The American Minervan

Tag: Italian opera

  • Recondita Armonia | Plácido Domingo

    Recondita Armonia | Plácido Domingo

    The supreme tranquility of Plácido, when Plácido Domingo sings Recondita armonia. Romanticism never dies in us. . . But our Floria is Sophia. English What subtle harmony of different beauties!Floria, my passionate lover is a brunetteAnd you, unknown beauty,Are framed by fair hairYou have blue eyesTosca has dark eyesThe mysterious artMixes the different beauties together:But…

  • Sherrill Milnes and Ruggero Raimondi: “Va Tosca” (Te Deum) Act

    Sherrill Milnes and Ruggero Raimondi: “Va Tosca” (Te Deum) Act

    “Va, Tosca!” (Go Tosca!) An English Translation of the Drama by Ruggero Raimondi