Martial Singher coaches "Vissi d'arte"
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2012
- Martial Singher coaches "Vissi d'arte"
Accompanist: James Massengale
Singer: Carole Dray
From Tosca by Giacomo Puccini (1900)
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on the play, La Tosca, by Victorien Sardou (1887)
Archive video from THE FESTIVAL OF LEARNING AND PERFORMING, c. 1978
I lived a life of Art, of Love.
I never harmed a living soul.
I have quietly aided all the sufferers I found.
Always with honest belief, my prayer rose to holy shrines,
And with true faith I brought flowers to the altar.
In my hour of grief, why, why, Lord, why do you reward me thus?
I gave my jewels to adorn the Madonna
And offered up my singing to the stars, to Heaven, and they shone more beautifully for it.
In my hour of grief, why, why, Lord, why do you reward me thus?
