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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