William-Adolphe Bouguereau/The First Mourning,1888

Thomas Cole-Views Across Frenchman's Bay from Mt. Desert Island, After a Squall,1845

©François Flameng - Bathing of Court Ladies in the 18th Century,1888

Strive, perchance thou shalt not lay eyes upon me

©Herbert James Draper - Ulysses and the Sirens (1909). Oil on canvas, 175.9 × 210 cm (69.25 × 84 in). Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull

Probably, Adagios have meant to be for exact moments before shining of love and dazes on departure...

- Peaceful Mahler
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O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!

-Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 3 (c. 1591–92)

©Dante gabriel rossetti, l'amata (la sposa - Beloved), 1865 as a Pre-Raphaelite Portrait in Tate Britain

Act I
Signore, ascolta!

- Turandot opera influenced by the Nizami Ganjavi's "Haft Peykar - هَفت پِیکَر - Seven Souls" Persian poet. (The daughter of the king of Turan rejects every suitor and sets deadly conditions for them until a great prince comes; the cards turn...)

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Act II
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Act III as the most important and famouse one which we hear Prince's cry by Pavarotti...

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Act III lyrics

🌄Nobody sleeps
Nessun dorma

Nobody sleeps
Nessun dorma

You too, oh Princess
Tu pure, oh Principessa

In your cold room
Nella tua fredda stanza

You look at the stars that tremble
Guardi le stelle che tremano

Of love and hope
D'amore e di speranza

But my mystery is closed within me
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me

No one will know my name
Il nome mio nessun saprà

No, no, in your mouth I will say it
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò

When the light shines
Quando la luce splenderà

And my kiss will melt🪽
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà

The silence that makes you mine
Il silenzio che ti fa mia

Disappear, oh night
Dilegua, oh notte

Set, stars
Tramontate, stelle

Set, stars
Tramontate, stelle

I'll win at dawn
All'alba vincerò

I will win
Vincerò

I will win
Vincerò

Songwriters: Giacomo Puccini / Renato Simoni / Giuseppe Adami

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And he thought he was drowning
But you know so, so well
It's a chain now thine love...

©J. W. Waterhouse, Diogenes (1882). Oil on canvas, 24.9 x 17.8 cm (98 x 69.8 in). Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney