Mezzo-Soprano
SKU:
HL.14035167
Mezzo-Soprano.
Composed by Bent
Sorensen. Music Sales
America. Opera or
Operetta. Book
[Softcover]. 2 pages.
Music Sales #KP01104.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14035167).
ISBN
9788759855959.
Danish.
Composer
Note: Vokalise is another
selection from Under the
Sky. Ida's voice has been
taken out of the compact
orchestral setting, and
is left naked and
unaccompanied. Vokalise
is one scene earlier in
the opera than the
Cavatina. Ida enters to
where her husband,
Magius, is sitting. He
wants her dress herself
up more, become even more
beautiful. Ida wants to
feel his love. '...Do you
hear the way I call on
you at night-time? Do you
hear the way I cry myself
to sleep? Do you hear the
way I long to feel your
skin? I'm burning up with
your coldness. I want
you, my beloved, I want
you to love me.' She is
disappointed, and loses
the last remnant of love
when she finds out that
her beauty and adornment
are only to be used in a
power game between two
men. --Bent Sorensen.