Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Stride la vampa! (from Il Trovatore) (1853) Text: Salvatore Cammarano (completed posthumously by Emanuele Leone Bardare), after Antonio Garcia GutiƩrrez?s play El Trovator Original Key/Recorded Key: E Minor Teach-Track begins: m. 1 Accompaniment Track begins: m. 1 Pianist: Daniel Michalak
Stride la vampa! La folla indomita Shrieks the blaze! The crowd, wild, Corre a quel foco, lieta in sembianza! Runs to that fire, happy in appearance! Urli di gioia intorno echeggiano; Cries of joy around echo; Cinta di sgherri donna s'avanza; Surrounded by cutthroat-guards woman herself-approaches; Sinistra splende sui volti orribili Sinister shines on-the faces horrible La tetra fiamma che s'alza al ciel! The dull flame that rises to-the sky! Giunge la vittima nero vestita, Comes the victim black dressed, Discinta e scalza, Ungirded and barefoot, Grido feroce di morte levasi; Shriek ferocious of death raises-itself; L'eco il ripete di balza in balza. The-echo it repeats from cliff to cliff.