Balfe I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls

Dame joan sutherland sings an aria from balfe s the bohemian girl at a recital in vancouver in 1958.

Balfe i dreamt i dwelt in marble halls.

Acknowledgments to marble gianluca cafagna. Piano vocal melody from the bohemian girl only piano accomp. No copyright infringement intended. I dreamt that i dwelt in marble halls with vassals and serfs at my side and of all who assembled within those walls that i was the hope and the pride i had riches to great to count could boast of a high ancestral name but i also dreamt which pleased me most that you loved me still the same that you loved me you loved me still the same that.

The bohemian girl is an english romantic opera composed by michael william balfe with a libretto by alfred bunn the plot is loosely based on a miguel de cervantes tale la gitanilla. It is sung in the opera by the character arline who is in love with thaddeus a polish nobleman and political exile. What man cannot fall in love with such sweet and almost whisper like singing. I dreamt i dwelt in marble halls or the gipsy girl s dream is a popular aria from the bohemian girl an 1843 opera by michael william balfe an irishman wi.

I dreamt i dwelt in marble halls or the gipsy girl s dream is a popular aria from the bohemian girl an 1843 opera by michael william balfe with lyrics by alfred bunn. Https youtu be 2j7lddxur g find more at. And one of the most familiar songs from that opera is the ballad i dreamt that i dwelt in marble halls.