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Champagne Chorus

Champagne Chorus

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

L’orage c’est calme

Au fond du temple saint…
In the depths of the holy temple…

Envisioning their perfect women, two old friends weave a spellbinding ode to beauty and brotherhood.

Stridono lassu

Prologue I Pagliacci
Prologue – The Clowns

Although using the conventions, of Commedia dell’arte, the opera presents a real life tragedy of a jealous and broken man.

De miei bollenti spiriti

Parigi o cara
We shall leave Paris

Alfredo and Violetta dream of a life together away from Paris, to restore Violetta to health.

Che farò senza Euridice

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.

Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein

Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein
You shall be the emperor of my soul

A delightful Viennese operetta song from a little-known work – Der Favorit – paints a delicious landscape of love.

Prenderò quel brunettino

Prenderò quel brunettino
I’ll take the dark haired one

Although their fiancés are (supposedly) away at war, Dorabella and Fiordiligi decide there’s no harm in picking out a man they fancy and flirting a little…

La calunnia

La calunnia
Slander

Basilio describes the malicious and insidious power of slander to ruin a person’s reputation.

Donde Lieta

Donde lieta…
To the home she happily left…

Having agreed to separate for the sake of her health, Mimì bids Rodolfo a fond but tearful farewell.

No, no, no, non v’è

No, no. no, non v’è
No, no. no, there’s no-one

Cinderella’s step-sisters see themselves as irresistibly beautiful and charming.

La Regata Veneziana

La Regata Veneziana
The Venetian Regatta

This song describes the efforts of two gondoliers as the race draws to a close and conjures up the anxious feelings of a young girl watching her beloved compete.

Tu che di gel sei cinta

Tu che di gel sei cinta
You who are girdled with ice

Liù, a slave girl, refuses to reveal her prince’s name to Turandot and predicts that the icy princess will also succumb to love.

Che farò senza Euridice

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.

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