Joan Sutherland & Monica Sinclair - "Ebben, a te ... Giorno d'orrore" SEMIRAMIDE (Rossini) 1965 скачать в хорошем качестве

Joan Sutherland & Monica Sinclair - "Ebben, a te ... Giorno d'orrore" SEMIRAMIDE (Rossini) 1965

From the historic "Sutherland - Williamson Grand Opera" tour of 1965, here is the great duet between Semiramide and Arsace from Act II of Rossini's SEMIRAMIDE recorded from the proscenium arch in Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne. Joan Sutherland sings with her sensational colleague, British contralto, Monica Sinclair. In this scene, Semiramide confronts Arsace, who finally hands her the scroll which has revealed all. Horrified, she then understands Arsace's real identity, and becomes remorseful, offering herself to his revengeful blows. He swears filial loyalty, expressing the wish to spare his mother: (Duet: Ebben, a te, ferisci! ... Giorno d'orror! E di contento! ... Madre, addio! / "Behold, you, strike me! ... Day of horror, and of joy! ... Mother, adieu!"). Together, they each accept the reality, but Arsace declares that he must go to his father's tomb and take whatever action is necessary.