Opera Imaginaire

Intro 12 stories of Opera, beginning of Pagliacci, Casio Passacaglia, a Clown playing Pierrot. Then comes La Donna è Mobile, from Rigoletto sang by the Duke. Carmen's choir of boys sings "Avec la garde montante". Marriage of Figaro comes, singing Suzanne, "Voi che sapete". Madame Butterfly sings her sad song of "Un bel di vedremo" and Bizet's Les pecheurs de perles comes, brothers singing "Au fond du temple saint", their love betraying and making them kill each other, but they seem to be friends again. Pamina thinks of killing herself for her lovers' sake, "Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden… du also bist mein Bräutigam", her dagger near her heart. Cinderella (La Cenerentola) interrupts everyone dancing and disguising, the same tale everyone knows of, "Questo è un nodo avviluppato". Faust's Mephistopheles sings about his Golden Calf, and the Satan leads the dance, "Le veau d'or". La Travita has a party where everyone silently sings, but people sing about life, "Noi siamo zingarelle". Lakmè's flower blooming dies after being cut by evil men. the Finale, Tosca sings, Cavardossi's final hours signing, "E lucevan le stelle", his death closer. To end, "Je crois entendre encore".