April 1

Nessun dorma
None shall sleep

Prince Calàf sings a triumphant ode to love.

Il core vi dono
This heart I give you

Dorabella eventually succumbs to Guglielmo (her sister’s fiancé disguised as an Albanian!) as part of the men’s plan to test their lovers’ fidelity.

Che farò senza Euridice
What shall I do without Eurydice?

Orpheus’ beautiful lament to his lost wife, Eurydice, whom he seeks to bring back from the Underworld.

O! du mein holder Abendstern
O you, my lovely evening star

Wolfram, in love with Elisabeth, asks the evening star to guide her soul to paradise.

Le Minaccie, I Fieri Accenti
May your threats and fierce words…

Don Carlos is seeking vengeance on Don Alvaro, who eloped with his sister after (accidentally) killing his father. He finds Don Alvaro – now living as monk – and goads him into a deadly duel…

Je suis encore tout étourdie
I’m still so dizzy

Manon is overwhelmed by the new sights she sees around her on leaving home for the first time.

Madamina
Catalogue Aria

Leporello reveals to Donna Elvira the catalogue of Don Giovanni’s numerous conquests.

Questa o quella
This one or that one

The ultimate cad, the Duke of Mantua, finds all beautiful women to his liking…

L’amour est un oiseau rebelle
Love is a rebellious bird

Carmen teases, warns and beguiles with her statement of what love is… a rebellious, untameable bird.

Champagne Chorus

At Prince Orlofsky’s New Year’s Eve ball, all everyone wants is champagne!