Oh smania! oh furie! ~ D'Oreste, d'Ajace

Oh smania! oh furie! ~ D'Oreste, d'Ajace

Shadow Hearts From the New World Track 11 - Oh smania! oh furie! ~ D'Oreste e d'Aiace

Album

Shadow Hearts: From the New World OST

Artist

Akiko Shikata (Soprano)

Length

4:29

Last song

Thunder Bird

Next song

Le Gran Luxe

Oh smania! oh furie! ~ D'Oreste, d'Ajace is a classical song composed by Mozart for his opera seria that established his his maturity as an opera composer upon its premiere in Munich on January 29, 1781.

It was part of the premiere of Idomeneo, rè di Creta (“Idomeneus, King of Crete”), an opera that was actually modified because it ran for too long.

In the aria, Electra, thwarted in her ambitions, and not gaining the love of her beloved Idamantes (who has found love in another) weeps and vents her sorrows, longing for death to release her from her ache.

Italian Lyrics Oh smania! Oh furie! Oh disperata Elettra! Addio amor, addio speme! Ah, il cor nel seno già m’ardono L’Eumenide spietate. Misera, a che m’arresto? Sarò in queste contrade Della gioia, e trionfi Spettatrice dolente? Vedrò Idamante alla rivale in braccio, E dall’uno, e dall’altra Mostrarmi a ditto Ah no, il germano Oreste Ne’ cupi abissi io vuò seguir. Ombra infelice! Lo spirto mio accogli, Or or compagna m’avrai Là nell’Inferno. A sempiterni guai, al pianto eterno. D’Oreste, d’Aiace Ho in senor i tormenti. D’Aletto la face Già morte mi dà. Squarciatemi il core Ceraste, serpenti, O un ferro il dolore In me finirà.

English Translation Oh frenzy! Oh Furies! Oh, desperate Electra! Farewell, love! Farewell, hope! Ah! Already within my breast, my heart is burnt by the pitiless Eumenides. Wretch that I am, why do I hold back? Shall I, in this land of joy and triumphs be a grieving spectator? Shall I see Idamante in the arms of my rival, From one, to the other Pointing fingers at me? Ah, no! My brother, Orestes I shall follow into that deep abyss. Unhappy shade! Receive my spirit; In no time you’ll have me as a Companion in Hell. In everlasting woe, in eternal weeping. Orestes, and Ajax, Their torments I hold in my breast. Alecto's torch Already brings me death. Tear open my heart, Horned vipers, serpents, Or with sword my sorrows End.