Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lillian Stiles-Allen
Performer
Sir John Barbirolli
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Pietro Mascagni
Composer
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
Librettist
Guido Menasci
Librettist
Giovanni Verga
Based on the Work of
Frederick Weatherly
Translation
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Reynolds
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
Mother, you know the story; ere he to war departed,
Turiddu swore to Lola ever to be true hearted,
thro’ days and years, through hopes and fears, true hearted!
He came! but she was wedded! Know you the tale sweet mother…
To a new love he turned him, thus to forget the other!
He loved me! I loved him! He loved me, ah! he loved me!
They met again; then with the old love waking,
all her vows forsaking; wild in her jealous madness: wild in
her jealous madness,
she stole my lover and all my gladness!
Why, ah why should I live then? honour and love departed!
Lola is now his love again, Lola is now his love again.
Ah, but I am broken hearted, broken hearted.
Written by: Pietro Mascagni