From Verdi's opera Rigoletto. Digitally remastered. Original recording from 24. February 1913.More Caruso info on my website: http://www.enricocaruso.dkText Italian:Ella mi fu rapita!E quando, o ciel? Ne breviIstanti prima che il mio presagio internoSullorma corsa ancora mi spingesse!Schiuso era luscio! E la magion deserta!E dove ora sarà quellangiol caro?Colei che prima potè in questo coreDestar la fiamma di costanti affetti?Colei sì pura, al cui modesto sguardoQuasi spinto a virtù talor mi credo!Ella mi fu rapita!E chi lardiva?Ma ne avrò vendetta.Lo chiede il pianto della mia diletta.Parmi veder le lagrimeScorrenti da quel ciglio,Quando fra il dubbio e lansiaDel sùbito periglio,Dellamor nostro memoreIl suo Gualtier chiamò.Ned ei potea soccorrerti,Cara fanciulla amata;Ei che vorria collanimaFarti quaggiù beata;Ei che le sfere agli angeliPer te non invidiò.English Translation:She was stolen from me!But when, o Heaven? In those few momentsbefore an inner foreboding impelled meto retrace my former steps!The gate was open, the house deserted!Where can that sweet angel be now,she who first could wake in my heartthe flame of constant love?She so pure, before whose modest gazeI often feel myself overcome by virtue!She was stolen from me!Who would have dared?Ill be revenged on him.My dear ones laments demand it.I seem to see the tearsflowing from those eyes,when in the doubt and fearof sudden danger,remembering our love,she called for Gualtier.He could not help you,dearly beloved maid,he who would give his soulto make you happy in this world,he who for youwould not envy the angels in their spheres.