It was once again a pleasure to explore a new genre with you, @Jarveyboy. This was my first opera and most likely my last, which made the challenge all the more intimidating. It was a tough one, but also a rewarding and unforgettable experience.🎼❤️🎼 Beneath a starlit sky, two lovers meet for the last time. In their final exchange, they reveal to one another a love that has remained hidden in silence for far too long, and find their truth only in the very moment fate separates them forever. This operatic scene speaks with tragic grandeur of longing, devotion, and inevitability. It reveals two hearts coming to know one another in their last shared breath, and a love that takes on its eternal form precisely in the moment of farewell. (Female) Non parlare. Non ancora. Do not speak. Not yet. (Female) Lascia che la notte ci custodisca. Let the night keep watch over us. (Male) Le stelle sono vicine, The stars are near, (Female) e il cielo trattiene il respiro. and the sky holds its breath. (Male) Quest’ora l’ho temuta, come si teme la verità del cuore. I have feared this hour, the way one fears the truth of the heart. (Female) Ti guardo I look at you (Male) come l’ultimo miracolo prima like the last miracle before (Male and soft choir) dell’alba. dawn. (Female) Sei qui, You are here, (Male) e già mi manchi. and I already miss you. (Female and choir) Ho lottato contro il destino, ma nulla ha spento I fought against fate, but nothing has extinguished (Male) questo fuoco nel mio petto. this fire in my chest. (Female) Anch’io ti ho amato I have loved you too (Male) nel silenzio, in silence, (Female) nell’ombra, in the shadows, (Choir) nell’esilio dei giorni. in the exile of days. (Male) Ti ho amato come la notte I have loved you as the night (Female) ama la sua stella, come la terra loves its star, as the earth (Male) ama la pioggia che non cade. loves the rain that never falls. (Choir) E ora che il cielo ci divide, che resta a due cuori fedeli? And now that the sky divides us, what remains for two faithful hearts? (Choir, Male and Female duet) Resta questo amore, più forte del pianto, This love remains, stronger than tears, (Female) più forte del tempo. stronger than time. (Male) Se l’alba ti porta via, il tuo nome resterà If dawn takes you away, your name will remain (Female and choir) nel sangue, nel respiro, nell’eternità del mio dolore. in my blood, in my breath, in the eternity of my sorrow. (Male) Allora amami adesso, Then love me now, (Choir) in quest’ultima notte, in this final night, (Male) con tutta la dolcezza with all the tenderness (Choir) che il destino ci nega. that fate denies us. (Female) Ti amerò I will love you (Male) come si ama l’ultimo cielo, l’ultima luce, as one loves the final sky, the final light, (Female) l’ultima vita. the final life. (Choir) Se dobbiamo perderci, If we must lose each other, (Female) che sia nell’amore. let it be in love. (Choir) Se dobbiamo dirci addio, If we must say goodbye, (Female) che sia sotto le stelle. let it be beneath the stars. (Choir) E se l’alba ci separa, And if dawn separates us, (Female) nessun tempo spegnerà no time will ever extinguish (Male) ciò che ora arde what now burns (Male and Female) fra la tua anima e la mia. between your soul and mine. (The End)
