Ugo Benelli – “Amore e morte” (“Soir\u00e9es d\u2019automne \u00e0 l’Infrascata”) Aria da camera – Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848).<\/p>\n
DECCA Studio Recording “Most Wanted Recital!” – “Romantic Songs by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti – Lydia Marimpietri & Ugo Benelli & Enrico Fabbro” – \u2117 1967
\nRecorded at the Accademia di S. Cecilia – Roma (I) – July 1967.<\/p>\n
Ugo Benelli Tenor
\nM.\u00b0 Enrico Fabbro Piano.<\/p>\n
“Ugo Benelli (born 20 January 1935) is an Italian operatic tenor. Born in Genoa and trained at La Scala, Benelli had an international career singing leading tenore di grazia roles from the early 1960s through the 1980s. In his later years he sang character roles and began a career as a singing teacher. He retired from the stage in 2005.”
\n–<\/p>\n
“Amore e morte”
\nVersi di Giovanni Antonio Luigi Redaelli (1785-1815)<\/p>\n
Odi di un uom che muore,
\nodi l\u2019estremo suon:
\nquest\u2019appassito fiore
\nti lascio, Elvira, in don.
\nQuanto prezioso ei sia
\ntu dei saperlo appien;
\nnel d\u00ec che fosti mia
\nte lo involai dal sen.
\nSimbolo allor d\u2019affetto,
\nor pegno di dolor;
\ntorna a posarti in petto
\nquesto appassito fior.
\nE avrai nel cor scolpito,
\nse duro il cor non \u00e8,
\ncome ti fu rapito,
\ncome ritorna a te.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
“Love and Death”
\nLyrics by Giovanni Antonio Luigi Redaelli (1785-1815)<\/p>\n
Hear the words of a dying man,
\nhear the last sound:
\nthis faded flower
\nI leave to you, Elvira.
\nHow precious it is
\nyou must know:
\nthe day you became mine,
\nI stole it from your bosom.
\nThen a symbol of affection,
\nnow it is a pledge of sorrow:
\nput back on your breast
\nthis faded flower.
\nAnd you will have engraved on your heart,
\nif your heart is not hard,
\nnot as it was stolen from you,
\nbut as returned to you.<\/p>\n