#Soave sia il vento

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"Soave sia il vento" ['May the wind be gentle'] from Mozart's opera Così fan tutte (1790)

Two years ago my mom died quite suddenly. She didn't like classical music but she did like this when I played it for her. Now I can't hear it without starting to cry.

In this piece, the wives wish for their husbands to have a safe journey. There is such an incredible touching tenderness in the music. There is sadness that they leave. There is worry for going by ship always had the very real risk of dying at sea. And there is love, so so much love.

May the wind be gentle, and the waves be calm, and may every element benignly answer to our wishes.

I hope my mom is safe. I love you so much. I miss you so so much.

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Chillax...

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me when theyre playing mozart ensembles too slow

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Giaches de Wert (1535 - 1596)

Il settimo libro de madrigali a cinque voci novamento composto & dato in luce (Antonio Gardano, Venice, 1581)

– Giunto alla tomba – Voi volete ch’io muoia– Grazie ch'a pochi il ciel largo destina – Tirsi morir volea – In qual parte si ratto

– Giunto alla tomba

Giunto alla tomba, ove al suo spirto vivo / Dolorosa prigion' il ciel prescrisse: / Di color, di calor, di moto privo / Gia marmo in vista al marmo il viso affisse. / Al fin scorgando un lagrimoso rivo, / In un languido oimè proruppe, e disse: / O sasso amato tanto, amaro tanto, / Che dentro hai le mie fiamme, e fuor' il pianto! //

Non di morte sei tu, ma di vivaci / Ceneri albergo, ov' è nascosto amore, / Sento dal freddo tuo l'usate faci / Men dolci sì, ma non men cald' al core. / Deh' prendi questi piant' e questi baci, / Prendi, ch'io bagno di doglioso umore. / E dalli tu poich' io non posso, almeno, / All' amate reliquie, c'hai nel seno. // [Torquato Tasso]

– Voi volete ch’io muoia

Voi volete ch’io muoia, / E mi date dolor sì crudo e forte / Che mi conduce a morte; / Ma per vederne voi così contenta, / Mentre io moro, il morir vita diventa; / Onde vedendo, ohimè! dolente voi, / In questa vita poi / Mi vien tanto martire, / Ch’ogn’ hor giungo al morire; / E così mille e mille volte il giorno / Per voi moro, e morendo in vita torno. // [Girolamo Parabosco]

– Grazie ch'a pochi il ciel largo destina

Grazie ch'a pochi il ciel largo destina: / rara vertú, non già d'umana gente, / sotto biondi capei canuta mente, / e 'n humil donna alta beltà divina; //

leggiadria singulare et pellegrina, / e 'l cantar che ne l'anima si sente, / l'andar celeste, e 'l vago spirto ardente, / ch'ogni dur rompe et ogni altezza inchina; //

E que' belli occhi che i cor fanno smalti, / possenti a rischiarar abisso et notti, / et tôrre l'alme a' corpi et darle altrui; //

col dir pien d'intellecti dolci et alti, / co i sospiri soave-mente rotti: / da questi magi transformato fui. // [Francesco Petrarca]

– Tirsi morir volea

Tirsi morir volea, / Gl'occhi mirando di colei ch'adora; / Quand'ella, che di lui non meno ardea, / Gli disse: "Ahimè, ben mio, / Deh, non morir ancora, / Che teco bramo di morir anch'io." //

Frenò Tirsi il desio, / Ch'ebbe di pur sua vit'allor finire; / Ma (E) sentea morte,in (e) non poter morire. / E mentr'il guardo suo fisso tenea / Ne' begl'occhi divini / E'l nettare amoroso indi bevea, //

La bella Ninfa sua, che già vicini / Sentea i messi d'Amore, / Disse, con occhi languidi e tremanti: / "Mori, cor mio, ch'io moro." / Cui rispose il Pastore: / "Ed io, mia vita, moro." //

Cosi moriro i fortunati amanti / Di morte si soave e si gradita, / Che per anco morir tornaro in vita.// [Giovanni Battista Guarini]

– In qual parte si ratto

In qual parte sì ratto i vanni muove / il vincitor augel del sommo Giove? / A farsi un nido altiero, / ove la prole sua nasca e s’impiumi. / Di che saranno al nido i nodi avinti? / d’odorosi giacinti. / Ma questo, quando e dove? / Or ora e nella destra al Re de’ fiumi. //

E per librarlo, si che non sia offeso / da vento iniquo e fiero, / di che gli porrà il peso? / Di bianca perla e schietta. / O Aquila, o Giacinti! O perla eletta! / O Gonzaghi, o Farnesi, o Margherita! / Qual s’aspetta da voi prole gradita. //

_ Giaches De Wert – Il Settimo Libro De Madrigali. The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley. (1989, Virgin Classics Digital – VC 7 90763-2)

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approximately 99% sure that one of the people in Opera and i were at school together before i transitioned. which. not necessarily unremarkable. however there is something ironic about the fact that she and i (and somebody else) are doing soave sia il vento in our Concert. considering the plot of cosi.

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The Cosi tag is barren. This is so sad, alexa play Soave sia il vento

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La Cantata dei Pastori

Peppe Barra al Teatro Tasso con La Cantata dei Pastori: termina la terza edizione di Soave sia il vento Così… se fan tutti SORRENTO | CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI NAPOLI – La terza edizione della rassegna Soave sia il Vento si conclude martedì 7 gennaio alle ore 20.30 al Teatro Tasso con un evento artistico unicoo e intenso: La Cantata dei Pastori, scritta da Peppe Barra e Lamberto Lambertini e…

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Ópera em noite de gala - Belo Horizonte/MG, 30/novembro/2024

Recital legendado em portugues: link.

Fabio Mechetti, regente Gabriella Pace, soprano Ana Lucia Benedetti, mezzo-soprano Giovanni Tristacci, tenor Hernán Iturralde, baixo-barítono

ROSSINI | O barbeiro de Sevilha: Abertura GOUNOD | Fausto: Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle (Ária das jóias) TCHAIKOVSKY | Eugene Onegin: Kuda, kuda vi udalilis? (Ária de Lensky) DVORÁK | Rusalka, op. 114: Canção da Lua VERDI | Don Carlo: Ella giammai m’amò MOZART | Così fan tutte, K. 588: Soave sia il vento GOMES | O Guarani: Pery! Che brami? e Sento una forza indomita (Dueto) WAGNER | O navio fantasma: Abertura WAGNER | O navio fantasma: Mögst du, mein Kind (Ária de Daland) GOUNOD | Safo: Ô ma lyre immortelle PUCCINI | La Bohème: Quando me'n vo (Valsa de Musetta) MASSENET | Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? DELIBES | Lakmé: Sous le dôme épais (Dueto das flores) VERDI | Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell'amore

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the aria "Come scoglio" in his opera Così fan tutte to make the singer Adriana Ferrarese del Bene bob her head like a chicken 🐓

Here's some more information about the aria and the opera:

Aria

"Come scoglio" is a showpiece aria written for a dramatic coloratura soprano, a type of soprano that can perform with great technical skill and a wide range of emotions

Opera

Così fan tutte is an opera that translates to "Women are like that". It's considered an ensemble opera and is known for its many stand-out arias.

Ferrarese del Bene

Ferrarese del Bene was an Italian operatic soprano who was the first performer of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte. She was known for dropping her chin on low notes and throwing back her head on high notes.

Così fan tutte in a nutshell

What is the story about?

The opera’s full title Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti means ‘They all do it, or The School for Lovers’. The story begins with experimental philosopher Don Alfonso, who wants to overturn the perfect, formulaic worlds of two young men, Ferrando and Gugliemo. He bets them that both their fiancées would not stay faithful if tempted, and the challenge is accepted.

Before long, the fiancées Fiordiligi and Dorabella (who are also sisters) discover that their lovers are leaving to ‘go to war’, and suddenly two handsome strangers (Ferrando and Gugliemo in disguise, obviously) arrive on a mission of seduction. As Don Alfonso ups the ante and throws increasingly extreme situations at all four lovers, they begin to react emotionally and each character can’t help but discover – and reveal – who they really are. Who will end up with who?

Who are the characters?

Fiordiligi [fior-dil-I-gi] — fiancée of Guglielmo

Dorabella [dor-a-BELL-a] — fiancée of Ferrando

Ferrando [ferr-AN-do] — fiancé of Dorabella

Guglielmo [gu-li-EL-mo] — fiancé of Fiordiligi

Don Alfonso [don al-FON-so] — an old philosopher and cynic

Despina [des-PI-na] — a maid

Così fan tutte is said to be the perfect ensemble opera — the six roles are almost equal in weight and importance, without a ‘leading lady’.

What is the music like?

Così fan tutte contains some of the most sublime music Mozart ever wrote. It has an intricate combination of arias, duets, trios, quartets and sextets, with the vocal lines closely interwoven. Highlights include:

— the famous trio ‘Soave sia il vento’ (‘O wind gently blowing‘) – you can hear the breeze in the strings

— Ferrando’s tender ‘Un’aura amorosa’ (‘Our love is a flower‘)

— Fiordiligi’s show-stopping ‘Come scoglio‘ (‘Like a rock’), in which she insists that she will remain faithful – it’s full of spectacular vocal fireworks!

As an opera of the classical period, all the musical phrases are perfectly balanced, and the arias are connected by ‘recitative’ (sung speech performed with ‘continuo’ such as harpsichord accompanying the singers), where the plot development happens.

It premiered in Vienna on 26 January 1790. The libretto (text) was written by Lorenzo da Ponte, who was also Mozart’s librettist on the highly successful operas The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. Così fan tutte is sung in English translation (with English titles) and lasts approximately 3 hours, including one interval.

Did you know?

— In 1994, two works by Mozart’s peer (and rival), Antonio Salieri were discovered, showing that Salieri also started to set the libretto of Così fan tutte to music, but did not complete the project.

— Mozart’s own life slightly resembled the story of Così fan tutte for a time – a few years before he married his wife Constanze Weber, he was engaged to her sister Aloysia.

— Mozart created the role of Fiordiligi for da Ponte’s mistress Adriana Ferrarese del Bene. However, he did not like her, and having spotted her tendency to drop her chin on low notes and throw back her head on high ones, he filled showpiece aria ‘Come scoglio’ (‘Like a rock/fortress’) with constant leaps from low to high and high to low in order to make the prima donna’s head “bob like a chicken” on stage!

Thank you @ operanorth.co.uk

The piece in question. Listen around the two minute mark for some dramatically shifting notes 👇

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Soave sia il vento, Tranquilla sia l'onda, Ed ogni elemento Benigno risponda Ai nostri/vostri desir.

Gentle be the breeze, Calm be the waves, And every element Smile in favor Of your wishes.

Georg Solti conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in this 1995 recording. This lovely terzettino is sung by Renée Fleming (Fiordiligi), Anne Sofie von Otter (Dorabella), and Michele Pertusi (Don Alfonso). 

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Soave Sia Il Vento

after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In the wobbly pirouette between song & dust, dog-nosed living room windows & a purple couch that should have been curbed last July: Saturday sunlight cuts it all every time you lean into some kind of ballet pose. Your belly & knobby elbow & leotarded knee wavering in a slim balance. Jeté, effacé— I don’t know what they mean & nod anyway. You reach & spin & dog hair hangs in the air like the start of heartfelt applause.

–Adrian Matejka

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couple thoughts:

shoutout to the firefly in the air during soave sia il vento, really added to the atmosphere

another shoutout to the couple who were obviously on a date, hope this show doesn’t fuck with their relationship too bad

finally shoutout to ben bliss’s eyebrows. this one needs no explanation

i felt a smug sense of superiority listening to other people talk about the show. i’m the only one who really gets it guys /j

really appreciated how much shorter alfonso was compared to the boys. very silly

love this show love this staging love this cast all in all very fun time

I’M SEEING COSI IN LIKE TWO HOURS AAAA