Se vuol ballare
The cavatina "" is an aria for baritone or bass from the first act of the opera "The Marriage of Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro (1784). The Italian title means "If you want to dance".
Théâtre Lyrique
Other successful revivals under Carvalho's leadership at the Théâtre Historique included André Grétry's three-act opéra comiqe "Richard Coeur-de-lion" (23 May 1856; 302 performances); "Les noces de Figaro", a French translation by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré of Mozart's four-act comic opera "Le nozze di Figaro" (8 May 1858; 200 performances); "L'enlèvement au sérail", a French translation by Prosper Pascal of Mozart's two-act opéra comique "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (11 May 1859; 87 performances); and Gluck's "Orphée" (18 November 1859; 138 performances). The last had been translated from the original Italian by Pierre-Louis Moline when Gluck had adapted his Vienna version in 1774 for the Paris Opera, replacing the alto castrato role of Orfeo with the high tenor ("haute-contre") role of Orphée. The Théâtre Lyrique's production was a landmark revival in the history of the opera, with the music adapted by Hector Berlioz for the mezzo-soprano Pauline Viardot as Orphée. Eurydice was sung by Marie Sax, who later became a leading soprano at the Paris Opera.