A full performance of Rossini's Tancredi
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Two Links for the full libretto of Tancredi
Information on Voltaire's Tancrede
Information on Rossini
Information on Gaetano Rossi, librettist
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Formal Diagram of "Di tanti palpiti"
A (2) B(2) C D E
1 - 4
5 – 8 17 - 20
9 – 12 21 - 24
37 – 40 45 - 48
41 – 44 49 - 52 25 – 28 29 –
36 53 - 56 57 - 63
I V7 I
V7 I
V I
V I V I6/4 V
V7/IV IV
I 6/4 I V7/ii ii I6/4 V
I V7/ii ii
I6/4
F maj.
------------------------- Ab maj. F min.
F G
72
63 - 68
/ 68 -
71 73 74 75 - 78
V7
I ii6 I 6/4 V I ii6 I 6/4 V I
ii6 I 6/4 V I
IV I 6/4 I-------
Tancredi's Aria...Di tanti palpiti
Vesselina Kasarova singing "Di tanti palpiti". In more recent years, the title role of Tancredi has been championed by Marilyn Horne and Ewa Podles.
The aria takes place in Act 1, Scene 2 of the opera. Tancredi and his
men disembark from a ship onto Argiro's palace garden that is close to the seashore. Not having received Amenaide's letter, he
pledges to help defend the city against the invaders and to seek out his
beloved in Oh patria! dolce, e ingrate patria / O my
country, dear, thankless native land". Roggiero is dispatched with a
message for Amenaide, and he sends his followers to spread the word that
an unknown knight has arrived to help save the city. His thoughts turn
to Amenaide in Tu che accendi questo core / "You who set aflame this heart" and then to how much pain he has caused her Di tanti palpiti, di tante pene / "After such beating of the heart, such torment", the cabaletta that will be discussed for these purposes.
"Di tanti palpiti"performed by Ewa Podles
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Oh
patria! dolce, e ingrata patria!
alfine a te
ritorno!
Io ti saluto,
o cara terra
degli avi miei : ti bacio.
E questo per
me giorno sereno :
comincia il
cor a respirarmi in seno.
Amenaide! o
mio pensier soace,
solo de' miei
sospir,
de' voti miei
celeste oggetto,
io venni alfin
: io voglio,
sfidando il
mio destin,
qualunque sia,
meritarti,
o perir, anima
mia.
Tu che accendi
questo core,
tu che desti
il valor mio,
alma gloria,
dolce amore,
secondate il
bel desio,
cada un empio
traditore,
coronate la
mia fà .
Di tanti
palpiti, di tante pene,
da te mio
bene, spero mercà .
Mi
rivedrai... ti rivedrà ...
ne' tuoi bei
rai mi pascero.
Deliri,
sospiri...
accenti,
contenti!
Sarà felice,
il cor mel dice,
il mio destino
vicino a te.
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Oh Homeland!
Swee, ungrateful homeland!
At last I come
back to you!
I greet you,
oh dear land
of my ancestors: I kiss you.
This is for me
a happy day:
My heart
begins to breath in my chest.
Amenaide! My
suave thought,
the only cause
of my sighs,
of my vows, at
last I came; I want to earn you,
defying my fate,
whatever it was,
or die, my
soul.
You who kindle
this heart,
you who awake
my valour,
blessed glory,
sweet love,
heed my
desire,
may an impious
traitor fall,
crown my
faith.
For all these
heartbeats, for all these pains,
from you, my
beloved, I hope for mercy.
You'll see me
again... I'll see you again...
in your
beautiful radiance I will have plenty.
Delires-
sighs...
happy
voices!...
It will be
glad, my heart tells me,
my destiny -
near to you.
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"Oh patria...tu che accende...di tanti palpiti" performed by Marylin Horne
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Synopsis of the Opera
Background
The city of Syracuse has been rot with conflict and civil
war by the Byzantine empire and the Saracen armies headed by Solamir. The soldier Tancredi and his family have been
stripped of their estates and inheritances, and he himself has been banished
since his youth. Two more noble families, headed by Argirio and Orbazzano, have been
warring for years. Argirio and his family, his wife and his daughter, Amenaide,
have been residing as guests of the
Byzantine court, where Tancredi presides in exile. Also present in the court is
Solamir, the Moorish general, who wishes for Amenaide's hand in marriage in hopes that he
can create a Saracen-Syracusean alliance.
Place: the Sicilian city-state of Syracuse Time: AD 1005
Act I:
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Argirio fears an attack and attempts to make peace
with Orbazzano. Argiro offers his daughter, Amenaide, to Orbazzano in marriage.
Amenaide loves the exiled Tancredi. Amenaide pleads with her father to delay
the wedding, but Argirio ignores his daughter’s pleas. He orders all of his
enemies, including Tancredi, to be killed. Tancredi arrives in disguise.
Amenaide urges Tancredi to flee. Crowds begin to gather for the wedding.
Tancredi prevents the wedding. Orbazzano produces a love letter that he intercepted
from Amenaide to Tancredi with Tancredi’s name omitted for his protection and
says that it is from Amenaide to Solamir, leader of the Sicilians. Amenaide is
arrested and sentenced to death for treason. Tancredi also believes that
Amenaide is guilty.
Act II:
Amenaide hopes that Tancredi will see the truth, as
she prepares to die. Tancredi appears and kills Orbazzano as he was leading
Amenaide to her execution. Amenaide is freed. Tancredi still believes that
Amenaide has betrayed him.
(Venice Ending) Tancredi meets with Solamir and Solamir
promises to spare Syracuse if he can marry Amenaide. Tancredi instead battles
and beats the Sicilians. As Solamir is dying, he tells Tancredi of Amenaide’s
innocence. Tancredi asks Amenaide for forgiveness. Argirio names Tancredi ruler
of Syracuse.
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(Ferrara Ending) Tancredi wants to prove his love
for Amenaide so he leads Syracuse into battle against Sicily. During the
battle, Tancredi is mortaly wounded. While Tancredi is in anguish, Argirio
persuades Tancredi that Amanaide was innocent all along. Tancredi dies while
asking to marry Amenaide.
Background information from http://www.opera-arias.com/rossini/tancredi/synopsis/
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