The Jewels are out there by Faust to tempt the sweet and innocent "Margarite" to worldliness. Or "lusting after the things of this world". It is kind of a difficult concept for our modern sensibilities that women should not lust after jewelry? ;) But that was the general gist of this aria.
The Jewels are out there by Faust to tempt the sweet and innocent "Margarite" to worldliness. Or "lusting after the things of this world". It is kind of a difficult concept for our modern sensibilities that women should not lust after jewelry? ;) But that was the general gist of this aria.
anoldnightengale 2 years ago