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Un Inca, eccesso orribile
from Prologue of the Italian opera, Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano
- Role : Zamoro, the head of a Peruvian tribethe head of a Peruvian tribe
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : A vast plain, Peru, mid-16th century
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Zamoro has returned from being captured by the Governor of Peru, Gusmano, and his troops. His tribesmen are surprised to see him alive, thinking that he had been killed by Gusmano's torture. After commanding the release of a prisoner, he sings a hateful tirade against Gusmano and his tyranny.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50062. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Risorto fra le tenebre - Cabaletta for Un Inca, eccesso orribile
from Prologue of the Italian opera, Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano
- Role : Zamoro, the head of a Peruvian tribethe head of a Peruvian tribe
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : A vast plain, Peru, mid-16th century
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Zamoro has returned from being captured by the Governor of Peru, Gusmano, and his troops. His tribesmen are surprised to see him alive, thinking that he had been killed by Gusmano's torture. After he rails against the injustice that Gusmano has caused him and his people, his tribesmen tell him that Alzira and her father Ataliba, another tribal head, have been taken prisoner by Gusmano. Zamoro resolves to save them from the governor's cruel hands. He then launches in this cabaletta, describing the rebellious air that has been pervading his people.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50062. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Eterna la memoria
from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano
- Role : Gusmano, Governor of Peru
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone
- Setting : The main square of Lima, Peru, mid-16th century
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : After ordering Ataliba, a tribal head and his prisoner, to offer up his allegiance to Spain, Gusmano also implies that it might be nice if he could have Alzira, Ataliba's daughter. After Ataliba warns him that it may not be the best idea because Alzira loves another, Gusman sings of how he is able to conquer entire nations, but he cannot claim victory over one woman's love.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50062. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Quanto un mortal può chiedere - Cabaletta for Eterna la memoria
from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano
- Role : Gusmano, Governor of Peru
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone
- Setting : The main square of Lima, Peru, mid-16th century
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : After ordering Ataliba, a tribal head and his prisoner, to offer up his allegiance to Spain, Gusmano also implies that it might be nice if he could have Alzira, Ataliba's daughter. Ataliba tells him that it might not be a good idea because Alzira loves another, but Gusmano does not care. He orders Ataliba to make her love him and then sings that if he cannot have Alzira, his great success in war will have no value in his life.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50062. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Da Gusman sul fragil barca
from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano
- Role : Alzira, Ataliba's daughter
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : lyric coloratura
- Setting : Ataliba's rooms in the Governor's palace, Peru, mid-16th century
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Alzira is sleeping, confined to her rooms in Gusmano's palace with her servants, when she awakes wondering where her love Zamoro is. She believes that he was just here, but then she realizes that it was but a dream. She goes on to tell her dream, in which she was paddling a canoe away from Gusman when she was caught in a storm. She was about to be drowned when Zamoro reached out from the storm cloud and saved her and filled her with love.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50062. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Nell'astro più che fulgido - Cabaletta for Da Gusman sul fragil barca
from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano
- Role : Alzira, Ataliba's daughter
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : lyric coloratura
- Setting : Ataliba's rooms in the Governor's palace, Peru, mid-16th century
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Alzira is sleeping, confined to her rooms in Gusmano's palace with her servants, when she awakes wondering where her love Zamoro is. She believes that he was just here, but then she realizes that it was but a dream. Her servant women tell her that she should forget her dream but she believes that he is in some sort of afterlife above where she will soon join him.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50062. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Irne lungi ancor dovrei
from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano
- Role : Zamoro, the head of a Peruvian tribethe head of a Peruvian tribe
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : A cave, Peru, mid-16th century
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Zamoro has escaped from the Spanish for a second time. While he was being held by the Spaniards, he came face to face with his love and his bride-to-be Alzira. Now that he has escaped, though, he cannot bear the idea of life without her. He has been able to face death down with no fear, but life without Alzira is much worse than death.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50062. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Non di codarde lagrime - Cabaletta for Irne lungi ancor dovrei
from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Salvatore Cammarano
- Role : Zamoro, the head of a Peruvian tribethe head of a Peruvian tribe
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : A cave, Peru, mid-16th century
- Range : Has not been entered yet.
- Synopsis : Zamoro has escaped from the Spanish for a second time. While he was being held by the Spaniards, he came face to face with his love and his bride-to-be Alzira. He is told by his fellow Inca Otumbo that she has given herself to Gusmano, the Governor of Peru. Furious, Zamoro declares that he will set out immediately to Lima and avenge this insult against him. It is no longer time to weep, but, rather, time to fight.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50062. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Allor che i forti corrono - Cavatina
from Prologue, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
- Role : Odabella, the Lord of Aquileia's daughter
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : dramatic coloratura
- Setting : The main square of Aquileia, a Roman city, 5th century
- Range : B4 to C6. Tessitura : E4 to G5
- Synopsis : After being overrun by the Huns, the surviving Aquileians are rounded up and brought before Attila. After Attila questions why some women have been spared against his orders, he is told that the Aquileian women fight beside their men and thus had been spared. Odabella then steps out to criticize the women in Attila's tribe for staying in their tents during the battle instead of taking part in it.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50098. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Oh! Nel fuggente nuvolo - Romanza
from Prologue, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
Ella in poter del barbaro
from Prologue, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
- Role : Foresto, a knight of Aquileia
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : A camp in the lagoons of the Adriatic Sea at dawn, 5th century
- Range : F3 to A5. Tessitura : G#/Ab3 to G#/Ab4
- Synopsis : Foresto, hailed as the leader of his people after their defeat by the Huns, is lamenting for Odabella, his love, who has been captured by Attila and the Huns.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Aria Alone Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #0928, for score : #50098. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Che non avrebbe il misero - Romanza
from Act II, Scene 3 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
Dagl'immortali vertici
from Act II, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
- Role : Ezio, a Roman general
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone
- Setting : Ezio's camp, 5th century
- Range : D#/Eb3 to F4. Tessitura : G3 to F4
- Synopsis : After being commanded by the young Emporer Valentinian to return to Rome because the Huns were withdrawing, Ezio declares that he shall not be controlled by a boy and calls the spirits of his ancestors to return Rome back to its former greatness.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Aria Alone Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #1628, for score : #50098. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
E' gettata la mia sorte - Cabaletta for Dagli immortali vertici
from Act II, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima parea
from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
Da te questo or m'è concesso - Cabaletta for Allor che i forti corrono
from Prologue, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
- Role : Odabella, daughter of a lord of Aquileia
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : dramatic coloratura
- Setting : The main square of Aquileia, a Roman city, 5th century
- Range : A#/Bb4 to C6. Tessitura : G4 to A#/Bb6
- Synopsis : After being overrun by the Huns, the surviving Aquileians are rounded up and brought before Attila. After Attila questions why some women have been spared against his orders, he is told that the Aquileian women fight beside their men and thus had been spared. Odabella steps out to speak valiantly to Attila and he is so impressed that he gives her one request. She asks for a sword and, upon receiving Attila's sword, she sings of how she will return divine justice upon the Huns and their king for oppressing her country.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50098. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Cara patria già madre e reina - Cabaletta for Ella in poter del barbaro
from Prologue, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
- Role : Foresto, a knight of Aquileia
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : spinto
- Setting : A camp in the lagoons of the Adriatic Sea at dawn, 5th century
- Range : E3 to A5. Tessitura : G3 to A5
- Synopsis : After being defeated by the Huns, Foresto is hailed as the leader of his people. He is saddened because his love Odabella has been captured by the Huns, but his people inspire him to sing this cabaletta proclaiming that, although Rome has been defeated this time, it will rise once more like a phoenix from ashes.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50098. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Oltre quel limite, t'attendo, o spettro - Cabaletta for Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima
from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Temistocle Solera
- Role : Attila, King of the Huns
- Voice Part : bass Fach : lyric bass
- Setting : Attila's camp, 5th century
- Range : C3 to F4. Tessitura : E3 to D4
- Synopsis : After awakening from his sleep because a dream that the Romans will defeat his army, Attila discounts the dream, becoming angry and ordering all his men to prepare for battle against the remainders of the Aquileian troops at once.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
- Recordings : Complete Opera Excerpts from Opera
- Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50098. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Ritorna vincitor!
from Act I of the Italian opera, Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Antonio Ghislanzoni
O Patria Mia
from Act III of the Italian opera, Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Antonio Ghislanzoni
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