In uomini, in soldati – Cosi’ fan tutte

In men, in soldiers, you’re hoping for fidelity?
Don’t let anyone here you, for goodness’ sake!
They are all made of the same stuff,
Blowing leaves, fickle breezes
Have more constancy than men!
Lying tears, false looks
Deceptive voices, lying charms
These are their best qualities!
They love us for their own pleasure,
Then they despise us, they deny us affection,
It’s worthless asking for mercy from barbarians!
We should pay them back in the same way,
This evil, indiscreet race.
Let’s love them for comfort, for vanity!

Cecilia Bartoli as Despina in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte.

Non più mesta - La Cenerentola

I was born deeply troubled and crying,

Silently suffering at the core;

But by a sweet enchantment

in the flower of my youth, 

Like a flash

My fate will change.

No, no, no, no, wipe away your tears: 

Why do you tremble, why?

Fly to my bosom

Daughter, sister, friend 

All found in me.

No more sadness by the fire

To be warbling alone, no!

Ah it was a flash of lightning, a dream, a game

My long life of fear.

Cecilia Bartoli in Rossini's La Cenerentola.
Met, 1997

Sull'aria - Le Nozze di Figaro

On the air…

That sweet little Zephyr

This evening will be filled with joy

Little Zephyr

This evening will be filled with joy...

Beneath the pines of the grove…

Beneath the pines…

Beneath the pines of the grove...

And the rest he'll understand

Of course, of course, he'll understand it...

Little song on the air…

That sweet little Zephyr

This evening will be filled with joy

Beneath the pines of the grove.

And the rest he'll understand

Of course, of course, he'll understand it...

Cecilia Bartoli and Renee Fleming in a duet from Mozart's, "The Marriage of Figaro".

Metropolitan Opera, 1998. Conductor: James Levine.