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Libiamo
Let’s raise a toast

One of opera’s best drinking songs!

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.

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

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
I’ll no longer sit alone

Cinderella reflects on the changes in her life and celebrates with a dance at the ball.

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…

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 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.

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.

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.

Non Venni Mai
I have never entered

The Duke of Nottingham pleads for Essex, while Queen Elizabeth rages at his betrayal.