Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Porgi, amor
(from Le Nozze di Figaro) (The Marriage of Figaro) (1786)
Text:  Lorenzo da Ponte, after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais? play 
La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro

Original Key/Recorded Key:  E-flat Major
Teach-Track begins:  m. 15 (3 measures before voice enters)
Accompaniment Track begins:  same as teach-track
Pianist:  Daniel Michalak

N. B.  The last vowel of the word ?porgi? and the first of ?amor? must both be pronounced (usually by singing the ?-gi? as a fast pickup to the ?a-?).  However one chooses to perform this rhythmically, the two sounds must not be merged into the monosyllable ?gia.?


Notes © 1999 by Daniel O. Michalak

Countess Almaviva, or Rosina, has been married to the Count for three years and loves him despite his infidelity and mistreatment of her. She is an incredibly strong character who is loved by the staff of the castle as the Count?s kind and dignified counterpart. 

In this aria, which opens the second act of the opera, Rosina laments her husband?s infidelity and after it questions Susanna, her closest friend, about the Count?s advances.