| Pavarotti - Una Furtiva Lagrima -L'Elisir d'Amore, Donizetti - 303 sec The Essential Pavarotti (DVD)
Royal Gala Concert - Royal Albert Hall
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler
Recorded in April 13th 1982 Auteur : idock02 Tags:pavarotti tenor concert sing puccini tosca opera classic  |
| Enrico Caruso - Una Furtiva Lagrima - 322 sec Enrico Caruso - Una Furtiva Lagrima Auteur : iago10z Tags:caruso Enrico Caruso - Una Furtiva Lagrima tenores voz cancion  |
| Placido Domingo - L'elisir d'amore - Una furtiva lagrima - 269 sec From Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore Auteur : margotlorena Tags:Placido Domingo L'elisir d'amore Una furtiva lagrima Gaetano Donizetti opera aria tenor score animation  |
| Una Furtiva lagrima - Rolando Villazon - 366 sec Nemorino: Rolando Villazon
Orchester der Wiener staatsoper
Alfred Eschwe conductor Auteur : heildirgunther Tags:donizetti oper elisirdamore furtiva lagrima rolando villazon  |
| Una furtiva lagrima - 336 sec Juan Diego Florez gives a superb rendition of this beautiful bel canto aria.Bravo! Auteur : peterboldizsar Tags: opera tenor juan diego florez una furtiva lagrima  |
| Joshua Bell-Donizetti:Una furtiva lagrima (A furtive tear) - 261 sec This is wonderful piece of work from his latest album [Voice of the Violin]... Auteur : FlorenceAshley Tags:Donizetti Una furtiva lagrima A furtive tear Joshua Bell classical violin  |
| Luciano Pavarotti - Una Furtiva Lagrima - 266 sec Luciano Pavarotti - Una Furtiva Lagrima - L'elisir D'amore - Wien Auteur : hotazzoperastud Tags:pavarotti opera donnizetti  |
| Pavarotti - Una furtiva lagrima - Donizetti - 472 sec DVD Luciano Pavarotti - The Recital.
Track 23 of 23 Auteur : idock02 Tags:Luciano Pavarotti tenor opera aria  |
| Joseph Schmidt - Una furtiva lagrima - 192 sec What a magnificent trill at the end. Auteur : Pawelp Tags:Joseph Schmidt Donizetti l'elisir d'amore una furtiva lagrima  |
| Una Furtiva Lagrima - Enrico Caruso 1904 - 351 sec Digitally remastered version of a recording from 1st February 1904 (room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY). You may want to look at my non-profit website for more: http://www.enricocaruso.dk (English and Danish).
Una furtiva lagrima (A furtive tear) is the romanza from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti. It is sung by Nemorino (Caruso) when he finds that the love potion he bought to win his dream lady's heart, Adina, works.
Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she isn't interested in a relationship with an innocent, rustic man. To win her heart, Nemorino buys a "love potion" with all the money he has in his pocket. The "love potion" is actually a cheap red wine sold by a con business traveler. But when he sees Adina weeping, he knows that she has fallen in love with him and the "Elixir" works.
Text Italian:
Una furtiva lagrima
Negli occhi suoi spunto:
Quelle festose giovani
Invidiar sembro.
Che piu cercando io vo?
Che piu cercando io vo?
M'ama! Sì, m'ama, lo vedo, lo vedo.
Un solo instante i palpiti
Del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir, confondere
Per poco a' suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
Confondere i miei coi suoi sospir
Cielo, si puo morir!
Di piu non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah! Cielo, si puo, si puo morir,
Di piu non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si puo morir, si puo morir d'amor.
English translation:
One tear that falls so furtively
from her sweet eyes has just sprung,
as if she envied all the youths
who laughingly passed her right by.
What could I want more than this?
She loves me! Yes, she loves me! I see it, I see it.
One moment just to hear her heart,
beating so close next to mine,
to hear my sighs like they were hers,
her sighings as if they were mine!
Heavens, please take me now:
All that I wanted is mine now!
Caruso created the role of Nemorino the first time in February 1901 at La Scala in Milan. The conductor was the famous Toscanini, but the notoriously critical and reserved audience of La Scala did not react at all ... until Caruso started singing - and he basically turned the performance from failure to success. The audience went wild and Caruso was compelled to repeat "Una furtiva lagrima" three times.
When Toscanini came back stage to go before the curtain with the artists, he embraced Caruso, then turned to the manager of La Scala, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, and said: "Per dio! Se questo Napoletano continua a cantare così, farà parlare di sè il mondo intero." (By Heaven! If this Neapolitan continues to sing like this, he will make the whole world talk about him.) Auteur : tomfroekjaer Tags: Opera Classical bel canto italian opera Caruso Una furtiva Lagrima Donizetti Match Point  |
| Una Furtiva Lagrima - 239 sec singed by Lim hyung joo
MBC For You EP23 Auteur : sissel0046 Tags: lim hyung joo Una Furtiva Lagrima popera tenor 임형주 林亨柱 イム ヒョンジュ misty moon  |
| RAMON VARGAS SINGS "UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA" - 304 sec RAMON VARGAS, VERY YOUNG (EARLY IN THE 90'S) SINGS "UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA" FROM DONIZETTI'S "L'ELISIR D'AMORE". BARCELONA, SPAIN. Auteur : gabrielpadilla Tags: RAMON VARGAS OPERA TENOR FURTIVA LAGRIMA DONIZETTI L'ELISIR D'AMORE  |
| Stefano Secco una furtiva lagrima elisir d'amore - 308 sec Stefano Secco in Liceu Barcelona Auteur : liricando Tags:Stefano Secco una furtiva lagrima elisir d'amore tenore gaetano donizetti  |
| Carlo Bergonzi - Una furtiva lagrima - 317 sec from Gigli's tribute concert Auteur : vladutze84 Tags:carlo bergonzi donizetti l'elisir d'amore furtiva lagrima gigli tribute  |
| Juan Diego Florez "Una furtiva lagrima" - 394 sec From Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. Teatro Cuyas Las Palmas. May 14, 2005 Auteur : Onegin65 Tags: Opera Donizetti L'elisir d'amore Nemorino Juan Diego Florez  |
| Alfredo Kraus "Una furtiva lagrima" 1958 - 235 sec From film Gayarre, 1958 Auteur : Onegin65 Tags: Opera Donizetti L'elisir d'amore Nemorino Alfredo Kraus  |
| Beniamoni Gigli - Una furtiva lagrima 1933 - 258 sec Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore
Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
Una furtiva lagrima
Negli occhi suoi spunto:
Quelle festose giovani
Invidiar sembro.
Che piu cercando io vo?
Che piu cercando io vo?
M'ama! Sì, m'ama, lo vedo, lo vedo.
Un solo instante i palpiti
Del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir, confondere
Per poco a' suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
Confondere i miei coi suoi sospir
Cielo, si puo morir!
Di piu non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah! Cielo, si puo, si puo morir,
Di piu non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si puo morir, si puo morir d'amor.
A furtive tear
welled up in her eye...
those carefree girls
she seemed to envy...
Why should I look any further?
She loves me, she loves me.
I can see it, I can see it.
To feel for just one moment
the beating of her dear heart!
To blend my sighs
for a little with hers!
Heavens, I could die;
I ask for nothing more.
I could die of love. Auteur : maldoror26 Tags: beniamino gigli una furtiva lagrima donizetti l'elisir d'amore aria opera classical nemorino  |
| Luciano Pavarotti Una furtiva lagrima Nemorino Budapest 1991 - 237 sec R.I.P. Luciano Pavarotti
Una furtiva Nemorino
Budapest 1991 concert Auteur : franzhun Tags:Luciano Pavarotti Italian tenor Una furtiva Nemorino Budapest big king C Donizetti Elisir  |
| Giuseppe Di Stefano - Una Furtiva Lagrima - r.1944 - 270 sec The first recordings of the great Sicilian born Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano. This was recorded in Switzerland in 1944 with just a piano accompaniment. Enjoy the sheer beauty of the young Di Stefano's voice. Auteur : Ameans2anend Tags: italian sicilian opera tenors di stefano destefano pavarotti domingo donizetti una furtiva lagrima classical singers  |
| Gigli - Una Furtiva Lagrima - 265 sec My last Gigli post for today. Beniamino Gigli singing Una Furtiva Lagrima from Donizetti's L'Elisir D'Amore for Victor in 1930. Now I feel guilty for criticizing him in my Tosca post. However, the run at the very end of this record is really sloppy - but the beauty of his voice compensates. Auteur : merrihew Tags:Gigli Victor Orthophonic  |