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Auber

16.   Discendi, O Sonno Vago

Daniel-François Esprit Auber (1782-1871) / Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) and Germain Delavigne (1790-1868), Trans. Calisto Bassi (1800-60)
Arranged by Cantabile

A Cappella. From La Muta Di Portici. A French opera; we decided to record it in the Italian translation.

A simple lullaby. The fisherman Masaniello sings over the sleeping dumb-girl, Fenella. Both are doomed to an early death.