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Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Act I: Excerpt from Opening Scene)

CD 2, Tracks 23-26

(Names appearing in red indicate characters singing together.)

23)
(Late evening outside the Commandant's palace in Seville. Don Giovanni, concealing his identity, has stolen into Donna Anna's room for an amourous adventure. Leporello paces back and forth.)

*Leporello*
:15	Notte e giorno faticar,	Night and day I slave
	Per chi nulla sa gradir;	For one who does not appreciate it.
	Piova e vento sopportar,	I put up with wind and rain,
	Mangiar male e mal dormir!	Eat and sleep badly.
	Voglio far il gentiluomo,	I want to be a gentleman
	E non voglio più servir,	And not serve anymore.
	No, no, no, no, no, no,	No, no, no, no, no, no,
	Non voglio più servir!	Not serve anymore.
:47	O che caro galantuomo!	Oh, what a fine gentleman!
	Voi star dentro colla bella	You stay inside with your lady
	Ed io far la sentinella!	And I must play the sentinel!
1:05	Voglio far il gentiluomo, ecc.	Oh, what a fine gentleman, etc.
	Ma mi par che venga gente...	But I think someone is coming!
	Non mi voglio far sentir, ecc.	I don't want them to hear me, etc.

(Leporello hides to one side. Don Giovanni and Donna Anna come down the palace stairs struggling. The Don hides his face to prevent her from recognizing him.)

*Donna Anna*
1:46	Non sperar, se non m'uccidi.	There's no hope, unless you kill me
	Ch'io ti lasci fuggir mai!	That I'll ever let you go!
*Don Giovanni*
1:52	Donna folle, indarno gridi:	Idiot! You scream in vain.
	Chi son io tu non saprai.	Who I am you'll never know!
*Donna Anna*
1:57	Non sperar, ecc.	There's no hope, etc.
*Don Giovanni*
	Donna folle!, ecc.	Idiot! etc.
*Leporello*
	Che tumulto! Oh ciel, che gridi!	What a racket! Heaven, what screams!
	Il padron in nuovi guai.	My master in another scrape.
*Donna Anna*
2:06	Gente! Servi! Al traditore!	Help! Everyone! Seize the betrayer!
*Don Giovanni*
2:09	Taci, e trema al mio furore!	Keep quiet! Beware my wrath!
*Donna Anna*
2:12	Scellerato!	Scoundrel!
*Don Giovanni*
2:13	Sconsigliata!	Fool!
*Donna Anna*
2:15	Scellerato!	Scoundrel!
*Don Giovanni*
	Sconsigliata!	Fool!
*Leporello*
2:17	Sta a veder che il malandrino	We will see if this rascal
	Mi farà precipitar.	Will be the ruin of me!
*Donna Anna*
	Gente! Servi!	Help! Everyone!
*Don Giovanni*
	Taci, e trema!	Keep quiet!
*Donna Anna*
	Come furia disperata	Like a desperate fury
	Ti saprò perseguitar! ecc.	I'll know how to pursue you! etc.
	Scellerato! Gente! Servi!	Scoundrel! Help! Everyone!
	Come furia disperata, ecc.	Like a desperate fury, etc.
*Don Giovanni*
	Questa furia disperata	This desperate fury
	Mi vuol far precipitar! ecc.	Is aimed at destroying me!
	Sconsigliata! Taci, e trema!	Fool! Keep quiet!
	Questa furia disperata, ecc.	This desperate fury, etc.
*Leporello*
	Che tumulto! Oh ceil, che gridi!	What a racket! Heavens, what screams!
	Sta a veder che il malandrino, ecc.	We will see if this rascal, etc.

(Donna Anna hears the Commandant; she leaves Don Giovanni and goes into the house. The Commandant appears.)

24)
*Commandant*
:08	Lascila, indegno! Battiti meco!	Leave her alone, wretch, and defend yourself.
*Don Giovanni*
:12	Va, non mi degno di pugnar teco.	Go away! I disdain to fight with you.
*Commandant*
:17	Così pretendi da me fuggir?	Thus you think to escape me?
*Leporello*
:22	Potessi almeno di qua partir.	If I could only get out of here!
*Don Giovanni*
	Va, non mi degno, no!	Go away! I disdain you!
*Commandant*
:26	Così pretendi da me fuggir?	Thus you think to escape me?
*Leporello*
:31	Potessi almeno di qua partir!	If I could only get out of here!
*Commandant*
	Battiti!	Fight!
*Don Giovanni*
	Misero! Attendi, se vuoi morir!	So be it, if you want to die!

(They duel. The Commandant is fatally wounded.)

25)
*Commandant*
:04	Ah, soccorso! son tradito!	Help! I've been betrayed!
	L'assassino m'ha ferito,	The assassin has wounded me!
	E dal seno palpitante	And from my heaving breast
	Sento l'anima partir.	I feel my soul escaping!
*Don Giovanni*
	Ah! già cade il sciagurato!	Ah, already the wretch has fallen,
	affannosa e agonizzante	And he gasps for air.
	Già dal seno palpitante	From his heaving breast I already
	Veggo l'anima partir, ecc.	See his soul escaping, etc.
*Leporello*
	Qual misfatto! Qual eccesso!	What a misdeed! What a crime!
	Entro il sen dallo spavento	I can feel my heart
	Palpitar il cor mi sento!	Beating hard from fright!
	Io non sò che far, che dir, ecc.	I don't know what to do or say, etc.
26)
*Don Giovanni*
	Leporello, ove sei?	Leporello, where are you?
*Leporello*
	Son qui, per mia disgrazia. E voi?	I'm here, unfortunately, and you?
*Don Giovanni*
:04	Son qui.	Over here.
*Leporello*
	Chi è morto, voi, o il vecchio?	Who's dead, you or the old man?
*Don Giovanni*
:06	Che domanda da bestia! Il vecchio.	What an idiotic question! The old man.
*Leporello*
	Bravo! Due imprese leggiadre!	Well done! Two foul deeds!
	Storzar la figlia, ed ammazzar il padre!	First, you raped the daughter then murdered the father!
*Don Giovanni*
:11	L'ha voluto, suo danno.	He asked for it; too bad for him.
*Leporello*
	Ma Donn' Anna cosa ha voluto?	And Donna Anna, did she ask for it too?
*Don Giovanni*
:15	Taci, non mi seccar!	Keep quiet and don't bother me.
	Vien meco, se non vuoi qualche cosa ancor tu.	Now come along, unless you're anxious for something for yourself.
*Leporello*
	Non vo' nulla, signor, non parlo più.	I have no desires, sir, and no more to say.

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