
Sa voix saura vous désarmer
Il me faudrait cesser de vivre,
S'il me fallait cesser d'aimer!
Sounds:
none
Sheet Music/Scores:
The Ultimate Tenor Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Recordings:
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