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词条 Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire
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"Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire", is a tenor aria in Adolphe Adam's 1836 opera Le postillon de Lonjumeau. The D5 in the final verse is the highest commonly sung note for tenors in opera. Donizetti wrote an E{{Music|flat}}5 for Edgardo in the first act of his opera Lucia di Lammermoor, though it is very seldom sung. Higher notes are occasionally sung in interpolations and ornaments in other bel canto operas, and exceptionally the written F5 at the end of "Credeasi, misera" in Bellini's I puritani.

Famous performers of this aria are Nicolai Gedda,[1] Helge Rosvaenge and Joseph Schmidt, often performing the German version, "Freunde, vernehmet die Geschichte".

Lyrics

Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire

D'un jeune et galant postillon.

C'est véridique, on peut m'en croire

Et connu de tout le canton.

Quand il passait dans un village,

Tout le beau sexe était ravi

Et le cœur de la plus sauvage

Galopait en croupe avec lui.

Oh Oh Oh Oh

Qu'il était beau le postillon de Lonjumeau

Maintes dames de haut parage

En l'absence de son mari

Parfois se mettaient en voyage

Pour être conduites par lui.

Au procédé toujours fidèle

On savait qu'adroit postillon

S'il versait parfois une belle

Ce n'était que sur le gazon.

Oh Oh Oh Oh

Qu'il était beau le postillon de Lonjumeau

Mais pour conduire un équipage,

Voilà qu'un soir il est parti

Depuis ce temps dans le village

On n'entend plus parler de lui

Mais ne déplorez pas sa perte

Car de l'hymen suivant la loi

La reine d'une île déserte

De ses sujets l'a nommé roi.

Oh Oh Oh Oh

Qu'il était beau le postillon de Lonjumeau

Come, friends, and listen to the story

Of a postilion gay and young,

Well known to all, his fame and glory

Through ev'ry land have they been sung.

When he did pass thro' town or village

Each maiden's eye was fill'd with joy,

And among hearts he made sad pillage

He was a gay and roving boy.[2]

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! so great a beau

Was the postilion of Lonjumeau.

Fine ladies from the best circles,

In the absence of their husbands,

Sometimes used his coach

To be led by him.

Alway faithful to the journey

The postilion's skills were well known –

If he turned to a beauty

It was only on the lawn.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! so great a beau

Was the postilion of Lonjumeau.

But to lead a coach voyage

He had left one evening;

Since that time in the village

Nothing more was heard of him.

But we shall not deplore his parting

Because he lawfully got married

To a desert island's queen

And became king of its people.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! so great a beau

Was the postilion of Lonjumeau.

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Mordden|first=Ethan|authorlink=Ethan Mordden|title=The Splendid Art of Opera: A Concise History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awUhAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=7 April 2011|date=November 1980|publisher=Methuen|isbn=978-0-416-00731-2|page=157}}
2. ^"Two Parodies of French Opera Performed by Blackface Minstrels" by Renee Lapp Norris, in The Society for American Music Bulletin, vol. XXV, no. 1 ([northern] Spring 1999)

External links

  • {{YouTube|id=WjCeaysTDT4|title=Nicolai Gedda}} {{De icon}}
  • {{YouTube|id=WUBNwORdR9E|title=Nicolai Gedda}} {{Fr icon}}
  • {{YouTube|id=r_k4seQXPqA|title=Helge Rosvaenge}}, third verse {{De icon}}
  • {{YouTube|id=3HL8y6jT2cc|title=Joseph Schmidt}} {{De icon}}
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