An Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias by Martial Singher

Author:Martial Singher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 1983-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Musorgski, Boris Godunov

“I have attained the power”

baritone/bass-baritone

I have attained the power.

Six years have pass’d

since first I ruled o’er Russia.

But still no peace returns to my remorseful soul.

In vain the seers and prophets all

foretell long years of life and honour,

glad and peaceful.

Nor life, nor pow’r, nor glory can delight me,

nor plaudits of men—these things give me no joy.

My hopes for those most near and dear are blighted;

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