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Libiamo

Libiamo
Let’s raise a toast

One of opera’s best drinking songs!

Mon Coeur

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

Ave Maria
Hail Mary

Desdemona prays to the Virgin Mary on her last night as Othello’s wronged wife.

Madamina

Madamina
Catalogue Aria

Leporello reveals to Donna Elvira the catalogue of Don Giovanni’s numerous conquests.

Soave sia il vento

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 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

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

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.

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.

Champagne Chorus

Champagne Chorus

At Prince Orlofsky’s New Year’s Eve ball, all everyone wants is champagne!

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