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- 4. - What is it, my dove?
- I feel that something is missing.
- 7. It is our duty to serve you.
You are the mistress, we are servants.
- 13. How can I stay calm
when you are weeping?
- 15. My voice was firm and steady.
You did not touch my eyes.
So how did you know I was shedding tears?
- 22. Thank you, my friends. You played well, but...
Thank you, that is enough.
- 33. Why have I not known sorrow or tears
until now?
- 34. I used to spend my days amid heavenly sounds
and the smell of roses.
- 35. Whenever I heard the birds singing, whenever
warmth touched the distant pine forests…
- 39. The chorus of birds and the rushing stream
evoke sadness and frustration.
- 41. Why do I hear sobbing whenever the
nightingale sings?
- 46. We bring you buttercups, cornflowers,
mimosa, roses and gillyflowers…
- 57. I want to thank you, my friends.
Why are you so fond of me?
- 62. Come here. Let me lean my head on your
shoulder as I used to when I was a child.
- 63. And sing me that song,
do you remember? It was my favorite.
- 74. May God hear our prayers and send down
happiness, joy, rest and peace.
- 77. King Rene has been searching all over the world
for a physician who can cure his daughter.
- 78. In the meantime, to hide Iolanta’s affliction from
the world, her future husband (betrothed at birth)
- 84. Now you know everything.
You are my only hope for a cure for her.
- 87. Good - I can examine her more easily
when she is asleep.
- 91. What will he say? What answer will his science
bring forth?
- 93. or shall I always be tortured with the knowledge
that my daughter's world is dark?
- 95. Lord, if I am the sinner,
why must a pure angel suffer?
- 97. Let me hear good news,
and console me with the hope of a cure.
- 98. For her, I am prepared to give up my crown,
and all my power and wealth.
- 101. Look, I am ready to fall into dust,
to give up everything…
- 102. so as not to see my child enveloped by
darkness.
- 105. Your face is passionless, unknowable,
like your science.
- 111. Say it - what is your price? I'd give everything
in my power if you could make her see.
- 116. So I must reveal to my daughter the full depth
of her misfortune
- 119. I was wrong to put my hope in you. From now
on, I will trust nobody. Farewell.
- 120. You may do as you please,
but first let me speak.
- 121. You may accept my decision or ignore it,
but I am must give you my advice.
- 123. Here the divine will has brought them together,
like inseparable friends.
- 127. we need the concept of vision
in our immortal souls.
- 128. When our minds are opened to this universal
truth, then, it is possible
- 129. the force of will can cast light into the darkness
of the body.
- 131. Oh God! Then have I been wrong until now?
I feel a terrible doubt...
- 132. Now you must decide. You know my verdict.
I cannot begin her treatment
- 134. I shall stay here in the castle till evening
and await your decision.
- 137. Death is the penalty for any who reveals the
secret to her.
- 138. That is my decision, and the doctor must defer
to the father.
- 145. Where are we? Is there really a paradise
among the wild rocks?
- 149. I am so tired of wandering through thickets and
rocks. We have travelled far enough.
- 151. So what? He might get a little angry.
But we’ll pacify him with a sword.
- 152. And besides, the longer I can put off claiming
Iolanta's hand from King René, the better.
- 155. The king would probably agree to annul your
betrothal. They say he is good and wise.
- 167. One glance from her, like a strike of lightning,
ignites a flame in your blood.
- 170. They call you to bliss,
the bliss of kisses, of unrestrained desire.
- 171. One caress from her snow-white hand,
makes you forget all your troubles
- 179. No, I am not tempted by the charms
of a wild beauty.
- 181. No! Steeped in the stillness of midnight,
the love within me dreams…
- 182. Of a chaste angel,
heavenly, gentle and magical to behold.
- 183. An image of light, an image of strange beauty,
graceful and kind.
- 184. A guest from a heavenly place,
whiter than the spring snow…
- 185. Purer than the lily-of-the-valley,
more delicate than meadow flowers.
- 187. Come to me, radiant angel, source of love,
Warm my heart and bring it to life.
- 188. As the clouds melt away,
shine your light into the darkness of my soul.
- 209. How can such a vision of virginal beauty
not stir your heart?
- 217. Don't open your eyes! I could not bear their
radiance. Let me admire you.
- 219. - I will not let her touch you. Let's go!
- No, never!
- 224. We lost our way
through the mountains and forests.
- 225. You must be tired.
I'll get some wine. It will restore your strength.
- 232. Here is some wine, good knights.
It is my father's favorite.
- 234. So be it! From her hands,
I would happily accept death.
- 238. I'm glad to have the company of everyone who
comes here. I'm rarely alone.
- 239. My friends must have left me while I was asleep.
Now they don’t know that I’m awake.
- 240. I am the one who woke you.
Please forgive me.
- 243. I could not help the cry of joy that woke you,
and then an angel came to earth
before my eyes.
- 244. But now I see that you are not a vision.
- 247. Yet your words sound so strangely pleasing,
they make my head spin. It is strange.
- 250. Why are you praising me?
This is the first time we have met.
- 251. What you wish is my command,
so I will hide my passion from you.
- 253. …give me a rose from that bush
as a parting gift.
- 258. Which one? I don't understand.
Give me back the one I gave you,
and I will pick you another.
- 259. Oh, no! Like you, it is fair.
I will keep it as a memento
and a symbol of your purity.
- 260. But pick me a red rose too,
and I will put them both on my shield,
and be true to them till I die.
- 266. Tell me, how many roses have I picked?
Give them to me.
- 268. No, tell me without touching.
Without touching? Is that possible?
- 272. What am I guilty of? I rarely meet strangers
here. I have so much to learn.
- 276. Your wish is my command. I will hide my
sadness from everyone.
- 277. But to prove this was not a dream, not an
illusion of joy…
- 278. Give me one of those roses
as a memento of our meeting.
- 281. Poor girl! Tell me, has it never occurred
to you, even in passing, that cruel fate
has deprived you of a precious gift?
- 285. Don't you know that if you shed tears,
your sorrows pass more quickly?
- 286. It's the same as in nature, when after summer
storms everything is more fresh and fragrant.
- 287. So there is no longing in your breast,
to see the light and the glory of creation?
- 291. God’s first-born of creation, his first gift to the world,
God's glory made clear, the finest pearl in his crown.
- 292. The sun, the sky and the shining stars fill our
world, nature and creation, with beauty.
- 295. Unworthy as I am, I saw you,
a maiden of beauty, by this light:
- 297. Yes, it is the first-born of creation,
God's best gift to the world.
- 298. You speak so strangely.
I don't know what is happening to me.
I've never known such happiness.
- 300. To praise God forever, I don't need the light.
The beauty of creation is limitless.
- 301. The day's warmth and fragrance,
the sounds of nature, and I myself,
all reveal God, unseen and good.
- 302. Can anyone see birds twittering in a rosebush,
or the sweet gurgling of a stream as it runs
through the sand?
- 303. Can you see the thunder in the sky
or the song of the nightingale?
- 305. No, to know the beauty of the universe,
I don’t need light…
- 306. But to be more like you,
I would like to see the sunlight…
- 310. The light of truth shines in your heart.
Before that light, our earthly light
is fleeting and dim.
- 314. My friends are calling. Martha!
They are surprised I am awake so soon.
- 326. It is not punishment,
but salvation for your daughter.
- 328. But now you see that it is impossible
to keep the concept of light hidden.
- 330. He told me the truth. But in his words there was
tenderness, and I heard him with pleasure.
- 331. Madman! How dare you break the king’s rule?
You will die! You will pay for what you’ve done.
- 332. What have I done?
What has my ardor cost her? Instead of
happiness, a trial for my beloved.
- 335. My little dove, Iolanta, listen. I have brought a
doctor. He can return you to the light.
Tell me, do you want to see?
- 336. How can I yearn for what I can only dimly
understand? But if my father wishes, I will obey.
- 337. I am losing all hope of a cure.
These are the fruits of your system:
lacks the desire to see the light.
- 338. Wait! Now I see that you were right. But
there is still hope. God has given me an idea.
- 340. And you, the cause of our misfortune, answer:
did you read this sign when you entered?
- 346. So, if her treatment does not work –
you will die!
- 351. This can’t be. I don’t believe you. You are
merciful. You could never be so inhumane.
- 358. No, tell me the torture, the pain I must endure.
I will bear it, uncomplaining, to save him.
- 359. He is dear to me. He was the first to tell me
of the light, and he warmed my heart.
- 361. Is the first-born of creation, God’s glory made
clear, the finest pearl in his crown.
- 364. I swear on my honor as a knight. I will belong
to you alone. Even if I must face execution,
I accept death for your sake.
- 366. I will see. Yes! Give me your hand.
Now let me touch your face...
- 374. Forgive me, I deceived you so as to awaken
in my daughter the desire for sight.
- 376. You were about to execute me for my offense.
Who are you, that you have such authority
over a man’s life?
- 377. It seems I should be the one
asking you this question.
- 379. I am a friend of Robert,
Duke of Burgundy.
- 381. If you agree to give me your daughter’s hand
in marriage.
- 389. We must admit them at once.
Now you will know who your rival is.
- 394. You are in love with Iolanta,
betrothed to Duke Robert.
- 402. But now I am a man, and I love Mathilde,
Countess of Lorraine.
- 403. My fate is in your hands. If you command it,
I will take your daughter before the altar.
- 404. But in my heart I will be faithful to Mathilde.
- 407. Now, my dear Count, I agree to give you
Iolanta if she regains her sight.
- 408. Your majesty, I love your daughter as she is,
and want to be with her through joy and sorrow.
- 417. I do not know. I could not stay any longer.
A stone would have melted at such a sight.
- 424. God, now I have had this moment,
take my life in return.
- 427. Let me see the light again
that flashed before my eyes.
- 432. No, I don't know them.
I've never been here. I'm frightened.
- 435. It's as if everything is coming down to crush me.
I'm dying. Doctor, save me.
- 443. Let me know you, Creator of the universe,
in the light of day.
- 452. My father! I know your face now. I beg you,
protect me in this world of light.
- 456. My friend, I hear your voice again!
You gave me light. You gave me love.
- 461. A host of the blessed and cherubim
stand before you and worship.
- 462. But you are great and merciful,
and your love is unbounded.
- 463. You shine in the smallest of your creatures
like sunlight in a drop of water.
- 472. Bel Cantanti Opera’s performance of
P. Tchaikovsky’s IOLANTA
Friday, June 19, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 21, 3:00pm
Randolph Rd. Theatre
4010 Randolph Rd., Rockville, MD
Ticket Information: (240) 230-7372