Luigi Alva / H Prey / W Berry / C Ludwig / G Janowitz - Sento, oh Dio - Cosi fan tutte - Mozart

Christa Ludwig as Dorabella, Gundula Janowitz as Fiordiligi, Luigi Alva as Ferrando, Hermann Prey as Guglielmo and Walter Berry as Don Alfonso sing the quintet 'Sento, oh Dio' / 'O, Heaven I feel my steps falter' (1972) Cosi fan tutte (1790) Karl Böhm (conductor) Wiener Philharmoniker * Cosi fan tutte * Mozart (English script below)
You might also wish to see two earlier renditions of the same aria:
1957 (Alva, Panerai, Breganza, Stich-Randall, Cortis):
• L Alva / R Panerai / T...
1956: (Alva, Panerai, Schwarzkopf, Meriman, Calabrese)
• Luigi Alva / R Panerai...
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GUGLIELMO
O Heaven, I feel my steps falter In their progress towards you.
FERRANDO
My trembling lips cannot utter the words.
DON ALFONSO
In moments of the greatest stress a hero calls up all his strength.
FIORDILIGI AND DORABELLA
Now that we have heard the news, one detail remains for you to do;
Be brave, and plunge your blade into this heart.
FERRANDO AND GUGLIELMO
My love, blame fate if I must abandon you.
DORABELLA
No, no, do not go!
FIORDILIGI
Cruel one, do not leave me!
DORABELLA
I would sooner tear my heart out!
FIORDILIGI
I would sooner die at your feet!
FERRANDO (to Don Alfonso)
What did I say?
GUGLIELMO (to Don Alfonso)
Do you see now?
DON ALFONSO
Patience, friend; We've not reached the end yet!
ALL
Thus destiny confounds our mortal hopes.
Ah who, amid such sorrow, can ever more delight in life?
GUGLIELMO
Do not weep, my darling!
FERRANDO
Do not despair, my dearest love!
DON ALFONSO
Leave them that comfort. They have only too good cause to grieve.
FIORDILIGI
Who knows if we shall ever meet again!
DORABELLA
Who knows if you will ever return!
FIORDILIGI
Leave me this dagger: may it bring me death
if ever cruel fate in that bosom dear to me ...
DORABELLA
I should die of grief, even without a dagger.
FERRANDO AND GUGLIELMO
My love, do not make such gloomy predictions!
Heaven will assure your peace of mind so long as I live.
DON ALFONSO
The comedy is delightful, and both are playing their parts well.
FERRANDO
O heavens! That is the fatal drum that comes
To tear me from my treasure!
DON ALFONSO
Friends, here is the boat.
FIORDILIGI
I'm fainting!
DORABELLA
I'm dying!
SOLDIERS
A soldier's life for me! Every day a change of scene;
Plenty today, little tomorrow, now on land and now on sea.
The sound of trumpets and fifes, the din of guns and shells
Lend strength to our arms and our spirits, longing only for victory.
A soldier's life for me!
DON ALFONSO
There's no more time, friends:
You must go where both fate and duty call you.
FIORDILIGI
My love!
DORABELLA
My idol!
FERRANDO
My dearest!
GUGLIELMO
My life!
FIORDILIGI
Ah, for just a moment ...
DON ALFONSO
Your regiment's ship has already left;
You'll have to join it with a few friends
Who await you on a smaller boat.
FERRANDO AND GUGLIELMO
Embrace me, my love!
FIORDILIGI AND DORABELLA
My heart is breaking!
FIORDILIGI
Swear that you'll write me every day, my love!
DORABELLA
Write me twice as often, if you can.
GUGLIELMO
Never doubt me, my dear!
FERRANDO
Rest assured, my love!
DON ALFONSO
I'll burst if I don't laugh!
FIORDILIGI
Be true to me alone!
DORABELLA
Remain faithful!
FIORDILIGI, DORABELLA, FERRANDO AND GUGLIELMO
Farewell! My heart is rent in twain, my love.
Farewell! Farewell! Farewell!

[@vanzofaust]

Lovely reminder of how Mozart is supposed to be sung. Voices from a bygone era and what seems to be a lost art. Alva and others in their prime! Thank you for posting.