Votre Toast
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…
LGT-1
Au fond du temple saint
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.
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La ci darem
La ci darem la mano
There I’ll give you my hand
Don Giovanni charms Zerlina with his seductive promises of a shared future.
Largo al factotum
Largo al factotum
Make way for the go-to man
Everyone around him relies on Figaro and he is kept busy at their beck and call…
Alla bella Despinetta
Alla bella Despinetta
This is the lovely Despinetta
Don Alfonso bribes Despina to encourage Fiordiligi and Dorabella to seek consolation with two new suitors.
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O soave fanciulla
O soave fanciulla
O sweet maiden
Rodolfo and Mimi’s romantic duet closing Act 1 as they declare their love for each other.
Un bel di
Un bel di
One fine day
Cio-Cio-San – Madam Butterfly – is certain Pinkerton will return to her one fine day.
Habanera
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.
