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Voi Che Sapete
You Know What Love Is (Voi Che Sapete) is an aria originally from "The Marriage of Figaro", an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; it's a comical piece about puberty, becoming girl-crazy, and involuntary bodily functions that are fun- but difficult to hide.
L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
"L’amour est un oiseau rebelle" (popularly known as 'Habanera') is sung by Carmen in the opera's first act after she and the other women workers exit the cigarette factory and gather in the town square.
A groups of soldiers already in the square begin flirting with the women, including the beautiful Carmen; asking her specifically when she will love them... and she replies with this aria that begins:
Love is a rebellious bird
that nobody can tame,
and you call him quite in vain
if it suits him not to come.
Stride la vampa
"Stride la vampa" from Verdi's opera Il Trovatore is the Gypsy Azucena's description of witnessing her mother being burned to death by an angry mob that suspected her of witchcraft and vows revenge on her killers.
Set in Spain during the Peninsular War. The commander of the Royalist Aragon troops, Count di Luna, is obsessed with Leonora, a young noblewoman in the queen’s service, who does not return his love.
The Count's Captain, Ferrando, recounts the terrible story of a gypsy woman who was burned at the stake years ago for bewitching the count’s infant brother. The gypsy’s daughter then took revenge by kidnapping the boy and throwing him into the flames where her mother had died. The charred skeleton of a baby was discovered there, and di Luna’s father died of grief soon after. The gypsy’s daughter disappeared without a trace, but di Luna has sworn to find her.
Azucena is the woman for whom di Luna has been searching. Her life is scarred by the memory of her mother’s death and the terrible revenge she exacted. Manrico, who has never heard the full story, is determined to finally know the truth. Azucena tells him how she stole the older count’s infant son but, in her manic rage, accidentally murdered her own child instead.
Re dell'abisso, affrettati
Fortune-teller Ulrica summons her magical powers with "Re dell'abisso, affrettati" (King of the abyss, make haste) in Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera;" based on the real life assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden in 1792. Gustavus is a ruler plagued by his conscience and dedicated to his job, but has a guilty secret: he is in love with his closest friend Anckarstroem’s wife, Amelia. What’s more, he has enemies, and there is a murderous conspiracy brewing.
Through visiting the fortune-teller Ulrica in disguise, Gustavus learns that Amelia loves him too, but also that the man who next shakes his hand (who turns out to be Anckarstroem) will be his killer; which kind of spoils his masked ball.
Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix
"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (My heart opens itself to your voice) from Camille Saint Saens's opera Samson & Delilah.
It is sung by Delilah in act 2 as she attempts to seduce Samson into revealing the secret of his strength.