Gala St Barnabas

Nessun dorma
None shall sleep

Love triumphs!

Contessa, perdono!
My Countess, forgive me

The Count begs his wife to forgive his attempted infidelity.

Nessun dorma
None shall sleep

Prince Calàf sings a triumphant ode to love.

Votre Toast
To your health!

Escamillo, revelling in his celebrity and the thrill of the bullfight, toasts the soldiers in the tavern as fellow fighters…

Non più mesta
I’ll no longer sit alone

Cinderella reflects on the changes in her life and celebrates with a dance at the ball.

Parigi o cara
We shall leave Paris

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

Suoni la tromba
Sound the trumpet

Two Puritan soldiers proclaim their willingness to fight for their ideals in the coming battle.

Come ti piace imponi
Command me as you will

Sextus declares he will do anything his beloved Vitellia commands in her quest for vengeance against the Emperor Titus.

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.

Sola, sola in buio loco
All alone in this dark place

Leporello, masquerading as Don Giovanni, is called to account by those the Don has wronged.

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.

Sein wir wieder gut
Let’s be friends again

The young composer is inspired again about the power of music.

Sempre libera
Forever free

What is the key to life – the freedom to pursue pleasure or a deeper commitment to love?

Libiamo
Let’s raise a toast

One of opera’s best drinking songs!

Va, preparati, furente
Go, you fury, and prepare yourself

Elizabeth 1 and Mary, Queen of Scots, meet in a fiery encounter which seals Mary’s fate.