Kathleen Ferrier (1912–1953) started singing professionally late; she was t… Read Full Bio ↴Kathleen Ferrier (1912–1953) started singing professionally late; she was thirty when she did her first performance as a soloist (in Händel’s ‘Messiah’). She only performed in two operas, Britten’s ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ (1946) and Gluck’s ‘Orfeo ed Eudridice’ (1947). Her rising star as a highly characteristic alto was cut short when she died at only 41; from breast cancer. Luckily, she managed to do many recordings in her too brief career, among the most treasured are Mahler’s ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ and ‘Kindertotenlieder’.

Che puro ciel!
Kathleen Ferrier Lyrics

Che puro ciel!
che chiaro sol!
che nuova luce è questa mai!
Che dolci lusinghie risuoni
dei bei cantori alati
s´odon qui in questa val!
Dell´aure il susurrar,
Il mormorar de rivi,
al riposar eterno
tutto invita quì.

Ma la quiete che qui tanto regna
non ma da la felicità !

Soltanto tu, Euridice, puoi far
dal tristo cuore mio l´affano.

I tuoi soave accenti,
gli amorosi tuoi sguardi,
un tuo sorriso,
sono il sommo ben che chieder voglio.

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@terrycreagh4103

9y↑3

My favourite female voice of all time. This aria is one of the best.

@giovannimarchesi3776

9y↑2

La voce meravigliosa e l'arte sublime della grande Kathleen Ferrier innalza anche noi ai Campi Elisi, dove si trova Orfeo.

@frcorneliusmattei4548

9y↑2

Thanks...KF is always a home-run!!! She is always phrasing like a great string player. Each and every note and syllable precisely in its place in the musical stream. Here, a rapt sense of wonder not devoid of inner fire. Beatitude, pure and simple.

@EdmundStAustell

Great comment, Father, as usual!
Hope all is well with you

@terrycreagh4103

9y↑2

For me this is a deeply spiritual experience. I listen again and again to the Orfeo of the divine Ferrier.

@eduardovaccaro5151

6y↑1

maravillosa voz para una obra superior

@palmatoscani9259

La voix de l'âme pure, ineffable. Elle ne peut qu'être dans le vrai puisqu'elle s'efface devant l'Art. Merci de nous offrir une occasion de plus de recevoir cette bénédiction.