DUCA
Questa o quella per me pari sono
A quant'altre d'intorno mi vedo;
Del mio core l'impero non cedo
Meglio ad una che ad altra beltà.
La costoro avvenenza è qual dono
Di che il fato ne infiora la vita;
S'oggi questa mi torna gradita
Forse un'altra doman lo sarà.
La costanza, tiranna del core,
Detestiamo qual morbo crudele.
Sol chi vuole si serbi fedele;
Non v'è amor se non v'è libertà.
De' mariti il geloso furore,
Degli amanti le smanie derido;
Anco d'Argo i cent'occhi disfido
Se mi punge una qualche beltà.
Jan Kiepura
1902-1966
Tenor
Jan Wiktor Kiepura (b. May 16, 1902, Sosnowiec, Poland – d. August 15, 1966, Harrison, New York) was a Polish singer (tenor) and actor. He was born of a Jewish mother and a Polish father.
In 1926 he left Poland. Before World War II, he built a well-known villa, "Patria", in Krynica-Zdrój, which cost him about US$3 million. Some Polish movies were made there. He played in twelve musicals, including O czym się nie myśli (1926), Die Singende Stadt (Neapol, śpiewające miasto) (1930)[2], and Tout Pour L'amour (Zdobyć cię muszę) (1933).
In 1936, Kiepura married the lyric soprano Marta Eggerth (b. 1912). The two often sang together in operettas, in concerts, on records, and in films until his death.
Kiepura and Eggerth (who is also partially Jewish) were forced to flee Europe due to the rise of Nazism and the onset of World War II. They emigrated to the United States.
He died at the age of 64 in Harrison, New York of undisclosed causes and was buried in Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
In 1926 he left Poland. Before World War II, he built a well-known villa, "Patria", in Krynica-Zdrój, which cost him about US$3 million. Some Polish movies were made there. He played in twelve musicals, including O czym się nie myśli (1926), Die Singende Stadt (Neapol, śpiewające miasto) (1930)[2], and Tout Pour L'amour (Zdobyć cię muszę) (1933).
In 1936, Kiepura married the lyric soprano Marta Eggerth (b. 1912). The two often sang together in operettas, in concerts, on records, and in films until his death.
Kiepura and Eggerth (who is also partially Jewish) were forced to flee Europe due to the rise of Nazism and the onset of World War II. They emigrated to the United States.
He died at the age of 64 in Harrison, New York of undisclosed causes and was buried in Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.