La mi sola, Laureola - Canciones Clásicas Españolas I - Fernando Obradors - Lisette Oropesa

La mi sola, Laureola - Canciones Clásicas Españolas I
Fernando Obradors
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Performed by Lisette Oropesa, Soprano and Vlad Iftinca, Piano
March 11th 2017
Vocal Arts DC
Theatre of the Arts at the University of DC
Recorded by Arts Laureate
Dress provided by Austin Scarlett
TRANSLATION:
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Canciones Clásicas Españolas: I. La mi sola, Laureola
Joan Ponce, XVI Century
Translated by Lisette Oropesa
SPANISH:
La mi sola Laureola
La mi sola, Laureola
La mi sola, sola, sola…
Yo el cautivo Leriano
Aunque mucho estoy ufano
Herido de aquella mano
Que en el mundo es una sola.
La mi sola Laureola
La mi sola, sola, sola.
ENGLISH:
My one and only Laureola
My one and only, Laureola
My one and only, only...
I the captive Leriano
Even though I am very vain
Hurt by that hand
That in the world is only one.
My one and only Laureola
My one and only, only.
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[@tempsperdu9278]

Ah what beautiful rendition! How lonely I felt the poor Laureola, in the sadness of your voice, and that last note, ending in an unexpected major tonality, how it shone a ray of light on solitude and abandonment, so that one could briefly forget how life erodes us all!

[@LisetteOropesaSoprano]

Temps Perdu I am so glad you enjoyed it!

[@tempsperdu9278]

The composer's clever finesse of turning the old Spanish ("la mi sola" Laureola = "she, my only/lonely" Laureola) into the first four plaintive notes of the canción --la, mi, sol, la = A, E, G, A'--, could have remained just that, an artistic conceit, were it not for the measured, meditative tone in which your voice, like a sorrowful viola (lighter than a cello, graver than a violin) transforms the 4-note motiv into a beggar's plea--till the rise into the sudden beam of sunlight of that final major chord... So Schubertian...

[@LisetteOropesaSoprano]

Temps Perdu isn’t that interesting?! Genius! And not a lot of languages can pull it off and make sense

[@LisetteOropesaSoprano]

Temps Perdu also... thank you for listening with such thoughtfulness and taking the time to post your beautiful observations. Very much appreciated!

[@akikonishiguchi2462]

Thank you for sharing us such a nice performance. This song cycle became one of my favorite:)

[@wallis.giunta]

Absolutely exquisite, you two! xo