Joan Sutherland (1926-2010)

From the Libretto of Verdi's La Traviata


ALFREDO
We’ll leave Paris, my dearest,
Together we’ll go through life.
In reward for your past sorrows,
You’ll bloom into health again.
Breath of life, sunshine you’ll be to me,
All the years to come will smile on us.

VIOLETTA
We’ll leave Paris, my dearest,
Together we’ll go through life.

ALFREDO
Yes.

VIOLETTA
In reward for past sorrows,
I shall bloom into health again.
Breath of live, sunshine you’ll be to me,
All the years to come will smile on us.
Ah, no more!
Let’s go to church, Alfredo,
And give thanks for your return.
(She falters)