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Libiamo
Let’s raise a toast

One of opera’s best drinking songs!

Una voce poco fa
The voice I just heard…

Rosina has found true love in the sound of Lindoro’s voice, and she is determined to make him hers.

Soave sia il vento
Gentle be the breeze

Two sisters, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, are led to believe by Don Alfonso that their fiancés have been called up to fight. The trio pray that the wind will be gentle on their journey to battle.

Kuda kuda vi udalilis
Where, where have you gone …

Lensky meditates on his love for Olga and the prospect of death in his upcoming duel with Onegin.

Ah, je ris de me voir
Jewel Song

Marguerite delights in an unexpected gift of beautiful jewels – left by Méphistophélès as he aids Faust in his seduction of this young girl.

Dio, che nell’alma infondere
God who wished to fill our souls…

Don Carlo, son of the King of Spain, demands freedom for the people of Flanders. His father denies this and orders his arrest, but Rodrigo defends his friend.

Sous le dôme épais
Under the wide canopy

This instantly recognisable duet, sung by Lakmé and her maidservant Mallika, evokes the beauty and serenity of nature.

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.

La ci darem la mano
There I’ll give you my hand

Don Giovanni charms Zerlina with his seductive promises of a shared future.

Parigi o cara
We shall leave Paris

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

As with Rosy Steps the Morn


Faced with persecution by the Romans in 4th century Antioch, Irene rallies the endangered Christian community by affirming the hope her faith gives her.

Mir ist so wunderbar
I feel so wonderful

A beautiful quartet giving very different perspectives on the scene unfolding: joy, trepidation, hope, dejection.

Adina, credimi
Believe me, Adina

Adina decides to marry Sergeant Belcore that evening. Nemorino begs her to wait, hoping the “love potion” (cheap wine) he has drunk will change her mind by the next day.

Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren
I have been given the honour

Octavian presents a perfumed silver rose to Sophie von Faninal, on behalf of Baron Ochs, as a token of the Baron’s marriage proposal.

Lascia ch’io pianga
Let me lament

Almirena, abducted a by sorceress, laments her fate. Separated from her lover, Rinaldo, she prays for mercy and release from her torment.