Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Alexander Rybak, Didrik Solli-Tangen and Elisabeth Andreassen. Opera mix. Tonsberg, 13.07.13
D: Sometimes I feel a bit alone. Oh, it would be so nice to have someone to share it with.
I love opera, but when I’m at home
I am alone with my own voice.
So when I’m in mood for a serenade,
my comfort is my big mirror in the bathroom.
I am singing solo just with myself
O Sole Mio – every bloody night
Oh, solo with Solli-Tangen…
Please, God – send me a soul friend!
E: Yes, you need a singer who fills the note with her soprano
and mature woman who has a really fat organ
L’amour – l’amour – l’amour – l’amour…
D: Be quiet with your "Amour", it’s not a girlfriend that I want
No, what I need is a funny opera friend that makes me glad!
E: Yes, here you have me, Fadderittandei!
I’m singing and (NEEDS TRANSLATING) Glad
I have many pranks and a funny joke, that surely will make you glad!
Tomatoes were out walking – hahahahaha
And one was run down by a tram – hahahahaha
Then the other called, who had continued walking:
Come on, my dear ketchup, don’t be so grumpy!
cause as "Mackerel in tomato sauce" you will be the figurehead!
I didn’t hear you laughing – maybe you didn’t understand anything?
Two tomatoes... hahaha ... in the traffic ... hahaha
Then the tram came ... ahaha ... one became ketchup ... ahahahahaha….
Two tomatoes ... ahaha ... in the traffic ... hahaha
Then the tram came ... ahaha ... one became ketchup ... ahahahahaha….
D: You don’t get the point of what I tell you
You don’t understand anything of what you can give me
You don’t understand this about a lonely stage
I don’t understand why I am so alone…
Give me a soul mate
who loves the magic of the opera
Then I will share with him
All I have got, and all that my life can give.
A: You need a soul friend
– but what about a fiddle friend?
Your life you can share with him,
but you don’t have to pet him.
I set myself up against her
And if you’re playing along
We can just play a little,
let the notes roll a bit…
Opera, opera, opera, opera…
If you find the tune with the right person,
so take the microphone and make the union,
cause I have the voice that suits in the home
You must not forget I am never sour!
Love duets – let the notes bounce
from bass to falsetto so the masses are startled
opera ballets make ten piroettes
because operettas with us have bravura!
The big charmers make this seductive
And joyful to the ears
We will travel on a tour – and you will come along…
E:Don’t think so!
A: Be a bit passé.. D: Great idea!
A: When we make our entrence
It will be a great success!
E: Oh how comical – hahaha!
Completely on the face ... hahaha I am (…)
I have to laugh hahahaha…
D: Cut out that laughter of yours,
Don’t mob my friend With his violin he makes my day great!
A:I do the best that I can,
cheering him up a bit we are two of a team
E:… or like fire and water!
D: Alex, my dear, you will always be My nearest friend!
A: Dearest friend!
Weirdest friend….
E:Oh my dear friends, can you forgive me?
I made fun of Alex, - was not very nice, no…
So now my regret is growing
Filling my heart
I made fun of Alex –
I feel a fierce pain..
So dear Didrik – bring me along
I am praying on my knees!
D:Completely unbelievable! Completely unbelievable!
I know that my passion is weird,
So imagine that someone asks on her knees
To share it, and be my soul friend
Why do I search everywhere that I am? They are here!
B,A & D:They are here!
