Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento
donizetti
CHI MI FRENA IN TAL MOMENTO  -  sung by the mice
GRAND UPROAR  (TALKARTOONS)  1930
Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento (sextet) is an emotional piece from Gaetano Donizetti's tragic opera Lucia de Lammermoor. The 1835 opera's composition contributed to Donizett's reputation as being "the sole reigning genius of Italian opera," and this musically complex sextet is considered one of his greatest achievements. The opera is based on Sir Walter Scott's historical 1816 novel The Bride Lammermoor, and it is set in south-east Scotland. The influencial sextet is the finale of the second act in the three act production. It is one of the best known parts of the opera, and it was one of the first opera ensemble's to ever be recorded. In 1908, Victor Records released the sextet on a single-sided disc that sold for $7 - the equivalent to $170 today. The famous recording was known as "the seven dollar sextet." In 1930, the popular and well-known composition appeared in Max Fleischer's Talkartoon short Grand Uproar, where it is sung by a group of mice. 
1908

THE SEVEN
DOLLAR
​SEXTET
1908

​??
1911

​CARLO CARTICA,
CESARE
ALESSANDRONI
e LUISA
​VILLANI
1912

CARUSO,
LUISA,
TETRAZZINI,
​TEC.
19??

AMILITA
GALLI-CURCI
& ENRICO
​CARUSO
1916

RAPPOLD,
MATZENAUER,
ZENATELLO,
MIDDLETON,
CHALMERS,
BARONI
1917

ENRICO
​CARUSO
192?

SALVATORE
​BACCALONI
1927

AMELITA
​GALLI-CURCI
19??

LUCIA DI
LAMMERMOOR
​SEXTET
1936

SHIRLEY
​TEMPLE
from the film
CAPTAIN
​JANUARY
19??

THREE
STOOGES
WITH MARIA
​CALLAS
1939

BENIAMINO
​GIGLI
19??

BENIAMINO
​GIGLI
19??

YOUNGOK
​SHIN
1953

GUISEPPE
DI STEFANO,
TITO GABBI
& MARIA
​CALLAS
1957

ROLANDO
​PANERAI
19??

from
BUGS BUNNY
"THE LONG
​HAIRED HARE"
1968

TITO GOBBI,
NICOLAI GEDDA,
AND JOAN
SUTHERLAND
from the BELL
TELEPHONE
​HOUR
1966

MOFFO
BERGONZI
SERENI
​FLAGELLO
1967

CARLO
BERGONZI-
​LUCIA
1971

ANN MOFFA,
LAJOS KOZMA
19??

PAVAROTTI
19??

MARIO
​LANZA
1982

CARRERAS,
​RICCIARELLI
1982

METRO-
POLITAN
OPERA
1983

MET
100
​GALA
1988

​ALFREDO
​KRAUS
2008

NATIONAL
THEATRE
​SEOUL
2011

LUCIA DI
​LAMMERMOOR
2013

TRADITIONAL
BRASS
​BAND
2015

LUCIA DI
​LAMMERMOOR
2016

HUNGARIAN
STATE
​OPERA
MARIA CALLAS

The last part of every available performance of Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento in reverse chronological order. The audio sources are pictured.
CHI MI FRENA IN TAL MOMENTO

(Chi mi frena in tal momento?
Chi troncò dell'ira il corso?
Il suo duolo, il suo spavento
son la prova d'un rimorso!
Ma, qual rosa inaridita,
ella sta fra morte e vita...
Io son vinto... son commosso!...
T'amo ingrata, t'amo ancor!)
(Chi mi frena il mio furore
e la man che al brando corse?
Della misera in favore
nel mio petto un grido sorse!
E' mio sangue! l'ho tradita,
ella sta fra morte e vita...
Ahi! che spegnere non posso
i rimorsi del mio cor.)
(Io sperai che a me la vita
tronca avesse il mio spavento...
Ma la morte non m'aita...
Vivo ancor per mio tormento!
Da' miei lumi cadde il velo,
mi tradì la terra e il cielo!
Vorrei pianger, ma non posso...
M'abbandona il pianto ancor!)
(Qual terribile momento!
Più formar non so parole...
Densa nube [velo] di spavento
par che copra i rai del sole!
Come rosa inaridita
ella sta fra morte e vita...
Chi per lei non è commosso
ha di tigre in petto il cor.)

Come rosa inaridita, ecc.
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