Carmina Burana [ O Fortuna ～ Fortune plango vulnera ]

Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Stars: Lucia Popp, John van Kesteren and Hermann Prey Carmina Burana - Carl Orff O Fortuna O how Fortune, inopportune, apes the moon’s inconstancy: waxing, waning, losing, gaining, life treats us detestably: first oppressing then caressing shifts us like pawns in her play: destitution, restitution, mixes and melts them away. Fate, as vicious as capricious, whirling your merry-go-round: evil doings, worthless w