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Tosca: e Lucevan Le Stelle - Andante Lento Appassionato Molto (no Vocals) [Karaoke Version] 3:10
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra - John Landor Conducting
provided under licence Courtesy of Karaoke Opera ® a trademark of Musical Concepts.
Thanks to Rosalind (Mosaica) for turning me on to this.
OK, first of the new year. I have been playing around with doing this aria for about a year now. I have done more takes than any other song that I have played with. I realize that without training, this type of singing is almost impossible. I am very pleased with the last ten seconds of singing where my voice found a magical place of tone and quality, that I would like always to have in singing classically. Trained singers will probably smirk and tell me the whys and wherefores and I would be grateful for sure. I love a great tenor voice and always admire the apparent ease which with they seem to lay their great performances out there. However, I have listened to enough different performances of this particular aria to realize that even the great tenors can have performance that, well lets just say they vary from day to day. This is not out of line with what I have experienced with my voice over the years as some days its golden and others I can't even stand the sound of it talking. I guess this experiment has taught me a great deal of respect for the many different tenors that have graced our lives through the years. . . . and yes, yes, one of these days I will go for vocal lessons . . . right after I win the lottery.
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra - John Landor Conducting
provided under licence Courtesy of Karaoke Opera ® a trademark of Musical Concepts.
Thanks to Rosalind (Mosaica) for turning me on to this.
OK, first of the new year. I have been playing around with doing this aria for about a year now. I have done more takes than any other song that I have played with. I realize that without training, this type of singing is almost impossible. I am very pleased with the last ten seconds of singing where my voice found a magical place of tone and quality, that I would like always to have in singing classically. Trained singers will probably smirk and tell me the whys and wherefores and I would be grateful for sure. I love a great tenor voice and always admire the apparent ease which with they seem to lay their great performances out there. However, I have listened to enough different performances of this particular aria to realize that even the great tenors can have performance that, well lets just say they vary from day to day. This is not out of line with what I have experienced with my voice over the years as some days its golden and others I can't even stand the sound of it talking. I guess this experiment has taught me a great deal of respect for the many different tenors that have graced our lives through the years. . . . and yes, yes, one of these days I will go for vocal lessons . . . right after I win the lottery.
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Lyrics
SYNOPSES
The painter Cavaradossi has been sentenced to death for helping to hide an escaped political prisoner. As he awaits his fate, he sings of the sweet memories of his beloved Tosca and his dashed dreams.
E Lucevan Le Stelle
E lucevan le stelle,
e olezzava la terra stridea l'uscio dell'orto,
e un passo sfiorava la rena.
Entrava ella, fragrante,
mi cadea fra le braccia.
Oh! dolci baci, o languide carezze,
mentr'io fremente le belle forme discogliea dai veli!
Svani per sempre il sogno mio d'amore...
L'ora e fuggita e muoio disperato! E non ho amato mai tanto la vita!
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
How the stars seemed to shimmer,
the sweet scents of the garden,
how the creaking gate whispered,
and a footstep skimmed over the sand,
how she then entered,
so fragrant, and then fell into my two arms!
Ah sweetest of kiss, languorous caresses,
while I stood trembling,
searching her features concealed by her mantle.
My dreams of pure love, forgotten forever!
All of it's gone now!
I die hopeless, despairing, and never before have I loved life like this!
E Lucevan Le Stelle
E lucevan le stelle,
e olezzava la terra stridea l'uscio dell'orto,
e un passo sfiorava la rena.
Entrava ella, fragrante,
mi cadea fra le braccia.
Oh! dolci baci, o languide carezze,
mentr'io fremente le belle forme discogliea dai veli!
Svani per sempre il sogno mio d'amore...
L'ora e fuggita e muoio disperato! E non ho amato mai tanto la vita!
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
How the stars seemed to shimmer,
the sweet scents of the garden,
how the creaking gate whispered,
and a footstep skimmed over the sand,
how she then entered,
so fragrant, and then fell into my two arms!
Ah sweetest of kiss, languorous caresses,
while I stood trembling,
searching her features concealed by her mantle.
My dreams of pure love, forgotten forever!
All of it's gone now!
I die hopeless, despairing, and never before have I loved life like this!












































magnatone
wow stephen, this is gorgeous! your voice can totally do this, even without formal training. i think it's so cool you did this - great job!