Libiamo
Libiamo
Let’s raise a toast
One of opera’s best drinking songs!
Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix
My heart opens at your voice
Delilah, High Priestess of the Philistines, triumphs in her successful seduction of Samson. His love for her distracts him from his holy calling of leading his people to freedom.
Ave Maria
Hail Mary
Desdemona prays to the Virgin Mary on her last night as Othello’s wronged wife.
Madamina
Catalogue Aria
Leporello reveals to Donna Elvira the catalogue of Don Giovanni’s numerous conquests.
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.
La ci darem la mano
There I’ll give you my hand
Don Giovanni charms Zerlina with his seductive promises of a shared future.
Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß
My lips kiss with such passion
Giuditta has inherited spirit and passion from her mother – a wild gypsy dancer – and she is well aware of her irresistible charms…
La fleur
The flower
While he was in prison, José cherished the flower Carmen threw to him at their first encounter. He cannot free himself from his love for her.
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.
Champagne Chorus
At Prince Orlofsky’s New Year’s Eve ball, all everyone wants is champagne!