"Vanne, sì, mi lascia, indegno". I think this is all of them? I may be wrong. I hope there are more out there, unknown but waiting to be found.
The Paris clips are at a lower volume than the others, just a warning, i didn't want to amp them up for fear of distortion. The images don't match the performances in most cases, by the way :)
The entire scene is thrilling, but the wonderful trio finale is so spectacular, i decided to include each performance in full, instead of just using the last 30 seconds or so of each, which i would have usually done. Does this make the video too long, or is this the sort of thing you lovely viewers would prefer?
I'd love to know.
TRACK LIST
29/05/1965 Paris 0:00
21/05/1965 Paris 1:28
17/05/1965 Paris 2:57
1960 Studio 4:30
1955 La Scala 7:08
1955 Rome 8:46
1954 Studio 11:29
1953 Trieste 14:02
1952 London 15:47
1950 Mexico 17:31
The three Paris performances were provided by a friend, and i'm not certain of their origins or if the order i have them in is correct. I'm fairly sure it's right, but i could be wrong.
The two studio recordings are from The Complete Studio Recordings box set.
The La Scala clip is an LP rip i did from La Divina vol 1 (Gli Dei Della Musica DMC-02).
The 1950 Mexico is from Melodram 26018 (CD).
The Rome, Trieste and London clips are from FLAC sources i have found on the internet. I prefer them to the itunes AAC copies i purchased early on in my collecting career.
ITALIAN
NORMA
Vanne, sì, mi lascia, indegno:
figli oblia, promesse, onore.
Maledetto dal mio sdegno
non godrai d'un empio amore.
Te sull'onde e te sui venti,
seguiranno mie furie ardenti;
maledetta, e notte e giorno,
ruggirà d'intorno a te.
POLLIONE
Fremi pure, e angoscia eterna
pur m'imprechi il tuo furore!
Questo amor che mi governa
è di te, di me maggiore.
Dio non v'ha che mali inventi
de' miei mali più cocenti.
Maledetto io fui quel giorno
che il destin t'offerse a me.
ADALGISA
Ah! non fia ch'io costi
al tuo cor sì rio dolore.
Mari e monti sian frapposti
fra me sempre e il traditore.
Soffocar saprò i lamenti,
divorar i miei tormenti;
morirò, perché ritorno
faccia il crudo ai figli e a te.
NORMA
Maladetto del mio sdegno, ecc.
CORO
Norma, all'ara!
In tuon feroce,
d'Irminsul tuonò la voce,
Norma al sacro altar!
NORMA
Ah, suon di morte, va,
per te qui pronta ell'è!
ADALGISA
Ah, suon di morte s'intima, a te,
va, per te qui pronta ell'è!
Fuggi!
POLLIONE
Ah, qual suon! Sì, la sprezzo,
ma prima mi cadrà il tuo Nume al piè.
ENGLISH
NORMA
Leave me, yes, worthless man!
Forget your children, your promises, your honour.
Cursed by my disdain, you will find
no joy in your sinful love.
Over the seas, borne on the winds,
my burning hatred will pursue you.
Night and day my fury
will rage around you.
POLLIONE
Hate me if you will. Let your fury
invoke eternal anguish upon me!
The love which is now my master
is greater than you or I.
No god could ever fashion
greater suffering than mine.
Cursed was I that day
when fate gave me to you.
ADALGISA
Never allow that I may be
the cause of such pain in your heart.
Seas and mountains forever
will divide me from the traitor.
I shall stifle my cries
and swallow my anguish;
I shall die to bring back
this cruel man to his children and to you.
NORMA
Cursed by my disdain, etc.
CHORUS
Norma, to the altar!
The voice of Irminsul
has thundered.
Norma, to the sacred altar!
NORMA
Ah, the sound of death, go,
it is ready for you here!
ADALGISA
Ah, the sound of death calls you,
go, it is ready for you here!
Fly!
POLLIONE
Ah, that sound! Yes, I defy death,
but first your god shall fall at my feet.