Mozart - Il Commendatore from Don Giovanni (Thomas Allen, Matthias Hölle)

From the Cologne Opera, 1991
Aria "Don Giovanni a cenar teco". Check out the translated libretto below.

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Thomas Allen - Don Giovanni
Ferruccio Furlanetto - Leporello
Matthias Hölle - Commendatore
Chorus of the Cologne Opera and the Gürzenich Orch
James Conlon - conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni
Act. II Scena 19: Il Convitato di Pietra e detti

THE COMMANDANT
Don Giovanni! Be thee invited,
Here behold me, as thou'st directed.

DON GIOVANNI
Truly I did not expect it,
But anew I'll sup with thee,
Leporello, serve the table,
For my guest another cover!

LEPORELLO
puts his head out from under the table
Sir, be still, say no more!

DON GIOVANNI
Go, directly!

THE COMMANDANT
No need of that,
Earthly food he no longer desireth,
Who of heavenly food hath partaken,
Cast away from thee now all such trifling,
Heed the sentence I hither have brought.

LEPORELLO
Sure a fit of the ague hath seiz'd me,
Of all motion bereft, I'm distraught!

DON GIOVANNI
Well, what would'st thou? Well, I listen.

THE COMMANDANT
Silence, and mark me, this hour thou hast sought.

DON GIOVANNI
Speak then, tell me, of fear know I nought.

THE COMMANDANT
Thou didst thyself invite me,
For that I must requite thee,
Then answer me, then answer me,
As my guest, when shall I claim thee?

LEPORELLO
standing far off, trembling
Say no, say no;
He is engag'd, excuse him.

DON GIOVANNI
Of fear none shall accuse me,
To none will I succumb!

THE COMMANDANT
Determine!

DON GIOVANNI
I have determined...

THE COMMANDANT
Thou'lt come, then?

LEPORELLO
Say that you can't, that you can't.

DON GIOVANNI
My heart is firm within me,
I have no fear, I'll come.

THE COMMANDANT
Give me thy hand in token!

DON GIOVANNI
Take it then. Ah, me!

THE COMMANDANT
What is't?

DON GIOVANNI
What deadly chill is this!

THE COMMANDANT
Turn thee, ere heav'n hath doom'd thee,
There's time yet for repentance.

DON GIOVANNI
vainly tries to free himself
For me there's no repentance,
Vanish thou from my sight!

THE COMMANDANT
Dread then, the wrath eternal.

DON GIOVANNI
Away, thou spectre infernal!

THE COMMANDANT
Yes, repent!

DON GIOVANNI
No!

THE COMMANDANT
Yes, repent!

THE COMMANDANT
Yes! Now must my soul take flight!

DON GIOVANNI
Terrors unknown are freezing me,
Demons of doom are seizing me,
Is hell let loose to torture me?
Or does it mock my sight?

CHORUS
from below, with hollow voices
Torments eternal wait thee!
Burning in endless night!

DON GIOVANNI
My soul is rent in agony!
Condemn'd to endless misery,
Oh, doom of wrath and terror,
No more to see the light!

LEPORELLO
The fire of doom surrounds him,
Its fiery glare confounds him,
What sounds, what sights of terror,
Oh, I shall die, oh, I shall die of fright!

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