Opera atop the tallest building in Cambridge

Music is integral to the holidays — and so we present Allison Provaire, a senior administrative assistant in the department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, and a trained opera singer, singing Puccini's "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" atop a windy Green Building. Happy Holidays!

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Italian lyrics):

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta Potè indovinar?
Il suo mister come mai
Come mai fini

Ahimè! un giorno uno student
In bocca la baciò
E fu quel bacio
Rivelazione
Fu la passione!
Folle amore!
Folle ebbrezza!
Chi la sottil carezza
D'un bacio così ardente
Mai ridir potrà?

Ah! mio sogno!
Ah! mia vita!

Che importa la ricchezza
Se alfine è rifiorita
La felicità!
O sogno d'or
Poter amar così!

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