Nadir sings this beautiful aria in Act One of Bizet's "Pearl Fishers," remembering the beautiful priestess he promised he would wipe from his memory.
"I hear her again,
hidden beneath the palm trees,
her voice, sweet and tender
as that of the culver.
O night of magic,
divine ravishment,
O enchanting memory,
mad rapture, sweet dream…"
Gerard Schwarz conducted William Burden and the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Rozarii Lynch, photo.

WILLIAM BURDEN sings "Je crois entendre encore"

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