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EER www.JosephBeerComposer.com Composed Mostly in Hiding during World War II -- 1943-1945 Premiered at the Zurich Opera House on February 26, 1949 All Joseph Beer pictures taken during his "in hiding" period in France during the Holocaust. Robert McFarland, International Dramatic Baritone The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Scala, etc. www.RobertMcFarlandBaritone.com Kim Barroso, Piano Benjamin Kall, Audio Engineer www.BenjaminKallProductions.com Hillary Onitsky, Montage www.PangeaPortal.com The orchestral score to this aria is available from Doblinger MusikVerlag (Vienna, Austria) Computer engraving by Dr. Benjamin Ayotte Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings, LLC (A.S.C.A.P.) www.ayottemusic.com © Copyright 2013 by Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky) KG, Wien www.Doblinger-MusikVerlag.at SYNOPSIS Watching the doves flying over the shimmering sea from his Palace window, the Doge of Venice reminisces on the fiery dark eyes that enthralled him down in the Giudecca* quarters earlier that day, and that are now coming to haunt him... LYRICS AND TRANSLATIONS Doves are flying off to the sea, They're flying away, Over there, where the sunlight Radiantly over the sea shines, And long glistening silvery streaks are dancing Like stars, sunken into the sea! Every tower and every dome Reflects this shimmering sea. Behold the magic rays! The eye sees, enchanted and inebriated, Lost in all the splendor, Far off in the distance, the sea! Yes, to the sea, Deep and majestic, I was once married! Princely betrothed, Alone, the eyes full of fire, Shined over the Giudecca*. I am falling now In the palace to each mirror firmly I impressed her image... I impressed her glance... And on the echo in the halls It will resound all around me: "Soon she is yours!" *Island in the Venetian lagoon said to be the home of the Jewish Ghetto © Copyright 2011 by Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky) KG, Wien