Opera Cat's Opera Translations

That was a short translation, so have another one to go with it. This is Elettra's recitative and aria "D'Oreste, d'Ajace" from Mozart's opera Idomeneo. Thwarted in both her love and her ambition, Elettra vents her feelings in this dramatic aria.

This translation is not quite line-by-line, since I have shifted some words around for the sake of clarity.

( Tear apart my heart, horned snakes, serpents )

"Tu fosti tradito," mezzo-soprano aria from Mozart's opera La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus). This opera is set in ancient Rome during the reign of the emperor Titus. In this aria, Annio pleads with the emperor to spare his friend's life.

( but Titus's heart still allows us to hope )

I have just figured out how to put letters with umlauts and accents in a tag! Good, I needed that superpower ability.

"Ach, ich liebte," Konstanze's aria from Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio).

( I knew nothing of love's pain )