We played this aria from Puccini's opera Turandot in college and I fell in love with the song. Then I heard it with lyrics and thought it was awesome. THEN, today in conducting, I learned what the whole thing is about. It was pretty awesome. It really struck me today, something no lyrics have ever done. I thought I would share the Italian lyrics and a video of the performance by Pavarotti on here. Enjoy!
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o, Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che tremano d'amore
e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia!
(Il nome suo nessun saprà!...
e noi dovrem, ahime, morir!)
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincerò!
vincerò, vincerò!
If you want to know what it means, just look it up:P
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For Instructional Design class, we are starting our own blogs in hopes of getting used to using it so that we can create websites for our music groups. This will chronicle (most of) my life while in the Chicago area for 6 weeks.
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