Jussi Bjorling and Bidu Sayao : Live at the Metropolitan Opera House 25th Dec 1948 : Two arias

I've restored/remastered quite a few of Jussi's wonderful recordings either separately or as part of compilation videos and if you want to listen to them all the link to the playlist is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIbgqRoGc6M&list=PLwIuFmWuGenqLQeOuP9WI1aQX01TxDVj-
The arias on this video are Si, mi chiamano Mimi and O soave fanciulla from Puccini's opera La Boheme and the performance is from a recording of the full opera made on 25th December 1948 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
I'm hoping to upload more arias from the recording in the near future but if you wanted to hear the full opera you can listen on Spotify and Deezer and the CDs may be available to buy on EBay.
I've tried to improve the audio quality as much as possible but, unfortunately it's still very poor.
English versions of the arias are as follows;
SI, MI CHIAMANO MIMI
Yes. They call me Mimi,
but my real name is Lucia.
My story is short.
I embroider satin
and silk at home and elsewhere.
I'm peaceful and happy,
and my pastime is
making lilies and roses.
I like the things
that are so sweetly charming,
that talk about love, about springtime,
that talk about dreams and about wonders,
those things which are called poetry.
Do you understand me?
They call me Mimi,
why? I don't know.
Alone, I take
lunch on my own.
I don't always go to mass,
but I pray enough to the Lord.
I live alone, quite alone,
there in a little white room,
looking at the rooftops in the sky,
but when the thaw comes
the first sun is mine,
April's first kiss is mine,
the first sun is mine.

A rose blooms in a vase,
leaf by leaf I breathe it,
the scent of a flower is so soft.
But the flowers I make, alas,
have no scent.
I can't tell any more about me.
I am your neighbour who came
to bother you at the wrong time.

O SOAVE FANCIULLA
Rodolfo:
Oh lovely girl, oh sweet face
bathed in the soft moonlight,
I see you in a dream
I'd dream forever!

Both
M: Ah! Love, you rule alone!
R: Already the soul trembles
extreme kindness

Mimì: very moved Ah! Love, you rule alone!

Both Rodolfo putting his arms around her
R: The soul trembles
the heights of tenderness
trembling are the heights of tenderness
M: almost surrendering
How sweet his flatteries
enter my heart...

Together
M: You rule alone, oh love!
R: Love trembles at our kiss!
kisses her

Mimì: freeing herself No, I beg you!
Rodolfo: You're mine now!

Mimì: Your friends are still waiting...
Rodolfo: So soon must I leave you?

Mimì: hesitant I dare not... say what I'd like.
Rodolfo: with kindness Tell me?

Mimì: with graceful cleverness
If I came with you?

Rodolfo: surprised What? Mimì!
insinuating
It would be so fine to stay here.
It's freezing outside.

Mimì: with great abandon
I'd be right beside you!

Rodolfo: What about later?
Mimì: mischievous Who knows?

Rodolfo: helping lovingly Mimì to put on her shawl
Take my arm, my dear young lady...
Mimì: gives Rodolfo her arm
I obey, my dear sir!
they exit arm in arm

Rodolfo: Do you love me, say...
Mimì: with abandon I love you..

Together Love! Love! Love!

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