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Il trovatore, Act II : Verdi: Il trovatore, Act II: Perigliarti ancor languente
About This Song
About "Il trovatore, Act II : Verdi: Il trovatore, Act II: Perigliarti ancor languente" by Shirley Verrett
Shirley Verrett's mezzo coils through Verdi's Act II like smoke through a ruined chapel. The aria's plea—'perigliarti ancor languente'—hangs between maternal terror and fierce devotion, the orchestra a distant storm. Verrett finds the fragile steel beneath the prayer, a voice both wounded and unyielding.