Nessun dorma
Nessun dorma
None shall sleep
Prince Calàf sings a triumphant ode to love.
Qui noi t’aspettiam
We are waiting for you here
Abandoned by her fiancé Roberto, Anna dies of grief. Her ghost joins the Villis (spirits) in cursing Roberto for his betrayal of love and forcing him to dance until he dies.
Romeo and Juliet before dawn
Prokoviev’s evokes young love in this piece from his ballet, Romeo and Juliet.
Porgi amor
Give me, O love
Once the young heroine in love with the mysterious Lindoro (the Count), the Countess is far from the happy ending of her first story (Rossini’s The Barber of Seville). She asks Love to give her some hope…
Si tu m’aimes, Carmen
If you love me, Carmen
A brief but hauntingly beautiful love duet sung by Carmen and Escamillo outside the bullring in Seville.
Parigi o cara
We shall leave Paris
Alfredo and Violetta dream of a life together away from Paris, to restore Violetta to health.
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
My whole heart is yours
Chinese prince, Sou-Chong, declares his love for his Austrian wife, Lisa.
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…
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…
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.
Questa o quella
This one or that one
The ultimate cad, the Duke of Mantua, finds all beautiful women to his liking…