A Bird's Waltz – Quando Volo

“You had better ask me. Her first name is Musetta…her surname is temptation. And it's her vocation to do just as she pleases, like a weather vane turning from lover to lover…and like a human harpy…she loves the taste of dead meat, and her favourite red meat is a man’s heart. She’s a vulture! That’s why my heart is dead. Now will you pass the bread…?” —Marcello

Based on the love triangle in Act II of La Bohème, Marcello the kingfisher is on a quest to win the affections of the beautiful and flirtatious Musetta, but she has her eye on a much older and wealthier bird.

Music from Puccini’s La bohème
Performed by English National Opera
Recorded live at the London Coliseum 2014