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"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Italian pronunciation: [liˈbjaːmo ne ˈljɛːti ˈkaːlitʃi]; "Let's drink from the joyful cups") is a famous duet with chorus from Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata (1853), one of the best-known opera melodies and a popular performance choice (as is this opera itself) for many great tenors and sopranos.
A brindisi (pronounced; Italian for "toast") is a song in which a company is exhorted to drink, a drinking song.. The word is Italian, but it derives from an old German phrase, (ich) bringe dir's – "(I) offer it to you", which at one time was used to introduce a toast. [1]
An 18th century drinking song. A drinking song is a song that is sung before or during alcohol consumption. Most drinking songs are folk songs or commercium songs, and may be varied from person to person and region to region, in both the lyrics and in the music. In Germany, drinking songs are called Trinklieder.
The Student Prince is an operetta in a prologue and four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster 's play Old Heidelberg . The piece has a score with some of Romberg's most enduring and beautiful tunes, including "Golden Days", " Drinking Song ", "Deep in My Heart, Dear ...
It was set to music in 1935/36 by German composer Carl Orff as part of his Carmina Burana which premiered at Frankfurt Opera on 8 June 1937. Within Orff's Carmina Burana, this drinking song is the 14th movement in section 2, In Taberna. The poem is largely in trochaic tetrameter.
Taylor Swift’s song “Fortnight” is getting a lot of attention for lyrics that include the line “I was a functioning alcoholic.” Swift, who co-wrote the track, hasn’t said whether she ...
Soprano Monica McGhee says that while she lost some of her vocal range to cancer, her experience has given her performance more depth.
Will Ferrell’s son Magnus has seen his share of wild dinner guests.. According to Magnus, 20, his dad’s friend John C. Reilly once treated a party to a sweet serenade. In a Lightweights ...