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Ah fors’e lui…sempre libera: The conclusion of the aria, from Verdi’s La Traviata.
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In Trutina & dulcissime: from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Performed by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Kiesler, Conductor.
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Chi’il bel sogno di Doretta: From Puccini’s La Rondine, recorded live at University of Georgia in Athens, October 30, 2003
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Musetta’s Waltz: Who with an ear for opera—well, with an ear for any music—Does not recognize this beautiful melody from the second act of Puccini’s Tragic love story La Bohème The excerpt here is taken from an Jan. 2002 perforamance with the Symphony of Southeast Texas, Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
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Regnava nel silenzio: from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Lucia sings this aria in the first act of the opera as she describes a ghostly image she has seen hovering over a fountain in the moonlight.
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