Dalla sua pace - Don Giovanni

My peace depends upon her peace;

That which pleases her gives life to me,

That which hurts her gives death to me.

If she sighs, I sigh as well;

Her wrath is mine, her cry is mine;

And I have no good, if she has none.

Luigi Alva as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Aix, 1960.

Fin ch'han dal vino – Don Giovanni

Until they have become hot-headed with wine,

Let’s prepare a grand party.

If you find a girl in the piazza,

Try to bring her here.

May the dance be wild,

Who will be the minuet, who the folia

Who will dance the allemande with you.                       

Meanwhile, I’ll be singing my own song 

Flirting with this girl and that girl.

Ah you must add to my list

About ten entries tomorrow morning

Simon Keenlyside sings the champagne aria from Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Ferrara, 1997. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

Deh, vieni alla finestra – Don Giovanni

We’ll see.

These are the windows.

Let’s sing now.

Come to the window,

O my darling!

Come to dry

my tears.

If you refuse to give me

some restoration,

in front of your eyes

I will want to die.

You have a mouth

sweeter than honey.

You carry

sugar in your heart.

Don’t be, my joy,

cruel with me.

Let me at least see you,

my fair love!

Simon Keenlyside sings the serenade from Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Notte e giorno faticar – Don Giovanni

Leporello
Laboring night and day,
For a man who is never happy,
To endure the wind and rain,
To eat badly, to sleep badly.
I want to become a gentleman
And I don’t want to serve anymore...
Oh what a dear great man!
He wants to stay inside with the beauty,
While I have to keep watch!
I want to become a gentleman
And I don’t want to serve anymore…
I think I hear people coming
I don’t want to make a sound.

Donna Anna
Don’t hope, if you don’t kill me,
I’ll never let you go!

Don Giovanni
Mad woman! Vain cries,
You’ll never know who I am!

Leporello
What a rucuss! Oh heavens, what cries!
The master is in new trouble.

Donna Anna
People! Servants! Get the traitor!

Don Giovanni
Be quiet and tremble at my fury!

Donna Anna
Villain!

Don Giovanni
Watch yourself!

Leporello
Wait and see, the villain
Will cast me down!

Donna Anna
Like a desperate fury
I will know you and follow you!

Don Giovanni
This desperate fury
Wants to cast me down!

Il Commendatore
Leave her alone, wretch!
Fight me!

Don Giovanni
Go away, I won’t condescend
To fight with you.

Il Commendatore
Do you think you can run away from me?

Leporello
I could at least leave here!

Don Giovanni
Wretch, wait,
If you want to die!

Il Commendatore
Ah, rescue me! I am betrayed!
The assassin has injured me,
And from the throbbing breast
I feel the soul depart.

Don Giovanni
Ah, already the unfortunate has fallen,
Labored and agonizing,
Already from the throbbing bosom
I see the soul depart.

Leporello
What mischief! What excess!
Within a breast full of fear
I feel my heart trembling!
I don’t know what to do, what to say.

Bryn Terfel as Leporello, Simon Keenlyside as Don Giovanni, Matti Salminen as the Commendatore, and Carmela Remigio as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Ferrara, 1997. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. 

Il Mio Tesoro – Don Giovanni

Meanwhile,
Go to console my sweetheart,
And those beautiful crying eyes
Try to dry them.

Tell her that her wrongs
I am going to avenge,
Only carnage and death
Will announce my return.

A rare clip of the great lyric tenor Luigi Alva in one of his best roles, that of Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Aix, 1960.

Madamina, il catalogo e' questo – Don Giovanni

Miss, this is the catalog 

Of all the beauties that my master has loved;

A catalog that I have made myself.

Look at it, read it with me.

In Italy 640,

In Germany 231,

100 in France, in Turkey 91,

But in Spain 1,003!

Various women – peasants

servants and city girls,

countesses, baronesses,

marchionesses, princesses,

Women of every rank,

Of every shape and age.

In the blondes, he usually

Praises their kindness

The brunettes their constancy,

The older ones their sweetness.

In the winter, he likes the chubby one,

In the summer, he likes the skinny one;

The tall ones, he calls majestic, 

The young girl is always charming ...

The older ones make a conquest

Simply for the pleasure of adding them to the list;

but his predominant passion

is the young beginner

It’s not about whether she’s rich,

Or ugly, or beautiful;

Just so long as she’s wearing a skirt,

You know what happens then!

Bryn Terfel as Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Ferrara, 1997. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.