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A Soldier's Life
from Act I of the English opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe
Libretto: Alfred Bunn

Role: Count Arnheim, governor of Presburg
Voice Part: bass       Fach: lyric bass
Setting: The grounds near Count Arnheim's castle on the Danube
Synopsis: The Count and his men are preparing for a hunt. Before they leave, the Count sings of the joys of a soldier's life. Later he says goodbye to his daughter Arline (a child in this act).
Range: Tessitura:
G2 - E4not entered
Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Mark D. Lew (added 1999-02-28)
A soldier's life, Count Arnheim's aria from The Bohemian Girl

A soldier's life
Has seen of strife
In all its forms so much,
That no gentler theme
The world will deem
A soldier's heart can touch;

[Chorus]
Away to the hill and glen,
Where the hunter's belted men
With bugles shake the air!

[Solo]
Ah; who can tell, save he who feels
The care a parent's love reveals,
How dear, fond thing, thou art
To this lone, widowed heart!

[Chorus and soloist together]
Away to the hill and glen,
Where the hunter's belted men
With bugles shake the air!
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