Sondra Radvanovsky (born April 11, 1969) is an American soprano. Specializing in 19th century Italian opera, Radvanovsky has been called one of premiere Verdi sopranos of her generation. Her signature roles include Elvira in Ernani, Leonora in Il Trovatore, Elena in I vespri siciliani and Élisabeth in Don Carlos. Radvanovsky has performed in every major opera house in the world, including Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Paris Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, and numerous others. In 2010, she opened the Canadian Opera Company's season in the title role of Verdi's Aida. She has had success in recent years as Leonora, notably in David McVicar's production of Il Trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera. In 2011, she hosted the Live in HD in movie theaters around the world. In addition to her specialty in Verdi heroines, she has also sung the roles of Suor Angelica, Tosca, Susannah, Rusalka, among others. Tenor Plácido Domingo has been a noted champion of her career... [ Ссылка ]


Lyrics & English Translation

The night was still and quiet
and beautiful in the terse sky
the silvery moon
showed her glad and full face...
Suddenly the stillness of the night
was broken by
weal and sweet harmony -
the notes of a lute -
(and a troubador sang a melancholy song.)
Those verses were humble like the invocation
of a man praying to God.
(In that song a name was constantly repeated... mine!
So I rushed to the balcony...
It was him! It was him!
I felt the joy that only angels
are allowed to feel!...
To my heart, to my blissful glance,
the earth seemed like Paradise.


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