Libiamo
Libiamo
Let’s raise a toast
One of opera’s best drinking songs!
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Deh! Tu un Umile Preghiera
Deh! Tu un umile preghiera
I beseech thee, hear my humble prayer
Sentenced to death by Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots finds solace in a final prayer.
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Lensky’s Aria
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.
Tiara
Tiara
In this modern operatic fairy tale, the enchanted pig/ handsome king is lucky to escape Bridezilla, Adelaide, who is not happy her wedding plans are going awry.
Non più mesta
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.
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…
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.
O mio babbino caro
O mio babbino caro
O my dear father
Lauretta implores her father to allow her to marry Ranuccio, backing up her plea with melodramatic threats to throw herself into the Arno if thwarted.
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Vivi tu, te ne scongiuro
Vivi tu, te ne scongiuroi
Live, I beseech you
Hearing Anne Boleyn is to be executed, Lord Percy begs her brother Rochefort not to join her.
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Deh, vieni alla finestra
Deh, vieni alla finestra
Oh, come to the window
Don Giovanni swaps clothes with his servant Leporello in a plot to lure away Donna Elvira so the Don can seduce her maid. Leporello lipsync’s this alluring serenade.
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Non Venni Mai
Non Venni Mai
I have never entered
The Duke of Nottingham pleads for Essex, while Queen Elizabeth rages at his betrayal.
Sull’Aria
Sull’ aria
On the breeze…
This deceptively lovely duet from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is actually a painful admission by the Countess of the loss of her husband’s love.
Per sempre io ti perdei
Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei
Ah! I lost you forever
Riccardo, a Puritan soldier, laments the loss of his beloved, Elvira, who loves his Royalist rival, Arturo.
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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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