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Does anyone know why the drinking aria,"Libiamo" in Verdi's la Traviata is known as "Brindisi"? Brindisi is a place in Italy, but what is the connection? I have long been curious about this.
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margaretta,
A "brindisi" is quite simply an Italian word for a "toast", hence its inclusion in 'La Traviata' when the characters 'Alfredo' and 'Violetta begin it, and the chorus then join in.
Other operas also containing a "brindisi", for example, are:
'Macbeth' / 'Otello' / 'Cavalleria Rusticana' / 'Lucrezia Borgia'.
A "brindisi" is quite simply an Italian word for a "toast", hence its inclusion in 'La Traviata' when the characters 'Alfredo' and 'Violetta begin it, and the chorus then join in.
Other operas also containing a "brindisi", for example, are:
'Macbeth' / 'Otello' / 'Cavalleria Rusticana' / 'Lucrezia Borgia'.