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Franco Corelli sings Romeo's Act II aria "L'amour, l'amour!...Ah! lève toi, soleil!" (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)
French and English lyrics on screen

Recorded in London, 1967
New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Franco Ferraris
Published on the CD "The Unknown Recordings" 2003 EMI

Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette (based on Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare)
Premiere: 27 April 1867 Théâtre Lyrique, Paris
Libretto by Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
English translation by Joseph Allen, 1969

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L’amour, l’amour !
Oui, son ardeur a troublé tout mon être !
(La fenêtre de Juliette s’éclaire.)
Mais quelle soudaine clarté
Resplendit à cette fenêtre ?
C’est là que dans la nuit rayonne sa beauté !
Ah ! lève-toi, soleil ! fais pâlir les étoiles
Qui, dans l’azur sans voiles,
Brillent au firmament,
Ah ! lève-toi ! parais ! parais !
Astre pur et charmant !
Elle rêve ! elle dénoue
Une boucle de cheveux
Qui vient caresser sa joue.
Amour ! Amour ! porte-lui mes vœux !
Elle parle ! Qu’elle est belle !
Ah ! Je n’ai rien entendu !
Mais ses yeux parlent pour elle,
Et mon cœur a répondu !
Ah ! lève-toi, soleil ! fais pâlir les étoiles, etc.
... Viens ! parais !

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Love! Love!
Ay, its intensity has disturbed my very being!
(A light comes on in Juliet’s window.)
But what sudden light
through yonder window breaks?
’Tis there that by night her beauty shines!
Ah, arise, o sun! Turn pale the stars
that, unveiled in the azure,
do sparkle in the firmament.
Ah, arise! Ah, arise! Appear! Appear,
thou pure and enchanting star!
She is dreaming, she loosens
a lock of hair
which falls to caress her cheek.
Love! Love, carry my vows to her!
She speaks! How beautiful she is!
Ah, I heard nothing.
But her eyes speak for her
and my heart has answered!
Ah, arise, o sun! turn pale the stars, etc.
...come thou, appear!