(I'm still testing different video formats.)
This aria is sung by the character Mario Cavaradossi, while waiting for his execution on the roof of Rome's Castel Sant'Angelo*. Overwhelmed by emotions, he recalls a past romantic moment with his lover, Tosca.
*If you pass through Rome, you should definitely visit the castle. It's open for visiting pretty much all the time, at least for what I know, and it feels different with Tosca in your headphones.
E lucevan le stelele, a personal favourite.
Jonas Kaufmann sings Cavaradossi’s Act III aria from Puccini’s Tosca.
(Trying something different because the video shows as a link in Primal.)