Today weāre listening to something a lighter š¾š»š„ āLibiamo neālieti caliciā (popularly know as āThe Drinking Songā) is the famous duet with chorus from Act I of the Italian opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. Sung by Alfredo (Luciano Pavarotti) and Violetta (Joan Sutherland) here when they first meet, it is probably the most famous drinking song in opera (this type of song is also known as a brindisi which is ātoastā in Italian). The major key, waltz-style you will hear in this piece is know to be representative of circular motions, which have often been attributed to the themes of life and death, optimism and distrustāthemes that
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Today weāre listening to something a lighter š¾š»š„ āLibiamo neālieti caliciā (popularly know as āThe Drinking Songā) is the famous duet with chorus from Act I of the Italian opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. Sung by Alfredo (Luciano Pavarotti) and Violetta (Joan Sutherland) here when they first meet, it is probably the most famous drinking song in opera (this type of song is also known as a brindisi which is ātoastā in Italian). The major key, waltz-style you will hear in this piece is know to be representative of circular motions, which have often been attributed to the themes of life and death, optimism and distrustāthemes that
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