Roberto Alagna “Mai piu, Zaza, raggiar vedro“ Leoncavallo

This aria is from the “verismo “ opera by Leoncavello; Milio is a married man (rather a cad) who is having a fling with Zaza, an actress who doesn’t know that he is married. This is his “lament“ where he realizes he has to say goodbye to her forever, because he cannot give up his wife and his child.