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Un ignoto tre lune or saranno - Narrative aria
from Act III, Scene 2 of the Italian opera I Masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Andrea Maffei

Role: Massimiliano, Count Moor, father of Carlo and Francesco
Voice Part: bass       Fach: heavy bass
Setting: nearby a ruin of a keep, Germany, early 18th century
Synopsis: After returning from exile, Carlo finds his father Massimiliano locked in the dungeon of an abandoned castle. He asks him who imprisoned him there and Massimiliano responds, telling him that his son Francesco locked him up. He then goes on to tell the entire story, saying that the news of Carlo's death caused him to faint. He then woke up in a coffin. Francesco was very perturbed to find him still alive and in his desire to get rid of him, threw him into the dungeon.
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Libretto entered by Stephen Parker (added 1997-04-29)
Un ignoto, tre lune or saranno, Massimiliano's aria from I Masnadieri

Un ignoto, tre lune or saranno, 
mi narrò che il mio Carlo era spento; 
svenni, oppresso da subito affanno, 
e creduto fu morte il sopor. 
Risensando, mi trovo serrato 
fra quattr'assi: mi scuoto, lamento . . . 
S'alza il panno . . . Francesco ho da lato. 
"Come? risusciti ancor?" 
Ricomposto e qui tratto il ferétro, 
ne levàro il coperchio di nuovo; 
"Rovesciate laggiù quello spettro, 
troppo ei visse!" mio figlio gridò. 
Preghi, pianti suonarono invano, 
m'han gittato in quell'orrido covo: 
e fu desso, il mio figlio inumano, 
che dell'antro le porte serrò.
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