Carmen "Flower Song" - Placido Domingo, 1978
Placido Domingo sings "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" from Georges Bizet's "Carmen".
Vienna State Opera. Carlos Kleiber conductor. December 9, 1978. Directed by Zeffirelli for stage and Austrian television.
Don José
La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
dans ma prison m'était restée,
flétrie et sèche, cette fleur
gardait toujours sa douce odeur;
et pendant des heures entières,
sur mes yeux, fermant mes paupières,
de cette odeur je m'enivrais
et dans la nuit je te voyais!
Je me prenais à te maudire,
à te détester, à me dire:
pourquoi faut-il que le destin
l'ait mise là sur mon chemin!
Puis je m'accusais de blasphème,
et je ne sentais en moi-même,
je ne sentais qu'un seul désir,
un seul désir, un seul espoir:
te revoir, ô Carmen, oui, te revoir!
Car tu n'avais eu qu'à paraître,
qu'à jeter un regard sur moi,
pour t'emparer de tout mon être,
ô ma Carmen!
Et j'étais une chose à toi!
Carmen, je t'aime!
In prison I kept lovingly
The flower you had thrown at me.
Though it had faded and turned dry,
It still smelled sweet as time went by;
And I would put that special flower
On my closed eyes, hour after hour.
Drunk with that fragrance, I felt light,
And there I saw you in the night!
At times I would begin to hate you,
To curse you and to execrate you,
To say: why did it have to be
That fate brought her so close to me!
Then I thought that faith had defied me,
And I only felt deep inside me,
I only felt but one desire,
But one desire, one hope, one yen,
To see you, Carmen, yes, see you again!
For all you needed was to be there,
To throw a fleeting glance my way,
To have full mastery of me there,
Oh, Carmen, dear!
And all you did with me was play!
Carmen, I love you!
Translation by Jacob Lubliner
Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Air de la fleur
Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: TheGreatPerformers
Length: 04:31
Rating: 4.88
Views: 16502
Tags: aria Bizet Carmen DonJose Fleur Flower-song French La m'avais Opera tenor
Video Comments
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tenli8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
too bad for you. All you've noted was how long your attention span is. Or should I say short?
tenli8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
78 was a good vintage!
mariomandini87 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
es excellente increible..!! tal vez una de sus mejores interpretaciones que me ha tocado ver .. y tecnicamente hablando impresionate de los mejores agudos q le escuchado a placido..!! bravo !!
forgetmenot1937 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Well I listened to all videos by all OS of this on YT and this is the one I chose to send to a friend - even out of Domingo's other recordings of it. She loves it as much as I do.
ShawDAMAN (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't like the opera either. I like this aria very much. That goes for alot of opera's, (Pagliacci, Otello, Tosca....) which is why I love recitals- they pick out the best parts :D
ShawDAMAN (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is one of his best roles I think. Along with his early Otello/ Pagliacci perhaps.
cenerentola62 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
super ténor
ShawDAMAN (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
And the odd thing is, I'm not a big Domingo fan. But even singers with poor technique 'click' sometimes and draw me in- lol :)
operataste (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I am in tears now... and yelling "Bravo" like the audience did (30 years ago)!!!
castorp1981 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm probably ignorant but this is too pretentious for me, maybe because it is obvious that he is trying to be excellent,and he is, don't get me wrong, but I just can't help it. When I am aware of the singer singing a song that is not my ideal of artistic experience. |
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