Opera Daily šŸŽ¶ — ā€œThe Drinking Songā€

Today we’re listening to something a lighter šŸ¾šŸ»šŸ„‚ ā€œLibiamo ne’lieti caliciā€ (popularly know as ā€œThe 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 ā€œtoastā€ 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 distrust—themes that

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