"Evviva il Cotello" lyrics

[Zuliani:]
Bravo divo

[Gasparini:]
Bravo maestro
Azzurra's guests:
Praise to you
We applaud

Bravo divo
Azzurra's guests:
Bravo maestro
Praise your glorious
Gift from god

Long live passion

[Zuliani:]
Long live this night

[Azzurra's guests:]
Long live the beauty
Of musical flight

[Gasparini:]
Carve out the manhood

[Zuliani:]
Preserve for life

[Azzurra's guests:]
Hail thee soprano
Long live the knife

[Duchessa Pisani:]
Silks and satin

[Prevosto & Duchessa Pisani:]
Songs in Latin

[Azzurra's guests:]
For the chosen one
Born to sing

[Prevosto:]
Shoes of leather

[Prevosto & Duchessa Pisani:]
Beds of feather

[Azzurra's guests:]
Cup of wine and the slightest sting
Save

[Gasparini:]
Save your child from privation

[Servant 1:]
Let him sing for eternal salvation

[Azzurra's guests:]
All god's children
Blessed are they
Each boy we sacrifice
For him we pray
Carve out the manhood
Preserve for life
Hail thee soprano
Long live the knife

[Frederico:]
Evviva il coltello as it glides through the air

[Servant 1:]
See how the light makes it shine

[Duchessa Pisani:]
Evviva il coltello swing with elegant flair

[All women:]
Simple

[All men:]
Ingenious

[Azzurra's guests]
Divine
We are your flock we are humble people
(Be we ever so humble and pure of heart)
Forfeit the child for a life worth living
(By the hilt of the dagger the tip of the sword )
From the steps of the church to the highest steeple
(Every blade every edge is a work of art)
Taking a life for the life we're giving
(Raise your sword raise your sword in the name of our lord)

Raise your stiletto
Stand and be brave
Dancing with death
From the cradle to grave
Carve out the manhood
Preserve for life
Hail thee soprano
Long live the knife
Evviva
Long live the knife
Evviva
Long live the knife