Madame Butterfly Duet (Bimba Dagli Occhi & Vogliatemi Bene)

"Bimba Dagli Occhi" and its continuation, "Vogliatemi Bene"

Tenor as Pinkerton is Yu Jixing, and the Soprano as CioCio-San is Rosalind Sutherland. Performed in Manchester at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Again, the video is almost 20 years old, so excuse the poor quality. Both tenor and soprano are just radiant in this romantic piece.

"Bimba dagli occhi" ("Sweetheart, with eyes..."). Pinkerton admires the beautiful Butterfly and tells her, "you have not yet told me that you love me." Butterfly replies that she does not want to say the words, "for fear of dying at hearing them!" She tells him that now she is happy.

"Vogliatemi bene" ("Love me, please."). (The long duet concludes.) Butterfly pleads with Pinkerton to "Love me, please." She asks whether it is true that, in foreign lands, a man will catch a butterfly and pin its wings to a table. Pinkerton admits that it is true but explains, "Do you know why? So that she'll not fly away." He embraces her and says, "I have caught you. You are mine." She replies, "Yes, for life."

--Taken from Wikipedia

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