0:03:04.419,0:03:12.155
From my beloved river Permessus[br]l come to you

0:03:18.534,0:03:27.465
lllustrious heroes[br]Descended from kings

0:03:28.477,0:03:36.077
You are renowned for your exploits

0:03:37.085,0:03:46.483
But the truth can never be known[br]Since it is beyond reach

0:04:10.519,0:04:15.752
l am Music

0:04:16.325,0:04:24.460
l can calm troubled minds[br]With my sweet sounds

0:04:33.508,0:04:40.812
With noble anger or with love[br]l can melt the hardest of hearts

0:05:09.878,0:05:17.341
l can charm people[br]With my golden lyre

0:05:21.923,0:05:28.351
So l can prepare their souls

0:05:32.668,0:05:42.009
To receive the sweet music[br]They will hear in Heaven

0:06:11.673,0:06:18.602
Now l want to tell you about Orpheus

0:06:23.719,0:06:32.923
Orpheus who tamed wild animals[br]With his singing

0:06:33.428,0:06:39.992
And who conquered the underworld[br]With his playing

0:06:40.135,0:06:47.132
Orpheus, the eternal glory[br]Of Mount Helicon

0:07:13.468,0:07:22.172
Now l will sing you songs[br]Some happy, some sad

0:07:28.950,0:07:38.951
While l sing, let the birds be silent[br]And the river be calm

0:07:58.613,0:08:06.042
Let each little breeze die away

0:08:16.865,0:08:19.095
ACT l

0:08:57.439,0:09:07.679
This happy day brings to an end[br]Our demigod's lovelorn torments

0:09:11.553,0:09:18.925
Shepherds, let us sing as sweetly

0:09:19.027,0:09:24.260
As Orpheus himself

0:09:30.906,0:09:39.541
Today even Eurydice's[br]Hard heart has melted

0:09:45.053,0:09:52.721
Today even Orpheus is happy[br]When once in these forests

0:09:53.228,0:09:58.530
He used to weep

0:10:08.243,0:10:18.084
This happy day brings to an end[br]Our demigod's lovelorn torments

0:10:21.823,0:10:30.527
Shepherds, let us sing as sweetly

0:10:30.632,0:10:35.365
As Orpheus himself

0:10:42.711,0:10:48.308
Come, God of Marriage

0:10:48.450,0:10:57.825
Let your blazing torch[br]Bring these lovers happy days

0:11:05.767,0:11:11.296
And banish pain and suffering[br]From now on

0:11:40.035,0:11:50.343
O Muses, the glory of Parnassus[br]Much loved in Heaven

0:11:50.478,0:11:56.644
Bring comfort to heavy hearts

0:11:58.219,0:12:03.384
Let your sweet lyres[br]Bring cloudless skies

0:12:11.332,0:12:18.295
We will celebrate[br]Their marriage in song

0:12:21.509,0:12:26.537
Let us unite in singing their praises

0:12:43.765,0:12:51.001
Nymphs, come down[br]From the hillsides, leave your springs

0:12:51.106,0:12:58.706
And celebrate the wedding in dance

0:12:58.847,0:13:07.551
Let the sun shine down[br]On your dances

0:13:07.655,0:13:15.619
The sun, far lovelier than the stars[br]Which dance to the moon

0:13:37.452,0:13:44.949
Nymphs, come down[br]From the hillsides, leave your springs

0:13:45.093,0:13:52.795
And celebrate the wedding in dance

0:13:52.934,0:14:01.740
Then honor them with flowers

0:14:01.843,0:14:06.576
After the anguish they have suffered

0:14:06.714,0:14:10.514
Let them now enjoy[br]Their happiness together

0:14:33.441,0:14:45.717
But you, gentle singer, as you once[br]Made the fields weep with you

0:14:50.625,0:15:00.523
So now make these hills and valleys[br]Rejoice to the sound of your lyre

0:15:00.668,0:15:10.100
Sing of love[br]From the bottom of your heart

0:15:27.562,0:15:39.599
Rose of Heaven, life of the world

0:15:40.375,0:15:48.646
Created by the universe

0:15:48.783,0:15:58.556
O Sun, you who circle the world[br]From your celestial orbit

0:15:58.726,0:16:09.796
Tell me, have you ever seen[br]A happier lover than l?

0:16:09.904,0:16:22.408
How happy l was[br]On the day l first saw you

0:16:23.051,0:16:32.426
And was happier still[br]When l first yearned for you

0:16:42.370,0:16:53.304
But l was happiest of all[br]When you first pledged yourself to me

0:16:59.987,0:17:06.017
lf l had as many hearts[br]As Heaven has eyes

0:17:06.160,0:17:11.097
Or the flowers[br]ln these hills have leaves

0:17:11.933,0:17:19.738
They would all be overjoyed[br]At the happiness l feel today

0:17:32.086,0:17:39.754
l cannot tell you[br]How happy l feel for you

0:17:50.838,0:17:58.006
My heart has joined yours in love

0:18:11.392,0:18:25.466
lf you want to know how happy it is

0:18:25.573,0:18:35.414
Ask it how much it loves you

0:18:38.719,0:18:43.986
Nymphs, come down[br]From the hillsides, leave your springs

0:18:44.125,0:18:51.327
And celebrate the wedding in dance

0:18:51.432,0:19:00.534
Let the sun shine down[br]On your dances

0:19:00.675,0:19:08.514
The sun, far lovelier than the stars[br]Which dance to the moon

0:19:30.204,0:19:36.302
Come, God of Marriage

0:19:36.444,0:19:45.910
Let your blazing torch[br]Bring these lovers happy days

0:19:53.694,0:19:58.859
And banish pain and suffering[br]From now on

0:20:26.928,0:20:34.494
But if your joy derives from Heaven

0:20:34.669,0:20:43.008
lt is right that we offer up[br]lncense and prayers

0:20:48.783,0:20:57.282
So let us all go to the temple[br]To pray for our happiness

0:21:49.944,0:21:56.577
Let no one give in to despair

0:22:00.221,0:22:07.821
Even though it sometimes[br]Puts us in grave danger

0:23:04.952,0:23:14.657
When the menacing clouds[br]Have passed

0:23:22.870,0:23:32.302
The sun shines even more brightly

0:24:22.663,0:24:30.729
And after the sharp frosts of winter

0:24:35.442,0:24:43.781
Spring covers the fields with flowers

0:24:55.362,0:24:58.627
Here is Orpheus

0:24:58.766,0:25:05.831
Yesterday he was so miserable

0:25:18.786,0:25:23.917
But today he is so happy

0:25:24.058,0:25:30.088
And has all he wants

0:25:48.349,0:25:51.750
ACT ll

0:26:03.998,0:26:10.426
Now l have returned to you[br]Dear woods and hills

0:26:10.604,0:26:16.600
Blessed by the sun[br]Who has turned my nights into days

0:26:33.127,0:26:38.360
Orpheus, see how enticing[br]ls the shade of those beeches

0:26:38.499,0:26:43.937
Now that the sun is so hot

0:26:50.878,0:26:56.282
Let us rest on these grassy banks

0:26:56.417,0:27:01.445
And let our voices mingle[br]With the sound of the water

0:27:16.603,0:27:26.911
These lush meadows often cause[br]The woodland gods to linger here

0:27:45.332,0:27:51.430
Pan, the shepherds' god[br]ls often heard

0:27:51.605,0:27:58.010
Lamenting his unluckiness in love

0:28:09.990,0:28:16.418
Here the lovely wood-nymphs

0:28:16.597,0:28:23.332
Can be seen gathering roses

0:28:37.384,0:28:43.323
So, Orpheus[br]Let the sounds of your lyre

0:28:44.458,0:28:51.626
Drift across these fields and mingle[br]With the soft breezes from Arabia

0:29:03.744,0:29:10.206
Shady woods, do you remember[br]My long and bitter sadness

0:29:13.153,0:29:18.989
When even the very rocks themselves[br]Seemed moved to pity?

0:29:36.677,0:29:45.676
Tell me, didn't l appear then[br]More wretched than any other?

0:29:45.853,0:29:51.689
Now my luck has changed[br]And turned pain into joy

0:30:09.476,0:30:15.847
Once l led a life[br]Of sorrow and sadness

0:30:15.983,0:30:21.819
But now l'm happy, and the sadness[br]l bore for so many years

0:30:21.955,0:30:28.224
Makes my happiness now[br]All the more precious

0:30:42.843,0:30:49.009
For you alone, Eurydice[br]l bless my torments

0:30:52.085,0:30:57.921
We are more content after sorrow[br]And happier after misfortune

0:30:58.058,0:31:01.050
Only for you, Eurydice

0:31:07.467,0:31:17.900
Orpheus, see how[br]All the woods and fields are rejoicing

0:31:24.718,0:31:33.387
So let your playing continue to[br]Sweeten the air on so blessed a day

0:31:45.939,0:31:53.038
What a bitter blow! How cruel Fate is

0:32:02.155,0:32:09.527
Wretched stars, insatiable Heaven

0:32:23.677,0:32:27.943
What is this mournful sound[br]Which disturbs our happiness?

0:32:31.785,0:32:38.520
Must l pierce his heart with my news

0:32:42.162,0:32:49.625
While he delights Heaven[br]With his music?

0:33:09.256,0:33:18.528
This is Sylvia[br]Eurydice's sweetest companion

0:33:26.506,0:33:36.142
How sad she looks;[br]Whatever has happened?

0:33:40.454,0:33:46.984
O Gods, don't turn away from us now

0:33:51.732,0:34:00.731
Shepherd, stop singing now -[br]All our happiness has turned to grief

0:34:14.821,0:34:19.520
Whence have you come?

0:34:19.659,0:34:24.722
Where are you going?[br]Why are you here?

0:34:29.034,0:34:35.634
Orpheus, l am the bringer of bad news

0:34:48.722,0:34:53.659
Your lovely Eurydice...

0:34:58.298,0:35:02.564
What?

0:35:05.439,0:35:13.346
Your beloved wife is dead

0:35:36.970,0:35:49.041
She was gathering flowers[br]With her companions

0:35:49.149,0:35:57.955
To make garlands for their hair

0:36:00.794,0:36:08.860
When a snake in the grass

0:36:09.636,0:36:14.903
Bit her foot

0:36:20.747,0:36:30.850
lmmediately she turned pale[br]And the light went from her eyes

0:36:47.908,0:36:52.675
We were horrified

0:36:57.083,0:37:07.254
And all tried to revive her[br]With cold water and powerful spells

0:37:07.394,0:37:15.233
But it was all in vain

0:37:20.073,0:37:28.344
She half-opened her eyes[br]And called for you, Orpheus

0:37:46.066,0:37:54.940
But after a few deep sighs[br]She died in my arms

0:38:02.616,0:38:12.048
l was left feeling pity and horror

0:38:30.777,0:38:35.805
What a bitter blow!

0:38:35.982,0:38:41.386
How cruel Fate is

0:38:41.521,0:38:46.720
Wretched stars, insatiable Heaven

0:39:00.540,0:39:09.471
The wretched man is struck dumb[br]By this bitter news

0:39:09.582,0:39:16.249
He is so grief-stricken[br]He cannot grieve

0:39:16.389,0:39:23.522
One would surely have to have[br]The heart of a tiger or bear

0:39:30.303,0:39:35.741
Not to feel pity for you

0:39:51.291,0:40:00.324
You are dead, my love

0:40:13.680,0:40:20.142
While l am still alive

0:40:20.487,0:40:26.585
You have left me

0:40:33.433,0:40:42.171
Never to return and l am still here

0:40:42.275,0:40:49.841
No, for if my songs have any power

0:40:50.016,0:40:56.444
l will go down[br]lnto the deepest abysses

0:40:56.589,0:41:05.793
l'll melt the heart of the King of Hades

0:41:09.102,0:41:17.305
l will bring you back with me[br]To see the stars again

0:41:17.410,0:41:27.308
lf, by some ill-luck, l should fail[br]l will stay with you in death

0:41:41.234,0:41:47.764
Farewell, earth

0:41:48.842,0:41:54.747
Farewell sun and sky, farewell

0:42:14.033,0:42:20.370
What a bitter blow!

0:42:20.506,0:42:27.708
How cruel Fate is

0:42:27.847,0:42:33.444
Wretched stars, insatiable Heaven

0:42:43.396,0:42:53.931
Let no man put his trust[br]ln fleeting, fragile happiness

0:43:02.649,0:43:12.456
lt's soon gone - there is often[br]A precipice at the top of the mountain

0:43:36.015,0:43:44.115
As for me[br]Whose words have ripped like a knife

0:43:49.729,0:43:57.295
Through Orpheus's loving heart

0:44:04.811,0:44:10.374
The nymphs and shepherds hate me

0:44:10.883,0:44:16.651
l hate even myself[br]So where can l hide?

0:44:22.495,0:44:30.334
l'll become a doomed creature[br]Of the night, forever shunning the sun

0:44:39.979,0:44:47.112
And leading a life[br]ln keeping with my sadness

0:46:49.142,0:46:55.206
Who will comfort us?

0:46:55.848,0:47:06.383
Or, rather, who will give us[br]A living fountain in our eyes

0:47:12.031,0:47:22.498
So that we can weep[br]As we should on this sad day?

0:47:58.077,0:48:07.713
Today ill-fortune has extinguished[br]The two brightest lights of our woods

0:48:18.364,0:48:26.965
Eurydice and Orpheus

0:48:27.907,0:48:41.344
One bitten by a snake[br]And the other lacerated by grief

0:48:53.833,0:48:59.772
What a bitter blow!

0:48:59.905,0:49:05.502
How cruel Fate is

0:49:23.195,0:49:33.093
But where is poor Eurydice

0:49:37.843,0:49:46.273
Whose sweet soul

0:49:55.428,0:50:03.494
Has departed[br]ln the flower of her youth?

0:50:31.731,0:50:41.299
Shepherds, let's go and find her

0:50:49.849,0:50:58.757
And with our bitter tears[br]Pay tribute to her corpse

0:51:34.960,0:51:40.990
What a bitter blow!

0:51:41.100,0:51:48.336
How cruel Fate is

0:52:54.907,0:52:58.274
ACT lll

0:54:27.032,0:54:38.637
Guided by you, Goddess of Hope[br]The only solace of afflicted mortals

0:54:51.390,0:55:01.061
l have reached this infernal kingdom

0:55:01.200,0:55:07.264
Which the sun never reaches

0:55:07.373,0:55:17.078
You, my companion and guide[br]Have led my faltering steps

0:55:22.254,0:55:30.593
Along such strange unknown paths

0:55:31.096,0:55:39.196
l still hope to see again[br]My beloved's eyes

0:55:41.340,0:55:47.176
Which alone can[br]Bring the light back into my eyes

0:55:54.086,0:56:00.924
Here is the hideous river

0:56:01.060,0:56:12.062
And here the boatman[br]Who ferries the dead to the other side

0:56:14.606,0:56:20.511
To Pluto's vast kingdom of darkness

0:56:27.386,0:56:35.794
Beyond that stygian swamp[br]Beyond that river

0:56:35.928,0:56:42.265
ln those fields of weeping and pain

0:56:46.171,0:56:52.371
ls hidden the woman[br]Who was everything to you

0:57:00.853,0:57:10.558
Now you will need to have[br]A stout heart and a sweet song

0:57:10.662,0:57:18.501
l have led you so far, but am allowed[br]To go no further with you

0:57:25.844,0:57:29.974
A harsh law forbids it

0:57:30.115,0:57:40.650
A law inscribed in iron on stone at[br]The threshold of the lowest kingdom

0:57:44.830,0:57:52.862
Which expresses its grim message[br]ln these words:

0:57:54.873,0:58:02.439
''Abandon all hope, ye who enter here''

0:58:27.339,0:58:35.075
So if you still determined[br]To set foot in the city of sorrow

0:58:43.322,0:58:53.061
l must leave you[br]And return to my usual surroundings

0:58:59.905,0:59:06.401
Where are you going[br]My only comforter?

0:59:13.685,0:59:22.855
Now, after my long journey[br]l can see the gate

0:59:22.995,0:59:33.200
Why have you abandoned me[br]On this perilous threshold?

0:59:33.338,0:59:42.804
How can l carry on[br]lf you desert me now, sweetest Hope?

0:59:57.362,1:00:03.198
You rash man, stop where you are

1:00:09.508,1:00:17.643
Mere mortals are not allowed[br]On these waters

1:00:17.816,1:00:22.753
Nor can the living have shelter[br]Among the dead

1:00:22.888,1:00:29.794
You are an enemy of my master

1:00:30.562,1:00:37.126
Perhaps you will try to lure Cerberus[br]Away from the gates of Tartarus

1:00:37.269,1:00:43.367
Or perhaps even abduct[br]My master's wife

1:00:50.082,1:00:52.710
Forget any such ambitions

1:00:52.851,1:01:02.817
Never again shall a living person[br]Step into my boat

1:01:02.961,1:01:09.924
l have not forgotten similar outrages[br]ln the past

1:02:17.702,1:02:21.365
Mighty spirit

1:02:34.953,1:02:39.322
Formidable god

1:02:53.305,1:03:00.973
Without you no soul can hope

1:03:11.790,1:03:17.422
To reach the opposite bank

1:04:03.108,1:04:11.072
But l am not alive

1:04:15.987,1:04:24.895
Since my wife died

1:04:35.540,1:04:41.308
My heart is no longer with me

1:04:47.085,1:04:54.423
Without a heart, how can l be alive?

1:05:24.055,1:05:29.516
lt is to see her

1:05:46.511,1:05:55.783
That l have journeyed[br]Through this foul air

1:06:03.728,1:06:11.601
But l am not yet in Hades

1:06:24.282,1:06:34.988
For wherever there[br]ls such beauty as hers

1:06:38.163,1:06:43.658
There is Paradise

1:08:11.890,1:08:16.156
l am Orpheus

1:08:29.006,1:08:35.707
Following Eurydice's steps

1:08:40.984,1:08:50.018
Through this gloomy land[br]Where no mortal has ever set foot

1:09:07.578,1:09:15.509
My beloved, just one look from you[br]Would restore me to life

1:09:31.903,1:09:39.002
Who would deny me such solace?

1:10:10.508,1:10:14.877
You alone, noble god, can help me

1:10:27.492,1:10:32.020
Don't worry

1:10:37.235,1:10:45.040
My only weapon is my lyre

1:10:54.419,1:11:05.921
To which even[br]The most hard-hearted succumb

1:11:15.506,1:11:25.006
l am moved by your sad plight

1:11:25.149,1:11:34.148
But l cannot allow myself to feel pity

1:11:34.292,1:11:43.997
A sentiment unworthy of my standing

1:11:58.983,1:12:03.147
How wretched a lover am l[br]Should l not hope

1:12:03.287,1:12:07.747
That the citizens of the underworld[br]Will listen to my prayers?

1:12:07.925,1:12:13.921
Am l to be denied[br]Both Heaven and Hell

1:12:14.065,1:12:18.832
Like the shadow of an undead?

1:12:18.970,1:12:25.239
ls it to be my fate[br]To call out your name in vain

1:12:30.948,1:12:35.647
To exhaust myself[br]lmploring and weeping?

1:12:42.093,1:12:50.296
O gods of Tartarus[br]Give me back my beloved

1:13:58.136,1:13:59.603
He's asleep

1:14:01.973,1:14:09.277
Even if the playing of my lyre[br]Left him unmoved

1:14:12.216,1:14:16.516
He couldn't resist my singing

1:14:21.559,1:14:25.518
There is no time to lose

1:14:26.664,1:14:33.126
lf there is no one here to stop me

1:14:33.271,1:14:37.037
l must cross over to the other side

1:14:37.175,1:14:44.581
Let my courage win through[br]Where my prayers failed

1:14:46.984,1:14:51.887
l must seize the moment

1:15:51.549,1:16:01.049
While l weep bitter tears[br]O gods of Tartarus

1:16:07.498,1:16:16.133
Give me back my beloved

1:18:08.652,1:18:14.181
None of man's ventures[br]ls undertaken in vain

1:18:24.101,1:18:34.568
Nor can Nature[br]Defend herself against him

1:18:39.884,1:18:51.284
He has ploughed the rolling fields[br]And reaped golden harvests

1:19:14.485,1:19:26.158
The memory of his glory shall live on[br]ln the Temple of Fame

1:19:41.745,1:19:48.947
He tamed the sea in a fragile boat

1:19:54.992,1:20:02.558
And mocked the fury of the winds

1:21:10.734,1:21:15.467
ACT lV

1:21:15.573,1:21:19.509
My lord, this unhappy man

1:21:19.643,1:21:28.108
Wandering through[br]These fields of death

1:21:28.219,1:21:34.215
Calling for his Eurydice

1:21:34.358,1:21:40.786
And whose lament[br]You have just heard

1:21:50.574,1:21:57.309
Has moved me to tears

1:22:03.721,1:22:12.129
l beseech you to look kindly on him

1:22:26.877,1:22:33.874
lf you have ever truly loved me

1:22:38.756,1:22:44.786
lf you find me so beautiful

1:22:52.803,1:22:58.070
That you do not envy Jupiter

1:23:01.378,1:23:10.218
l implore you[br]To allow Eurydice to return

1:23:19.496,1:23:28.598
To enjoy again those days[br]She once spent dancing and singing

1:23:32.609,1:23:42.507
And to put wretched Orpheus[br]Out of his misery

1:23:54.365,1:24:04.673
Although what you want[br]ls against the law, dear wife

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lt is hard to deny[br]Such beauty and such pleading

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Despite the fatal decree

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Orpheus shall have back[br]His dear Eurydice

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But while he is leaving the underworld

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He must never try to look back at her

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A single glance[br]Would lose her for ever

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That is my will

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Now, ministers, spread my word[br]Throughout the kingdom

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And tell Orpheus and Eurydice too

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Let no one try to change it

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O mighty King of Hades[br]Your word is our law

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lt is not for us[br]To pass judgment on your will

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Will Orpheus lead his wife[br]From this dreadful region?

1:26:44.768,1:26:57.511
Will he be able to resist[br]His youthful exuberance?

1:26:57.648,1:27:05.180
Will he remember the edict?

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How can l thank you, gentle sir[br]For granting my request?

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Blessed be the day[br]When l first pleased you

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Blessed be the abduction[br]And the sweet deception

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Though l lost the sun[br]lt was my good fortune to win you

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Your sweet words[br]Remind me of our love

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But don't let heavenly delights[br]Deflect you from the marriage-bed

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Compassion and love triumph[br]ln Hades today

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Here is the gentle singer[br]Who will lead his wife up to Heaven

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You deserve the highest praise[br]My all-powerful lyre

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You have won over the hardest hearts[br]ln the underworld

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You shall have your place in Heaven

1:30:19.683,1:30:28.557
Where the stars will orbit[br]To the sound of your music

1:30:36.867,1:30:44.899
Today, thanks to you[br]l will embrace my beloved again

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But while l'm singing, how will l know[br]That she's following me?

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Who will be hiding[br]The light of her eyes from me?

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Perhaps the envious[br]Gods of the underworld

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Will blight my happiness on earth

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By stopping me[br]From looking into her eyes

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Her eyes[br]Which can bring joy to anyone

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But why should l be afraid?[br]What Pluto forbids, Love commands

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l must obey a divinity[br]More powerful than men or gods

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But what is that noise?

1:32:10.727,1:32:12.592
Perhaps it's the enraged Furies

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Who will punish me by snatching[br]My beloved away from me

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Will l let that happen?

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Now l can see you, my love

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But what has happened to you?

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You have broken the law[br]And are unworthy of mercy

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lt's too sweet and too painful[br]To look at you

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Are you to lose me[br]Because you love me too much?

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And am l to lose the right[br]To light and to life

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And to lose you, my husband

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Who are more precious[br]Than anything?

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Return to the shadows of death[br]Unhappy Eurydice

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Give up hope[br]Of ever seeing the stars again

1:34:24.894,1:34:32.130
Hades will not hear your prayers

1:34:35.338,1:34:44.838
Where are you going, my love?[br]Look, l'm following you

1:34:46.049,1:34:53.421
But who is holding me back?[br]ls this a dream or am l going mad?

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What strange power[br]Among these horrors

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Drags me, against my will[br]Up to the hateful light?

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Virtue is a ray of celestial beauty

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The prize of the soul

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lt does not fear time

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On the contrary[br]lt increases in men as they get older

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Orpheus conquered Hades

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But was then defeated[br]By his own passions

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Only the man[br]Who can control his own emotions

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ls worthy of eternal glory

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ACT V

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These are the fields of Thrace

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Where l first heard the fateful news

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Since there is no longer[br]Any hope of getting back my beloved

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What else can l do[br]But turn to you, gentle woods?

1:40:37.800,1:40:47.971
You were there to comfort me[br]ln my darkest hours

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The mountains grieved[br]And the rocks wept

1:41:20.710,1:41:27.343
At the departure of our sun

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l will weep with you for ever more

1:41:38.961,1:41:48.563
And give myself up to pain and grief

1:41:54.243,1:42:04.346
Sweet, loving Echo[br]You too are disconsolate

1:42:04.487,1:42:11.689
Yet you try to console me

1:42:12.328,1:42:16.731
l have wept so much already

1:42:16.899,1:42:22.633
But still my tears keep flowing

1:42:42.925,1:42:52.664
lf the hundred-eyed Argus[br]Were to weep a sea of tears

1:42:56.572,1:43:04.570
lt would still not be as great[br]As the grief l feel

1:43:10.086,1:43:17.322
lf you take pity on me[br]l am most grateful

1:43:25.935,1:43:34.240
But while l am crying, why do you[br]Echo only my last syllables?

1:43:37.413,1:43:41.907
Repeat my laments in full

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But if you, my soul[br]Ever return to these friendly shores

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Accept from me this final homage

1:44:21.023,1:44:30.159
For now l dedicate my lyre[br]And my singing to you

1:44:30.866,1:44:38.170
As l once offered you my heart

1:44:58.127,1:45:05.431
You were beautiful and wise

1:45:06.936,1:45:16.504
And Heaven blessed you[br]With all her gifts

1:45:19.782,1:45:27.245
Other women were less fortunate

1:45:33.362,1:45:38.925
You deserve all praise

1:45:44.073,1:45:52.913
Your beauty harbored[br]An even more gentle soul

1:45:53.049,1:45:58.453
All the more worthy[br]For being so modest

1:46:05.461,1:46:10.694
Other women are[br]Haughty and unfaithful

1:46:10.833,1:46:14.860
Heartless and fickle[br]To those who love them

1:46:15.004,1:46:19.566
Devoid of reason and noble thoughts

1:46:19.675,1:46:24.374
lt is right[br]That they should not be praised

1:46:24.513,1:46:29.541
May l never fall in love[br]With a worthless woman

1:47:34.750,1:47:43.055
Why are you so miserable, my son?

1:47:52.101,1:48:03.444
You should not be slave[br]To your own passions

1:48:13.055,1:48:20.621
Since you seem to be[br]So full of self-reproach

1:48:20.763,1:48:28.067
l have come down from Heaven[br]To help you

1:48:32.608,1:48:41.880
Listen to me now[br]And you shall have praise and life

1:48:50.226,1:49:01.831
Dear father, you have come to me[br]ln the hour of my greatest need

1:49:10.112,1:49:15.414
l have been at my lowest ebb

1:49:19.989,1:49:27.623
Now l am ready to listen to[br]What you have to say, heavenly father

1:49:35.971,1:49:46.905
Once you rejoiced too much[br]At your good fortune

1:49:47.049,1:49:56.549
Now you are too bitter[br]At what fate has done to you

1:49:56.725,1:50:08.125
Haven't you realized yet[br]That in this life no pleasure is lasting?

1:50:08.237,1:50:16.941
So if you want to enjoy immortal life

1:50:23.652,1:50:30.990
Come with me up to Heaven[br]Which invites you

1:50:37.967,1:50:47.365
Shall l ever again gaze into the eyes[br]Of my beloved Eurydice?

1:50:59.488,1:51:08.362
You will embrace her[br]Among the sun and stars

1:51:14.803,1:51:23.905
lt would be an unworthy son who did[br]Not follow such a father's advice

1:51:30.753,1:51:36.191
Let us go up to Heaven singing

1:51:55.644,1:52:05.315
Where true virtue has its just reward -[br]Joy and peace

1:52:59.908,1:53:04.845
Go, Orpheus, to enjoy those[br]Celestial honors, in perfect happiness

1:53:04.980,1:53:10.111
Up there, good never fails[br]And sorrow never existed

1:53:10.252,1:53:15.189
We joyously offer you altars[br]lncense and prayers

1:53:29.605,1:53:34.633
There he goes - one who does not[br]Shrink from the call of eternal God

1:53:34.810,1:53:39.907
So he who has experienced Hell[br]Will attain grace in Heaven

1:53:40.048,1:53:44.815
And he who sows in sorrow[br]Will reap the fruits of grace

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