HOPE & FAITH
Soprano
- Un bel dì -
MADAME BUTTERFLY
Music Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Guiseppe Giacosa
Butterfly refuses to think that Pinkerton has abandoned her and believes he will return to her one day.
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FATE
Soprano
- Vissi d’arte -
TOSCA
Music Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
Tosca asks why God has forsaken her to the hands of Scarpia who has taken her beloved Cavaradossi captive.
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IMPOSSIBLE LOVE
Soprano
- Sola, perduta, abbandonata -
MANON LASCAUT
Music Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
Alone, lost and abandoned, Manon recalls her fate and the loss of her love.
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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Soprano
- Mi chiamano Mimì -
LA BOHÈME
Music Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
Mimì meets her neighbour Rudolfo for the first time and captivates him.
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LOVE THAT CANNOT BE TAMED
Mezzo
- Habanera -
CARMEN
Music Georges Bizet
Libretto Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy
Carmen sings about the power of love.
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SUSPICION
Baritone
- Aprite un po’ quegli occhi -
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte
Figaro advises men never to trust women.
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SEDUCTION
Mezzo
- Seguidilla -
CARMEN
Music Georges Bizet
Libretto Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy
Carmen seduces Don José; ‘true pleasure is when you’re a pair’, she sings.
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DECLARATION OF LOVE
Baritone
- Deh, vieni alla finestra -
DON GIOVANNI
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte
Don Giovanni sings a melancholy declaration of love to a young woman.
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REUNION
Baritone
- Di provenza il mar -
LA TRAVIATA
Music Guiseppe Verdi
Libretto Francesco Maria Piave 
Giorgio Germont longs for his son Alfred to return home.
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INFIDELITY
Soprano
- Porgi, amor -
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte
The Countess laments her husband’s infidelity and asks for him to come back to her, or otherwise to let her die.
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YOUTHFUL LOVE
Soprano (en travesti)
- Voi che sapete -
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte
A young man asks if what he is experiencing for the first time is love.
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JEALOUSY
Soprano
- Quando me’n vo’ -
LA BOHÈME
Music Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Hoping to reclaim Marcello’s attention, Musetta sings of her beauty and about how she is desired by others.
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MISSING THE ONE YOU LOVE
Mezzo (en travesti), Haute Contre, Alto Castrato
- Che fàro senza Euridice -
ORFEO ED EURIDICE
Music Christoph Willibald Gluck
Libretto Raniero de’ Calzabigi
Orfeo expresses his sorrow at the death of his beloved Euridice.
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RECONCILIATION
Soprano
- O mio babbino caro -
GIANNI SCHICCHI
Music Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Giovacchino Forzano
Lauretta asks her father for permission to live her life with Rinuccio, who is the son of his enemy.
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FANTASY LOVE
Mezzo
- Una voce poco fa -
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Music Gioacchino Rossini
Libretto Cesare Sterbini
Rosina sings about having fallen in love with a person who doesn't in fact exist.
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COURAGE
Baritone
- Votre toast (Toreador song) -
CARMEN
Music Georges Bizet
Libretto Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy
Escamillo sings about living without fear.
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PHILANDERER
Baritone
- Madamina -
DON GIOVANNI
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte
Leporello sings about the women Don Giovanni has chased.
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PERSUASION
Baritone
- Bella siccome un angelo -
DON PASQUALE
Music Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto Giovanni Ruffini
Doctor Malatesta sings the praises of his sister as future wife for his friend Don Pasquale.
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ADVICE TO THE LOVESICK
Bass
- Non più andrai -
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte
Figaro teases Cherubino that in the military he will have to forget about falling in love.
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PROTECTION
Baritone
- O du, mein holder Abendstern -
TANNHÄUSER
Music Richard Wagner
Libretto Richard Wagner
Wolfram sings to the evening star, asking for its protection.
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