The Police Agent’s Aria from

THE CONSUL

Gian Carlo Menotti

Allegro
140

Andante quasi adagio

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SECRET POLICE AGENT: (with an unctuous tone)

Mis - sus Sor - el, your hus - band has man - y friends. We’re

in - t’rest - ed in his friends, we would like to learn their names. Yes, we could leave you a -

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-lone, if you would prove to be of help. Yes, you can help us

crush the en - e - mies of the State.

(after a long silence, with sudden violence)

Well, then? An - swer me.

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Mis - sus Sor - el, to be cou - ra - geous is of - ten a ver - y

Adagio

self - ish thing. You have a moth - er, and a hus - band,

and a sweet lit - tle child. You love them ver - y

veloce

much, don’t you? Cour- age is of - ten a lack of im - ag - i - na - tion. We

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Poco più agitato (senza correre)

have strange ways to make peo - ple talk. Oh, not at all the

cresc. cresc.

way you may think. All we have to do is to quick - en the beat of your

cresc.

heart. The heart is a ver - y frail thing. Peo - ple like you can dis - re -

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-gard pain. Peo - ple like you can de - fy strength. But not the beat of your own heart,

colla voce

but not the beat of your own heart.

colla voce

(He stands over her threateningly,

The heart! the heart! the

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Adagio molto
60
then suddenly relaxes, takes his hat and goes to the door.)

heart! Think it o - ver, Mis- sus Sor- el.

espr.

We shall see each oth - er a - gain.

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