[00:00.00]Act I Scene 1: Aria: Pasha Selim, I'll be your slave - Bath Festival Orchestra
[00:00.58]Lyrics by：Christoph Friedrich Bretzner
[00:00.70]Composed by：Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[00:00.82]Pasha Selim I'll be your slave until the end of my life
[00:05.01]But don't ask me to love you because I cannot
[00:08.09]Constanza you are ungrateful
[00:10.01]Have you forgotten that you owe me your life
[00:12.50]Please grant me a little longer to forget my grief
[00:16.32]If I can forget it
[00:17.65]You have until tomorrow to make up your mind
[00:20.24]Tomorrow
[00:23.63]I threaten her but these are empty threats
[00:29.78]Her pain her tears
[00:32.38]Even her loyalty to another man enchant me and command my admiration
[00:38.43]This must be love indeed
[00:40.44]That makes me love still more what I should hate
[00:44.80]Yes this must be love indeed
[00:51.67]May we disturb Your Highness's exalted meditation
[00:55.33]What is it Pedrillo
[00:57.64]Who is this
[00:58.96]This gentleman Your Highness
[01:00.37]Is one of the most distinguished architects in the whole of Italy
[01:04.20]Having heard of Your Highness's beautiful palaces
[01:06.64]He has travelled all this way to see them
[01:08.62]And he hopes knowing of Your Highness's lofty architectural ambitions
[01:13.45]To have the honour of placing himself
[01:15.01]At the service of Your Most Exalted Highness
[01:19.18]Sir I should indeed be happy
[01:21.63]If Your Highness would deign to take advantage of my modest talents
[01:25.28]I shall be pleased to talk of architecture with such a distinguished visitor
[01:29.70]Tomorrow you may show me some of your drawings
[01:32.16]Pedrillo let our guest have the freedom of the palace
[01:35.26]And see that he has everything he needs
[01:38.50]Good day Sir
[01:39.54]Good day Your Highness and thank you
[01:43.87]Triumph triumph
[01:45.74]Oh well done sir well done
[01:47.73]At last at last I've seen her
[01:50.08]The best the truest
[01:51.65]My beautiful Constanza
[01:53.72]Oh Pedrillo I nearly lost my head and came rushing out
[01:56.17]To seize her in my arms
[01:57.46]Hm well I'm glad you didn't
[01:59.21]You'd have lost it in more ways that one
[02:01.34]We must be quick but we must be careful too
[02:03.65]Pedrillo I must speak to her
[02:05.41]Very well we'll go inside
[02:07.71]But if you set the slightest value on our lives be very discreet sir
[02:11.97]The Bastinado and the gallows are as common as breakfast here
[02:15.24]And the very flowers have ears
[02:17.60]Come along
[02:20.89]Where do you think you're going
[02:22.36]Inside
[02:23.12]And who is this
[02:24.51]This gentleman is in the Pasha's service
[02:26.89]He could be in the Hangman's service for all I care
[02:28.55]But he's not going inside
[02:30.31]Let me tell you you're dealing with a man of rank
[02:32.39]Osmin you idiot
[02:33.83]He's the Pasha's new architect
[02:35.52]Then you'd better tell him what happened to the old one
[02:38.13]Get out of the way
[02:39.78]The Pasha told me to show him round
[02:41.66]What
[02:42.86]Out of the way