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We’re diving into timeless arias from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen. Here’s “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” (“Flower Song”) In his famous flower aria, Don José pours out his obsessive devotion to Carmen, ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen. Here’s “Seguidilla.” Carmen entices Don José with a lively song promising a romantic rendezvous near Seville’s walls, persuading ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen. Georges Bizet died suddenly from a heart condition at the age of 36, a few months after the premiere of Carmen – he never had the chance to see how successful ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. Here’s “Addio, fiorito asil” (“Farewell, flowery refuge”) This is Pinkerton’s remorseful farewell to the home ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. Here’s “Un bel dì vedremo” (“One fine day we shall see”) Butterfly imagines her husband’s ship returning to Nagasaki, ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. Madama Butterfly is a tragic opera, composed by Giacomo Puccini and premiered in 1904. It tells the story of Cio-Cio-San (Madama ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Pietro Mascagni’s opera Cavalleria Rusticana. Here’s “Inneggiamo, il Signor non è morto” (“Let us sing hymns, the Lord is not dead” ) This is my favorite aria ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Pietro Mascagni’s opera Cavalleria Rusticana. Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945) composed Cavalleria Rusticana at the age of 26, and it quickly became an international success. ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Pietro Mascagni’s opera Cavalleria Rusticana. Here’s “Voi lo sapete, o mamma” (“You know it, o mother”). This is Santuzza’s emotional cavatina, where she reveals ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Pietro Mascagni’s opera Cavalleria Rusticana. Cavalleria Rusticana follows Turiddu, a soldier in a Sicilian village, whose affair with Lola – now married to Alfio – ignites ..