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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

• Role : Odabella, the Lord of Aquileia's daughter
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic coloratura
• Setting : An empty area near the camp of Attila, 5th century
• Range : F4 to C6. Tessitura : F4 to G5
• Synopsis : Odabella is alone and mourning her dead father and also her love Foresto whom she also believes is dead.
• 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 - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50098. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

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

• Role : Foresto, a knight of Aquileia
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : spinto
• Setting : A clearing near Attila's camp, 5th century
• Range : F3 to F4. Tessitura : A4 to F4
• Synopsis : After learning that Odabella is going to marry Attila, Foresto sings that Odabella may look innocent, but she is really evil.
• 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.

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

• Role : Ezio, a Roman general
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : Ezio's camp, 5th century
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : After agreeing to help Foresto assassinate Attila, Ezio sings of how he will defend Italy with his life if necessary.
• 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.

Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima parea
      from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Attila, the King of the Huns
• Voice Part : bass   Fach : lyric bass
• Setting : Attila's camp, 5th century
• Range : C3 to F4. Tessitura : F3 to C#/Db4
• Synopsis : Attila wakes from his sleep and relates a unpleasant dream to his servant in which an old man grabs him by the hair and orders him to stop his attack on the holy ground of Rome.
• 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 - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50098. Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

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.

Sotto una quercia parvemi
      from Prologue, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Carlo VII, the King of France
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : lyric tenor
• Setting : A large hall in Dom-Rémy, France, 1429
• Range : D#/Eb3 to G#/Ab4. Tessitura : G#/Ab3 to F#/Gb4
• Synopsis : Carlo declares that the fighting in Orleans should stop and that an emissary will be sent to the English opposition to end it. He does not care if he dies and, in fact, wishes God would take out his vengeance against him alone instead of his people. Then he proceeds to tell the assembled court about his dream. He dreamed that he was lying underneath an oak that had a image of the Virgin Mary painted on it. Suddenly, the painting spoke and told him to take a sword and a helmet and place them before it. He ends by praying again that France be saved.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Pondo è letal martirio - Cabaletta for Sotto una quercia parvemi
      from Prologue, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Carlo VII, the King of France
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : lyric tenor
• Setting : A large hall in Dom-Rémy, France, 1429
• Range : F3 to G#/Ab4. Tessitura : G#/Ab3 to G#/Ab4
• Synopsis : The assembled people of Dom-Rémy are attempting to convince their king not to go to the oak tree at which King Carlo dreamed he would find someone to save France. They tell him that the Devil is strong in power there. The king dismisses their worries, singing that since he has dreamed this tree has the Madonna painted upon it, the Devil will not be able to intrude. He isn't worried about the Devil, but he is worried about his crown for he does not want to be king any longer.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Sempre all'alba ed alla sera - Cavatina
      from Prologue, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Giovanna, Giacomo's daughter (Joan of Arc)
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic coloratura
• Setting : A forest, France, 1429
• Range : D#/Eb4 to D6. Tessitura : E4 to A6
• Synopsis : Giovanna is upset because she cannot help defend her France in its darkest hour because she is a woman. She prays to the Madonna that she will be given weapons with which she can fight against the English intruders.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Franco son io
      from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Giacomo, a shepherd
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : A rocky area close to the city of Rheims, France, 1429
• Range : B3 to F4. Tessitura : G3 to F4
• Synopsis : The English are in retreat and are about to pull out of France altogether when Giacomo approaches them. He offers to hand over his daughter to them for she was the one who rallied the French to victory. He does love his country but he cannot help but fight against the French king whom he believes has brought dishonor upon them all.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

So che per via dei triboli - Cabaletta fot Franco son io
      from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Giacomo, a shepherd
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : A rocky area close to the city of Rheims, France, 1429
• Range : C3 to F4. Tessitura : F3 to F4
• Synopsis : The English are in retreat and are about to pull out of France altogether when Giacomo approaches them. He offers to hand over his daughter to them for she was the one who rallied the French to victory. After railing against the disgrace of the French king that caused Giacomo to betray his country, he continues on into this cabaletta attempting to reconcile his love for his daughter that he is betraying.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

O fatidica foresta - Romanza
      from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Giovanna, Giacomo's daughter (Joan of Arc)
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic coloratura
• Setting : A garden in the Court of Rheims, France, 1429
• Range : D4 to A#/Bb6. Tessitura : F4 to F5
• Synopsis : Giovanna has commanded the French troops to victory over the English and has accomplished what she set out to do. She is still at the court but she wishes to return to her old life as a shepherdess. She sings longingly of her small cottage, the forest that surrounded it, and her father whom she misses dearly.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Speme al vecchio ora una figlia - Romanza
      from Act II of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Giacomo, a shepherd
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : The main square in front of the Cathedral of St. Denis in Rheims, France, 1429
• Range : C3 to F#/Gb4. Tessitura : F#/Gb3 to D#/Eb4
• Synopsis : Giacomo has now come to terms with his betrayal of his daughter to the English. He is sure now that it will be the best for France if he rids the country of this woman whom he believes has gone over to the Devil. He sings of her as she used to be : a obedient, faithful daughter who would have taken care of him for the rest of his years. He regrets that now he must turn her in, but resolves that he will do his part by making sure she is not burned at the stake.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Comparire il ciel m'ha stretto - Cabaletta for Speme al vecchio ora una figlia
      from Act II of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Giacomo, a shepherd
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : The main square in front of the Cathedral of St. Denis in Rheims, France, 1429
• Range : C3 to F4. Tessitura : E3 to E4
• Synopsis : Carlo has declared to the crowd in front of the cathedral of St. Denis that another cathedral should be raised up in honor of Giovanna who has saved all of France. Suddenly, Giacomo bursts out of the crowd yelling "Blasphemy!" He goes on to denounce her, singing that he saw her in the forest when she gave herself over to Satan and King Carlo and God has declared that she should be punished for her evil actions. As he finishes up his accusations, he asks the crowd furiously if they will raise a cathedral to her now.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Quale al più fido amico - Romanza
      from Act III of the Italian opera, Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Carlo VII, the King of France
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : lyric tenor
• Setting : The inside of a English Army fort
• Range : E3 to G4. Tessitura : A4 to F4
• Synopsis : Giacomo has realized that his daughter Giovanna's actions to save France were not prompted by the Devil and releases her from captivity by the English. She goes off to fight against the English and saves them and helps them conquer the English. In doing so, though, she is killed on the field of battle. After conquering the English, Carlo and Giacomo are informed of this unfortunate news. While Giacomo weeps, Carlo expresses his grief at her death.
• 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 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Salve Maria
      from Part I : The Vendetta, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Temistocle Solera

• Role : Giselda, daughter of Arvino and Viclinda
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : spinto
• Setting : a gallery in Arvino's palace lit by only a torch
• Range : C#/Db4 to A#/Bb6. Tessitura : F4 to G5
• Synopsis : Viclinda tells Giselda that she has an evil premonition about this night. She suggests that they should pray to God that,if they both make it through the night alive, they will journey to Jerusalem bare-footed. Arvino enters and adds that he has heard some strange noises in the palace and that he is going to investigate. Giselda then sings this prayer to God as her mother wants.
• 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 and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #2079, for score : #50098 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.