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Le veau d’or
The golden calf

Mephistopheles appears at an inn and mockingly sings of Satan leading the human race in a wild dance around the golden calf.

Montagues and Capulets

The tension between the feuding clans is evident in this piece from Prokoviev’s Romeo and Juliet.

Non ti fidar
Don’t trust that faithless heart

Donna Elvira exposes Don Giovanni’s nefarious ways. He counters her accusations with feigned concern for her mental state.

Je veux vivre
I want to live

Before meeting Romeo, Juliette sings of her wish to live in the present and not think of the future.