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".
Adolphe Deloffre
As principal conductor at the Théâtre-Lyrique he conducted an important series of revivals of Mozart operas, starting with "The Marriage of Figaro" (as "Les noces de Figaro") in May 1858 (he also conducted the premiere at the Opéra-Comique in 1872), then in May 1859 "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (as "L’Enlèvement au Sérail"), "Così fan tutte" (as "Peines d’Amours perdues") in March 1863, "The Magic Flute" (as "La flute enchantée") in February 1865, and "Don Giovanni" (as "Don Juan" in a translation by Henri Trianon) in 1866.