Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: Oh Gods Of Wrath

Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: Oh Gods Of Wrath

Janet Baker

Длительность: 2:51
Год: 2003
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Oh, gods of love, how far I've traveled on my dangerous path
I go to meet my husband
At his side will stand Hippolytus
How shall I hide my thick, adulterous passion for
This youth who has rejected me and knows the truth?
Will he not draw his sword and strike me dead?
Suppose he spares me
What if nothing said?
Can I kiss these ears with this ample poise?
The very dust rises to disabuse my husband, to defame me and accuse
And only I want to die
Death will give me freedom
Oh, it's nothing not to live
Death to all the unhappy is no catastrophe