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Name of Work | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (aria from La Wally) | ||||||
Production Date | 1892 | ||||||
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General Notes | Recorded by many sopranos. Available in CD album 'Maria Callas - La Divina' Digitally remastered 1986 and 1997 |
A soprano aria, with long, lyrical melodic lines, suitable for the narrative lyric expressing her regrets at leaving her happy home.
Sadness at having to leave forever the place where you were happy once.
Longing is the overall emotional tone of the music. The lyric gives reason to this overall tone.
This is one aria from a full length opera, La Wally. The bulk of the rest of the opera is not in a similar melodic vein. Catalani composed this aria separate and prior to the opera, and inserted the aria into the opera.
The aria title, translated into English means: "Well, then? I'll go far away." ("Ebben? Ne andrò lontana") Which relates to Wally (the heroine of the opera) saying she would rather leave her father's house than be forced to marry some unsuitable man being foisted upon her.
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