Opéra imaginaire
Various Artists
(1993)
Opéra imaginaire is a 1993 French live-action animated musical made for television. It consists of 12 different segments, most of which are based on different popular operas. All of these segments are done in a variety of animation styles.
Vesti la giubba
from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci, sung by Enrico Caruso.
La donna è mobile
from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto, sung by Nicolai Gedda.
Avec la garde montante
from Bizet’s opera Carmen, sung by Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois.
Voi che sapete
from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro, sung by Suzanne Danco.
Un bel dì vedremo
from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, sung by Felicia Weathers.
Au fond du temple saint
from Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, sung by Nicolai Gedda and Ernest Blanc.
Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden … Du also bist mein Bräutigam
from Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, sung by Lucia Popp.
Questo è un nodo avviluppato
from Gioachino Rossini’s opera La Cenerentola, sung in sextet by Giulietta Simionato, Ugo Benelli, Sesto Bruscantini, Dora Carra, Miti Truccato Pace, and Paolo Montarsolo.
Le veau d’or
from Charles Gounod’s opera Faust, sung by Nicolai Ghiaurov.
Noi siamo zingarelle
from Verdi’s opera La traviata, sung by the Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia of Rome.
Flower Duet
from Léo Delibes’s opera Lakmé, sung by Mady Mesplé and Danielle Millet with the Orchestre du Théâtre national de l’Opéra Comique.
E lucevan le stelle
from Puccini’s opera Tosca, sung by Carlo Bergonzi.
“Je crois entendre encore” is used in main title and end credit of the DVD.
This song is one of the most hauntingly beautiful tunes I’ve ever heard. It’s taken from less known Three-Act Opera composed by Georges Bizet with libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré, titled Les pêcheurs de perles (I guess everyone knows the most famous work, Carmen)
Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is a story about love triangle in Ceylon between Zurga, Nadir, and Leïla. The aria “Je crois entendre encore” is featured in the first act when Nadir tells Leïla how he has dreamt of her and it leads him to Leïla. and here’s “Je crois entendre encore” performed by Alain Vanzo. enjoy listening!
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Je crois entendre encore Caché sous les palmiers Sa voix tendre et sonore Comme un chant de ramier O nuit enchanteresse Divin ravissement O souvenir charmant Folle ivresse, doux rêve Aux clartés des étoiles Je crois encore la voir Entr’ouvrir ses longs voiles Aux vents tièdes du soir O nuit enchanteresse Divin ravissement O souvenir charmant Folle ivresse, doux rêve Charmant souvenir |
I still believe I hear Hidden beneath the palm trees Her voice, tender and deep Like the song of a dove Night enchantress Divine rapture Delightful memory Mad intoxication, sweet dream In the starlight, It’s as if I saw her again In between the long sails Of the warm evening breeze Night enchantress Divine rapture Delightful memory Mad intoxication, sweet dream Delightful memory |
