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Voi che sapete (You Know What Love Is)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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che sapete" is a very popular aria from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage ofFigaro), one of the most beloved and performed operas in today's standard repertoire. This opera buffa was composed in 1786, with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a 1784 stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journee, ou, Ie Mariage de Figaro. Beaumarchais's play is the second in his Figaro trilogy of plays, and follows the action of his first comedy Le Barbier de Seville (The Barber ofSeville). Both Beaumarchais's plays The Barber ofSeville and The Marriage of Figaro are examples of light comedy in the eighteenth century, but are now ed by the respective operas of Rossini and Mozart. The plays were considered scandalous at the time because the drama involves an incompetent nobleman being upstaged by a crafty, quick-witted servant in their quest for the same woman. Performances were opposed by King Louis XVI and the French censors, and in Austria, Emperor Joseph II allowed Mozart to set it to music only after all the political speeches were taken out. The first performances of Le nozze di Figaro in Vienna and Prague were enthusiastically received, despite the fact that a servant's name-Figaro--appeared in the title. With its humorous wordplay and lively characterization, Mozart's setting of Beaumarchais's play signaled the impending decline of the aristocracy, when the victory of ability over birthright was triumphed by the hero Figaro. The action of Le nozze di Figaro recounts a single day in the palace of the Count Almaviva, where he lives with his Countess and a number of dependents. Among these are Figaro, Figaro's fiancee Susanna (the Countess's maid)

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and the Count's page, Cherubino. Rather than featuring a well-defined plot, the opera is a series of awkward and humorous situations, complete with a vibrant dialogue between the individuals involved. It is about the struggles and reconciliation of those in the court, all of which are presented in a masterpiece of comedic sentiment with inspired melodies and rich orchestrations. "Voi che sapete" is performed by Cherubino, who is about to be sent off to the army because the Count finds him a nuisance. When Cherubino appears before the Countess and Susanna in the second act to tell them his fate, this aria is sung at the request of Susanna for a love song. Cherubino is characterized as a young adolescent who is in love with every woman he meets, and because his voice is yet unbroken, is always played by a female singer. W.A. Mozart's Samtliche Werke, V, published by Breitkopf and Hartel (1876-1905) is the source for this edition. Originally set for mezzo-soprano with an accompaniment of woodwinds, horns and strings, the keyboard accompaniment in this arrangement is a reduction of those instrumental parts. Presented here in the original key, dynamic and metronomic indications and optional English words have also been added by the editor. Mozart's very tuneful melody is first heard in the opening measures of the accompaniment, where it should be given emphasis against the backdrop of the inner pulsating sixteenth notes. Both keyboard and vocal parts should be performed lightly with two constant beats per measure. The naturally energized syllables should be clearly pronounced while closely following the suggested dynamics that highlight the contrasting phrases.

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Footnotes to Italian Pronunciation

Voi che sa-pe-te che co-saJ a-mor, voi ke sa-pe-te ke b-sae a-mor,

• In multiple syllable words, the syllables that should be stressed are underlined.

don-ne ve-de-te, s'io I'ho nel cor, d::mme ve-de-te si:::> b nel br, don-ne ve-de-te, s'io I'ho nel cor. si:::> b nel br. -d::>nme ve-de-te Quel-Io ch'io pro-yo, vi ri-di-ro, kwel:b kb pr::>-v::>, vi ri-di-r::>,

• [r] should be flipped. • [r] should be trilled. • Certain double consonants can be sustained on a pitch while maintaining a legato line, such as those in the words "donne" and "quello." The singer should take time for the singable double consonants in each of these words from the preceding musical note.

Sen-tojln af-fet-to pien di de-sir, sen-t::>un af-fet:t::> pjen di de-zir,

• There are other double consonants, such as those in the words "affetto" and "diletto," which interrupt the legato line when pronounced correctly. For example, when singing the word "affetto" [af:fet-t::>], the singer should briefly stop on the first [t], creating a slight silence before the sounding of the second [t].

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e per me nuo-vo, ca-pir not so. e per me nw::>-v::> ka-pir nol s::>.

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be-ne fuo-ri di me, d-tJer-koun be-ne fw::>-ri di me, non so chi'l tie-ne, non so cos' e. mn s::> kil tje-ne n::>n s::> b-ze. So-spi-ro~e

ge-rno sen-za vo-Ier, so-spi-r::>e d3e-m::> sen-tsa vo-Ier, pal-pi-toJ lre-mo sen-za sa-per. pal-pi-t::>e tre-m::> sen-tsa sa-per,

You, who know what love is, Ladies, see ifI have it in my heart. That which I feel, I will explain to you; It is new to me; I don't understand it. I sense an affection full of desire, Which now is pleasure, now is agony. I freeze, and then I feel my soul burning, And in a moment I return to freezing. I lookfor something beautiful outside ofmyseJf, I don't know who holds it, I don't know what it is. I sigh and moan without wanting to, I quiver and tremble without knowing it. I find no peace night or day but yet it pleases me to suffer this way! You, who know what love is,. ..

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