Donizetti - Anna Bolena - Anna's Mad Scene - Edita Gruberova

live Munich 1995 Piangete voi? donde tal pianto? Al dolce guidami castel natio... Coppia iniqua, l'estrema vendetta... ANNA Are you weeping? whence such tears?. This is a wedding day. The King awaits me...the altar is lit up and bedecked with flowers. Quickly, give me my white cloak; decorate my hair with my crown of roses...Don't let Percy know of it... The King demands it. CHORUS Oh! What sad memories! ANNA Oh! Who is mourning? CHORUS Oh What sad memories! ANNA Oh! who is mourning? Who spoke of Percy?...Don't let me see him. Let me hide from his gaze. It is no use. He is coming... He accuses me...he decries me. Oh! forgive me... I am unhappy. Take me from this extreme misery. Are you smiling? Oh joy! Don't let me die, don't let me die alone. Guide me to the sweet mansion of my birth, to the green plane-trees to the quiet river, that still murmers with our sighs. There, I forget the streams of anguish, give me back one day of my early years, just one day of our love. CHORUS Who can see her dry eyed in such anguish, in such mourning and not feel their heart break? Scene 7 The sound of drums can be heard. The guards present themselves. Hervey and the courtiers. ANNA (shaking herself) What is that gloomy sound?... what do I see?... Hervey, the guards? (observes them attentively. Awakes from her trance) HERVEY (to the guards) Go, let the prisoners be brought from their cells. ANNA Oh! You shake me from my trance at such a moment, O Heaven! To what are you awakening me... From various prisons come Rochefort, Percy and then finally Smeton. ROCHEFORT & PERCY Anna! ANNA Brother! And you, Percy! for me, for me you are dying! SMETON I alone ruined you, curse me... (coming forward and kneeling at Anna's feet) ANNA Smeton! (he draws back as if terrified and covers his face with his cloak) PERCY Wretch! SMETON Ah yes...I am...let me go down into the shadows with that name, I let myself be seduced by the King. I accused you believing I would save your life, and I was pushed to lie by an insane desire, a hope, which I have held repressed in my heart for a whole year. Curse me. ANNA Smeton! Come here. Get up, what are you doing? Why don't you tune your harp? Who cut its cords? Smeton is still on his knees; she raises him. ROCHEFORT Anna. PERCY What is she saying? Ladies She returns to her delirium. ANNA They convey a low sound like the groan cut short of a heart that dies...it is my broken heart which sighs its last prayer to Heaven. Hear it, all of you. ROCHEFORT, PERCY & SMETON Oh! cruel torment! CHORUS She's dreaming. ANNA Heaven: grant repose at last to my long pangs and at least let these last heartbeats be ones of hope. ALL Let her final delirium be prolonged, merciful Heaven; let her beautiful spirit rise up to your bosom. Cannon shots are heard in the distance and the ringing of bells. Anna comes to, little by little. ANNA Who awoke me? Where am I? What do I hear? A festive sound? what could it be? tell me.. CHORUS The Queen is acclaimed by a happy people... ANNA Be silent...cease. There lacks, alas, there lacks only the blood of Anna to complete the crime, and it will be spilt. (she falls into the arms of her ladies) ALL Heaven! Spare her wounded heart this blow which she cannot bear. ANNA False couple, I do not call down the final vengeance in this terrible hour; I go down into the open grave which awaits me with pardon on my lips, May they obtain mercy and favour for me in the presence of a God of pity. (swoons) ALL Unfortunate woman...she faints...She is dying! The sheriffs appear to take the prisoners. Rochefort, Smeton and Percy go to meet them and indicating Ann exclaim: ALL The victim is already sacrificed.

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