Recondita armonia

	"Recondita armonia" Enrico Caruso's 1907 performance (2:25)
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"Recondita Armonia" is the first romanza in the opera Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by the painter Mario Cavaradossi when comparing his love, Tosca, to a portrait of Mary Magdalene that he is painting.

Libretto

Italian	Translation in English
Dammi i colori... Recondita armonia di bellezze diverse! È bruna Floria, l'ardente amante mia. E te, beltade ignota, cinta di chiome bionde, Tu azzurro hai l'occhio, Tosca ha l'occhio nero! L'arte nel suo mistero, le diverse bellezze insiem confonde... Ma nel ritrar costei, Il mio solo pensiero, Il mio sol pensier sei tu, Tosca, sei tu!	Pass me the colors... Concealed harmony of contrasting beauties! Floria, my ardent lover, is dark haired. And you, unknown beauty, crowned with blond hair, You have blue eyes, Tosca has black eyes! Art, in its mysterious way, blends the contrasting beauties together... But while I'm painting her, My only thought, My only thought is of you, Tosca, it is of you!

Italian

Translation in English

Dammi i colori...

Recondita armonia di bellezze diverse!
È bruna Floria, l'ardente amante mia.
E te, beltade ignota, cinta di chiome bionde,
Tu azzurro hai l'occhio,
Tosca ha l'occhio nero!

L'arte nel suo mistero,
le diverse bellezze insiem confonde...
Ma nel ritrar costei,
Il mio solo pensiero,
Il mio sol pensier sei tu,
Tosca, sei tu!

Pass me the colors...

Concealed harmony of contrasting beauties!
Floria, my ardent lover, is dark haired.
And you, unknown beauty, crowned with blond hair,
You have blue eyes,
Tosca has black eyes!

Art, in its mysterious way,
blends the contrasting beauties together...
But while I'm painting her,
My only thought,
My only thought is of you,
Tosca, it is of you!

References

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Giacomo Puccini

Operas	Le Villi (1884) Edgar (1889) Manon Lescaut (1893) La bohème (1896) discography Tosca (1900) discography Madama Butterfly (1904) discography La fanciulla del West (1910) La rondine (1917) Il trittico Il tabarro Suor Angelica Gianni Schicchi (1918) discography Turandot (1924) discography

Arias	"Torna ai felici dì" "Donna non vidi mai" "Quando men vo" "E lucevan le stelle" "Recondita armonia" "Vissi d'arte" "Ch'ella mi creda" "O mio babbino caro" "In questa reggia" "Nessun dorma" "Non piangere, Liù" "Tu che di gel sei cinta"

Other works	Messa di Gloria (1880)

Film adaptations	La Bohème (1926 film) La Bohème (1965 film) La Bohème (1988 film) La Bohème (2008 film) Tosca (2001 film)

Family	Giacomo Puccini (great-great-grandfather) Domenico Puccini (grandfather)

Related articles	Festival Puccini Giulio Ricordi Puccini Spur

List of compositions by Giacomo Puccini Category:Giacomo Puccini

La Tosca by Victorien Sardou (1887)

Films	La Tosca (1909) La Tosca (1918) La Tosca (1973) Tosca (2001)

Operas	Tosca Tosca discography "Recondita armonia" "Vissi d'arte" "E lucevan le stelle"

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