Donna non vidi mai

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"Donna non vidi mai"
From Manon Lescaut , act 1; Enrico Caruso (1913)
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"Donna non vidi mai" ("I have never seen a woman") is a tenor aria from the act 1 of Giacomo Puccini's opera Manon Lescaut . It is sung by Des Grieux to a beautiful young lady, Manon Lescaut, whose father is sending her to a convent. Des Grieux sings this aria of his feelings for her. [1]

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This scene takes place at a square near to the Paris gate in Amiens, France, somewhere in the 18th century.

Libretto

Donna non vidi mai simile a questa!
A dirle: io t'amo,
a nuova vita l'alma mia si desta.
"Manon Lescaut mi chiamo!"
Come queste parole profumate
mi vagan nello spirto
e ascose fibre vanno a carezzare.
O sussurro gentil,
deh! non cessare!

I have never seen a woman such as this one!
To tell her "I love you",
my soul awakens to new life.
"Manon Lescaut is my name!"
How these fragrant words
wander around in my mind
and come to caress my innermost fibers.
O sweet murmur,
ah! do not cease!

References

  1. ↑ "Donna non vidi mai". Aria database site. Retrieved 14 August 2018
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