Renata Tebaldi: Ritorna vincitor! (1951)

Renata Tebaldi as Aida acted by Sophia Loren
Ritorna vincitor!... E dal mio labbro
Uscì l'empia parola! Vincitor
Del padre mio... di lui che impugna l'armi
Per me... per ridonarmi
Una patria, una reggia, e il nome illustr
Che qui celar m'è forza. Vincitor
De' miei fratelli... ond'io lo vegga, tinto
Del sangue amato, trionfar nel plauso
Dell'Egize coorti! E dietro il carro,
Un Re... mio padre... di catene avvinto!
L'insana parola,
O Numi, sperdete!
Al seno d'un padre
La figlia rendete;
Struggete le squadre
Dei nostri oppressor! Ah!
Sventurata che dissi?... e l'amor mio?
Dunque scordar poss'io
Questo fervido amore che, oppressa e schiava,
Come raggio di sol qui mi beava?
Imprecherò la morte
A Radamès... a lui ch'amo pur tanto?
Ah! non fu in terra mai
Da più crudeli angosce un core affranto.
I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante
Né profferir poss'io, né ricordar;
Per l'un... per l'altro... confusa, tremante,
Io piangere vorrei, vorrei pregar.
Ma la mia prece in bestemmia si muta...
Delitto è il pianto a me, colpa il sospir...
In notte cupa la mente è perduta,
E nell'ansia crudel vorrei morir.
Numi, pietà del mio soffrir!
Speme non v'ha pel mio dolor.
Amor fatal, tremendo amor,
Spezzami il cor, fammi morir!
Numi, pietà del mio soffrir!
Thy brow may laurels crown! what! can my lips
Pronounce language so impious! wish him
Victor o'er my father! o'er him who wages war
But that I may be restored to my country,
To my kingdom, to the high station
I now perforce dissemble! wish him conqueror
O'er my brothers! e'en now I see him stained
With their blood so cherished, 'mid the clamorous
Triumph of Egyptian battalions! Behind his chariot
A king, my father comes, his fettered captive!
Ye gods watching o'er me,
Those words deem unspoken!
A father restore me,
His daughter heart-broken;
Oh, scatter their armies,
Forever crush our foe!
What wild words do I utter? of my affection
Have I no recollection?
That sweet love that consoled me, a captive pining,
Like some bright sunny ray on my sad lot shining!
Shall I invoke destruction on the man
For whom with love I languish?
Ah! ne'er yet on this earth lived one
Whose heart was crushed beneath such anguish!
The names so holy of father, of lover,
No more dare I utter or e'en recall,
Abashed and trembling, to Heaven would hover
My prayer for both, for both my tears would fall.
Ah, woe! transformed seemed my prayers to blaspheming,
To suffer is a crime, dark sin to weep,
My senses lost, wrapt in deep night are dreaming,
To my grave would in sorrow I might creep!
Merciful Gods, look from on high!
Pity these tears hopelessly shed,
Love! mystic power, mystic and dread,
Break, break my weak heart, let me now die!
Translation found on opera.stanford.edu/Verdi/Aida/...

[@Lechatnoir3]

Absolutely Perfect! everything: colour, phrasing, emotion, intensity. Omg TEBALDI!!

[@pietrodi1]

La Fisicità prorompente di Sofia più la voce miracolosa della Tebaldi rendono davvero speciale questa Aida!

[@marapaltrinieri5667]

Renata! Per sempre! Mai sentita un'Aida cosi' bella

[@MrTrashcan1]

Tebaldi makes it look so effortless. She is my favorite Aida.

[@RobertDvorkinMusicStudios]

It's Sophia Loren that's making it look effortless, because for her it was! 🙃

[@Orfeus80]

Tebaldi's best Aida recording!

[@andyschnabel5225]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lamzfHuCmNtsmLc

[@Orfeus80]

@@andyschnabel5225 the Rio Aida, sadly incomplete, is in slightly more listenable sound than the Naples performance. Hope you'll enjoy. The finale you posted is stunning!

[@ER1CwC]

​@@Orfeus80 All the versions of this recording I have tried to listen to run a semitone too high though, unfortunately (including this one). I wish someone would correct the pitch!

[@Orfeus80]

@ER1CwC what about this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGevooSAfbmLatU

[@brunamarini1576]

Splendida Renata e grande Sophia.

[@luigicorvi1661]

RECENTLY AT A FILM INSTITUTE IN SAN MARINO....SOFIA WAS GIVEN A PRIZE.......SHE EXPRESSED WITH GREAT EMOTION HOW MUCH THE FREINDSHIP OF TEBALDI HAD BEEN IMPORTANT TO HER ALL THESE YEARS.........SHE NOTED THAT IN CONGRATULATING HER FOR HER ABILITY TO GENUINLY LOOK AS IF SHE SANG EVERY NOTE........SOFIA SAID THAT FOR HER......THIS PRAISE FROM RENATA....CONSTITUTED HER FIRST GREATEST PRIZE.

[@ditogam]

Two Divinity confluence in one, amazing ... Thank you !!!

[@jgvjgvdasdasdsadasdasd9822]

Fantastico!

[@NikkySmirnoff]

Идеально!

[@daniel_5606]

Nadie le gana a Renata Tebaldi en esta aria..👏

[@laoniricArte1]

Bel film che ci ricorda il tempo d´Oro della Grande Oprea e del Grande cinema internazionale Mille Grazie Carissima Amica per la condivisione di questo Bel Documento Storico !!!! *********Infinites*********************

[@tedotten4377]

Brava, diva!

[@marapaltrinieri5667]

Non c'era bisogno di Sofia Loren per avere la perfetta Aida. Roba di Hollywood, Tebaldi era attrice insuperata, basta gia' la voce. Per quanto riguarda la bellezza, poi, la Renata ne aveva un bel mucchio per conto suo, anche struccata. Che bambinate

[@armandonazarenocerutti9860]

RENATA TEBALDI, UNA DE LAS MÁS BELLAS VOCES, O QUIZÁS LA MÁS BELLA DE LAS QUE ENCARNARON AIDA. INTERPRETACIÓN Y MUSICALIDAD SIN PARANGÓN.Armando Cerutti ( EL DOBLAJE DE SOPHIA LOREN ES MUY BUENO !!)

[@hammill88]

Stupenda, ça va sans dire

[@alexandrkolesnikov9062]

They had to engage real Renata) she was allmost as beautiful lady

[@369taisi6]

👏 💐 🎁

[@joetursi9573]

Actually,that' Sophia Loren with her voiced dubbed by Tebaldi.

[@biolaloucosmeceuticibioeve4846]

Di quest'Aida ci credo che s'innamora Radames

[@duy-anhnguyen5890]

The film was made in 1953, not 1951. Also, thank you for sharing this!

[@Desmosfundraw]

I think the aria was recorded in 1951 and later used in the film

[@riccardobarreca8066]

La grinta di una fiera, dimentica dì ogni sua dolcezza e la disperazione di un'amante alla quale è negato un futuro. Perfetta anche Sofia Loren.

The speed of reproduction is not right

[@GLASBE]

0:43. No charriots in Egypt during Aida's lifetime.

[@maggiemcfly5267]

The put Sophia Loren in blackface, you think they were worried about historical accuracy? lol

[@omarsomehow69]

@@maggiemcfly5267 um, they just did this due to the fact that Aida is ethiopian character. Your description doesn't match what you are trying to represent here.

[@maggiemcfly5267]

@@omarsomehow69 it totally does, get a grip.