Donizetti: L'elisir D'amore - Una Furtiva Lagrima Lyrics
Luciano Pavarotti
Lyrics
Lyrics to Una Furtiva Lagrima:
Una furtiva lagrima
negli occhi suoi spuntò...
quelle festose giovani
invidiar sembrò...
Che più cercando io vo?
M'ama, lo vedo.
Un solo istante i palpiti
del suo bel cor sentir!.
Co' suoi sospir confondere
per poco i miei sospir!...
Cielo, si può morir;
di più non chiedo.
Song & Lyrics Facts
Luciano Pavarotti's "Una furtiva lagrima" is a song from the opera L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti. It was released on his 1988 album, Pavarotti - The Best Of.
The writers of this track are Gaetano Donizetti and Felice Romani. This beloved aria was sung with the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Riccardo Chailly. In this piece, Pavarotti portrays Nemorino as he sings about unrequited love and expresses his sadness in the lyrics. The song has become one of Pavarotti’s most famous pieces, due to its beauty and emotion. He performs it with an exquisite level of control and poignancy that conveys the character’s inner turmoil. Una furtiva lagrima was included in numerous albums over the years and became part of many compilations featuring the greatest operatic works.