I'll drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the beverage business.

I'm Levy Dalton.

I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, The opera form, which can be considered a synthesis of music and literature

arose in cosmopolitan cities such as Milan, Vienna, Paris,

Florence, and Dresden.

All places were wealthy nobles and merchants who had money could commission operas to be performed.

Also consequently, all places were wine drinking was a major part of culture,

and places where wine-growing regions abounded nearby.

The topic of wine can be found in many operas,

and throughout the genre you'll find scenes in pubs or parties

where the opera characters are imbibing and often singing about wine and its effects.

Mozart incorporated wine into his operas.

In Don Giovanni, the main character, Don Giovanni, sings a song about planning a party in which everyone will get hot-headed with wine, which will then aid the success of his flirtatious advances with women at the party. But wine wasn't always a tool that worked in the

favor of the main characters. In Johann Strauss Jr.'s 1874 production of the Flater Mouse Opera, Champagne is blamed for all the trouble.

After the main character Eisenstein gets into heaps of trouble with his wife, he sings a

song and some of the lyrics translate to.

Champagne was to blame for all we have endured today.

And one of the most well-known opera songs of all time is the drinking song in Verdi's Latraviata.

The song entitled Let's Drink from the Joyful Chalices

is sung at a late night party when Alfredo is attempting to woo violetta.

Libyamo, let's drink from the joyous chalices since the beautifulness is blossoming.

Let's drink.

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