José Carreras sings Una Furtiva Lagrima

Spanish tenor José Carreras sings “Una furtiva lagrima” (A furtive tear), a romanza from act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti. The video is taken from “Estrellas de la Opera” (The Stars of the Opera), Spanish television.

José Carreras sings “Una furtiva lagrima” (A furtive tear), a romanza from act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti. The video is taken from “Estrellas de la Opera” (The Stars of the Opera), Spanish television.

Una Furtiva Lagrima

In the opera L’elisir d’amore, “Una furtiva lagrima” sung by Nemorino (tenor) when he finds that the love potion he bought to win the heart of his dream lady, Adina, works.

Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she is not interested in a relationship with an innocent, rustic man. To win her heart, Nemorino buys a love potion with all the money he has in his pocket. That love potion is actually a cheap red wine sold by a traveling quack doctor, but when he sees Adina weeping, he knows that she has fallen in love with him, and he is sure that the “elixir” has worked.

José Carreras as Julián Gayarre

Related: José Carreras sings Una Furtiva Lagrima as Julián Gayarre [Romanza Final]

una Furtiva Lagrima Libretto (Lyrics)

Italian

Una furtiva lagrima
negli occhi suoi spuntò:
Quelle festose giovani
invidiar sembrò.
Che più cercando io vo?
Che più cercando io vo?
M’ama! Sì, m’ama, lo vedo. Lo vedo.
Un solo istante i palpiti
del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir, confondere
per poco a’ suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
confondere i miei coi suoi sospir…
Cielo! Si può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah, cielo! Si può! Si, può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si può morir! Si può morir d’amor.

English translation

A single furtive tear
from her eyes sprang:
Of those festive, young girls
envious it seemed to be.
What more need I look for?
What more need I look for?
She loves me! Yes, she loves me, I see it. I see it.
Just for an instant the beating of
her beautiful heart I heard!
And my sighs became as one
fleetingly with her sighs!
Her heart beating, her heart beating to hear,
our sighs confounded as one…
Heavens! Yes, I could, I could die!
More I can’t ask, I can’t ask.
Oh, heavens! Yes, I could! Yes, I could die!
More I can’t ask, I can’t ask.
Yes, I could die! If I could die of love.

Camille Thomas plays Una Furtiva Lagrima

Related: Camille Thomas plays Una furtiva lagrima (from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore)

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