Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen - Die Tote Stadt (Korngold) - National Opera Studio

Sit back, relax and enjoy some stunning Korngold performed by our wonderful Young Artists Baritone Josef Ahn and pianist Nadia Kisseleva. 🥰
‘Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen’ (My yearning, my obsession) is taken from Act II of Korngold’s opera ‘Die Tote Stadt’ (The dead City).
At this moment in the opera, Marietta has made a toast with the rest of her troupe and asks Fritz to sing a song. He sings a yearning dance song that looks into his past.
Aria text:
“My yearning, my obsession,
they take my back in dreams.
In the dance I once obtained it,
Now I've lost my happiness.
While dancing on the Rhein
in the moonlight,
she confessed to me with a loving
look in her blue eyes,
Confessed to me with her pleading words:
O stay, don't go far away,
preserve the memory of your homeland's
peaceful, flourishing happiness.
My yearning, my obsession,
they take me back in dreams.
The magic of things far away
brings a burning ot my soul
The magic of the dance lured me,
and I was then Pierrot.
I followed her, my wonderful sweetheart,
and learned from tears to kiss.
Intoxication and misery,
Illusion and happiness:
Ah, this is a clown's destiny.
My yearning, my obsession,
they take me back in dreams.”
Catch them both alongside our other fantastic Young Artists @hoxtonhall on 8 March. Tickets still available! Link in biog 🙌👆