Renée Fleming: Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia, 'Tranquillo ei posa... Com' è bello!'

Renée Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano whose repertoire encompasses Strauss, Mozart, Handel, bel canto, lieder, French opera and chansons, jazz and indie rock. Fleming has a full lyric soprano voice. Fleming has performed coloratura, lyric, and lighter spinto soprano operatic roles in Italian, German, French, Czech, and Russian, aside from her native English. She also speaks fluent German and French, along with limited Italian. Her signature roles include Countess Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, the title role in Dvořák's Rusalka, the title role in Massenet's Manon, the title role in Massenet's Thaïs, the Marschallin in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, and the title role in Arabella. A Richard Tucker Award winner, she regularly performs in opera houses and concert halls worldwide. In 2008 she was awarded the Swedish Polar Music Prize for her services in music. Conductor Sir Georg Solti said of Fleming, "In my long life, I have met maybe two sopranos with this quality of singing; the other was Renata Tebaldi... en.wikipedia.or...
Lyrics & English Translation
He rest rests in tranquillity.
May all his nights be so peaceful.
May he never know such torment as mine...
He looks so handsome, honest and noble.
I would have never imagined such a fair sight.
To see him at last fills my soul with joy.
Heaven spare me from his contempt.
Shall wake him?
No! I dare not reveal my identity to him!
I must wipe away my tears.
May you dreams be sweet while I grieve beside you.
May a gracious dream awake you to pleasure.
Sad nights and bitter dreams I must alone bear...
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