“Amour, viens rendre a mon ame!”

Shirley Verrett sings the great bravura aria “Amour, viens rendre a mon ame!” from ORPHEE ET EURYDICE.

“Love, fill my soul with your most ardent flame!

For this love, I shall brave even Death.

Though Hell should stand in my way,

The monsters of Tartanus hold no terrors for me.

I feel love’s power in my breast,

and for this love I shall brave Death itself”