A peek into the life of an aspiring soprano

callasassoluta:

Un ballo in maschera, 1957.

cloudshaper:

Joyce DiDonato on Grad Schools

I’m in love with this woman. This actually kind of moved me to tears, just because she’s so right. There’s no set path. Trust your gut. Nothing’s gonna have a set course anymore. 

Ahhhh

cloudshaper:

O del mio amato ben- Stefano Donaudy

O del mio amato ben perduto incanto!
Lungi è dagli occhi miei
chi m’era gloria e vanto!       
Or per le mute stanze
sempre lo cerco e chiamo                        
con pieno il cor di speranze?
Ma cerco invan, chiamo invan!
E il pianger m’è sì caro,
che di pianto sol nutro il cor.

Mi sembra, senza lui, triste ogni loco.
Notte mi sembra il giorno;
mi sembra gelo il foco.
Se pur talvolta spero
di darmi ad altra cura,
sol mi tormenta un pensiero:
Ma, senza lui, che farò?
Mi par così la vita vana cosa
senza il mio ben.

Oh, lost enchantment of my dearly beloved!
Far from my eyes is he
who was, to me, glory and pride!        
Now through the empty rooms
I always seek him and call him                  
with a heart full of hopes?
But I seek in vain, I call in vain!
And the weeping is so dear to me,
that with weeping alone I nourish my heart.

It seems to me, without him, sad everywhere.
The day seems like night to me;
the fire seems cold to me.
If, however, I sometimes hope
to give myself to another cure,
one thought alone torments me:
But without him, what shall I do?
To me, life seems a vain thing
without my beloved.

sxistus:

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