Queen Elizabeth I and Robert D.

Betrayed love vividly portrayed by Donizetti in his opera Roberto Devereux, specifically in Elisabetta's powerful aria 'Vivi ingrato' sung here by Zoe Vandermeer. The rough translation:

Live, ungrateful one, next to her,

My heart forgives you ...

Live, o cruel one, and abandon me

to an eternity of sighing...

Oh Had I Jubal's Lyre

One of my favorite arias is 'Oh Had I Jubal's Lyre', from Joshua, by Handel. In this particular aria, I find that the tempo has to be...

Sometimes, with time, come new perspectives on an aria or role, a tempo or phrase. Such it is with Al dolce guidami, from Anna Bolena,...

Watch Zoe Vandermeer's rendition of rapid triplets and more in Thomas Arne's famous aria 'The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms', from the...