Giustizia, giustizia, Sire! (Don Carlo)

Hebert Von Karajan, Salzburger Osterfestspiele 1986.Elisabetta - Fiamma Izzo d'AmicoFilippo II - Ferruccio FurlanettoRoderico - Piero CappuccilliEboli - Agnes Baltsa"It would be enough to have this third act to make 'Don Carlo' a sensational masterpiece," Ferruccio FurlanettoELISABETTAJustice, justice, Sire!Justice, justice!I have faith in the integrity of the King!I am cruelly treated in your courtand outraged by misterious, unknown enemies.The casket where I kept all my treasures, Sire, jewels... other articles still dearer to me,they have stolen from me!Justice, justice!I claim it of Your Majesty!FILIPPOThis is what you are looking for?ELISABETTAHeavens!FILIPPOPray open it.Very well, then I wil.ELISABETTAOh, I will die!FILIPPOCarlo's portrait!Have you nothing to say?Carlo's picture!ELISABETTAYes.FILIPPOAmong your jewels?ELISABETTAYesFILIPPOWhat? You dare to confess that to me?ELISABETTAI dare! Yes!You know perfectly well my handwas once promised to your son!Now I belong to you...submissive to God, but chaste as a lily am I.And now Elisabetta's honour is suspect.Doubt is cast upon me...and he who wrongs me is the King!FILIPPOYou speak to boldly!You think me weak and seem to defy me;weakness in me can turn to fury.Tremble then, for yourself, for me.ELISABETTAWhat is my guilt?FILIPPOPerjured jade!If such shame has o'erbrimmed my cup,if I have been betrayed by you,I swear before heaven blood shall be shed!ELISABETTAI feel compassion for you...FILIPPOHa! The compassion of an adulterous wife!ELISABETTAAh!FILIPPOHelp for the queen!EBOLIHeavens! What have I done? Alas!RODERICOSire, half the world is in your power;could it be you are the only one in so vast an empire you are unable to control?FILIPPOOh, cursed be the fatal suspicion,the work of a demon from hell!EBOLII have ruined her, ruined her!Oh, fatal remorse!FILIPPONo! She has not sullied her sworn vow!Her proud mien tells me so!EBOLII have committed a fiendish crime!I have ruined her, ruined her!RODERICONow the hour for action have struck,the dread thunderbolt has flared in the sky.Let a man die for Spain,I will bequeath her a happy future.EBOLIAh, I betrayed her... I betrayed that noble heart! Oh misery!ELISABETTAWhat has happened? Oh heavens!In tears and grief, mother,everyone has abandoned me.I am a stranger in this land!I have no remaining hope on earth!FILIPPONo, she has not sullied her sworn vow!This woman has not been unfaithful to me!Oh, cursed be my suspicion, that demon, that evil demon!

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Uploaded: February 9, 2008 at 9:51 pm
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