I'm accompanying 2016 NATS competition winner and recurring soloist with San Francisco Symphony, Yi Tripplet, at a home recital this weekend of three German Lieder, three French Mélodies, three Chinese Gēqǔ and three Opera Arias.
The event begins at 3:30 pm at Eight-Three-Eight NE Albemarle Terrace with wine and goodies. The recital itself goes from 4 pm til about 5 with more wine and goodies afterward. The music is rapturous, the singing inspired, the view stunning, and the weather looks to be perfect. 'Twill be lovely.
Here are my translations of the Italian and German expression marking of the arias. I even get to sing tenor in the last one.
O mio babbino caro
from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Andante Sostenuto slowly sustained
dolce sweetly
rinforzando stronger
rit. (ritardando) slowing (delaying) [but tempo will speed up again]
rall. (rallentando) slowing down (slackening) [and slows more to the end]
Ah! non credea mirarti
from Bellini's La Sonnambula
Andante Slow walking speed
cantabile song-like, smooth
Ossia alternately (literally: o sia, "or be it")
colla voce with the singer
lento slowly
Glück das mir verblieb
from Korngold's Die Tote Staadt
Langsam slowly.
poco rit. slowing a little
morendo dying
sehr langsam, very slowly,
schlicht, simple,mit Empfindung, with feeling
breit broad
dasselbe Zeitmass the same tempo
Allmählich fliessender gradually flowing
und im and in
Ausdruck gesteigert increasing expression.
a tempo (fliessend) in tempo (flowing)
poco a poco little by little
calando waning
gesprochen spoken
ad lib. (ad libitum: at option) with freedom
[performer chooses timing and pitch.]
weider sehr langsam again very slowly
mit tiefster Empfindung with deeper feeling.
ganz langsam very slowly
(adagio) very slowly [from Italian ad agio ‘at ease.’]
