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"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Italian pronunciation: ; "Let's drink from the joyful cup") is a famous duet with chorus from Verdi's La traviata, one of the best-known opera melodies and a popular performance choice (as is this opera itself) for many great tenors. The song is a brindisi, a lively song that encourages the drinking of wine or other alcoholic beverages. Those who have performed it include Luciano Pavarotti, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Teresa Stratas, Nino Machaidze, Plácido Domingo, Raimo Sirkiä, José Carreras, Enrico Caruso, Andrea Bocelli, Mario Frangoulis, Angela Gheorghiu, Violetta Villas, Anna Netrebko, and Tarja Turunen. The words were written by Francesco Maria Piave.
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La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman Who Strayed. It was originally entitled Violetta, after the main character.
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