Beniamino Gigli - Tombe degli avi miei / 1925



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Beniamino Gigli (1891-1957)
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
Tombe degli avi miei,
l'ultimo avanzo
d'una stirpe infelice
deh! raccogliete voi. Cessò dell'ira
il breve foco... Sul nemico acciaro
abbandonar mi vo'. Per me la vita
è orrendo peso!...
L'universo intero
è un deserto per me senza Lucia!...
Di faci tuttavia
splende il castello! Ah! Scarsa
fu la notte al tripudio!
Ingrata donna!
Mentre io me struggo in disperato
pianto,
tu ridi, esulti accanto
al felice consorte!
Tu delle gioie in seno,
Tu delle gioie in seno,
Io della morte!
Io della morte!
Fra poco a me ricovero
darà negletto avello...
Una pietosa lagrima
non scenderà su quello!
Ah! Fin degli estinti, ahi,
misero!
Manca il conforto a me!
Tu pur, tu pur dimentica
que marmo dispregiato:
mai non passarvi, o barbara,
del tuo consorte a lato... Ah!
Rispetta almen le ceneri
di chi moria per te.
Rispetta almen le ceneri
di chi moria per te.
Mai non passarvi, to lo dimentica,
rispetta almeno chi muore per te.
Mai non passarvi, to lo dimentica,
rispetta almeno chi muore,
chi muore per te.
O barbara, rispetta almen le ceneri...
Ah! di chi moria
di chi moria per te.
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Tombs of my ancestors,
final resting-place
of an ill-fated line,
ah, receive me! Extinguished is anger's
brief flame... On the enemy's sword
I will throw myself. This life
is a horrible burden!...
The entire universe
is a desert for me without Lucy!
Meanwhile, the castle
is bathed in torchlight! Ah, fleeting was
the night of jubilation!
Ungrateful woman!
While I shed tears of
desperation
you laugh, you rejoice at the side
of your fortunate husband!
You so full of joy,
You so full of joy,
I so deathly sad! ,
I so deathly sad!
Soon an uncared-for tomb
shall give me refuge...
No tear of pity
will be shed upon it!
Ah! Even the solace of the dead, oh,
miserable me!
Fails to comfort me!
You alone, you alone forget
this despised marble:
never pass by, inhuman one,
at the side of your husband... Ah!
Respect at least the remains
of him who died for you.
Respect at least the remains
of him who died for you.
But you alone forget, don't pass by,
respect at least him who dies for you.
But you alone forget, don't pass by,
respect at least him who dies,
who dies for you.
O inhuman one, respect at least the remains...
Ah! of him who died,
of him who died for you


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Thank you for ... ( 1 year ago by novasafo)
Thank you for posting this! How wonderful!! That cadenza at the end was a surprise. Most tenors now sing a different one. And Gigli's interpretation is so very different. Nowadays, this aria is sung slower, with more rhythmic variation. Gigli's recording is very beautiful. He sings it with more ease, simplicity, beauty, and clarity than I've ever heard it sung before.
A great voice,I am ... ( 6 months ago by xwy44x)
A great voice,I am no expert. I am forever grateful to my father for introducing me to this artist.OK it was on 78 rpm,if you remember but it was unlike anything I had heard.I have CDs but I would have liked to have seen a live performance.
His wartime involvement only adds to the intrigue and mistique



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