Commoners
Quiet...
you must not disturb the incantation.
The
devil will be here to talk soon.
Ulrica
King
of the Abyss, make haste,
Plunge
down through the skies,
Without
soaring, the lightning
Penetrates
my roof.
Now
three times, the hoopoe
Breathed
on high;
The fire
breathing salamander
Hissed
three times...
And
the groaning of the tombs
Spoke
to me three times.
Riccardo
I’m going
to the front!
Commoners
Villain,
get in the back.
Oh, how
everything shines with darkness!
Ulrica
It’s
him, it’s him! Now I feel
The
palpitations again.
The
pleasure to burn again
In his
awful embrace!
The
light of the future
He
holds in his left hand.
He
was pleased with my spell
He
blazes once again:
Nothing,
nothing more will be hidden
From
my gaze!
Commoners
Long
live the witch!
Ulrica
Silence,
silence!
Bulgarian
contralto Mariana
Pentcheva as Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera. Extraordinary
performance! And a stunning low note at the end.
La
Scala, 2001. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
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