"Operatic Moments"
By Loki Palmer
Author's Note: Harry Potter and all related characters belong to J.K. Rowling. This is a particular plot bunny that has been running through my head. What if certain Harry Potter moments had opera involved? Cue the drama! It's going to be Harry/Hermione, of course – how else could you expect it to be otherwise? Instead of a complete story line, these are more like … hmm … short operatic one-shots. I hope you enjoy!
Okay, the first song is from an opera called "La Fanciulla del West" (The Girl of the West)
Chapter 1
"Ch'ella mi creda" (Let Her Believe Me – Giacomo Puccini)
Voldemort stood among his followers, wondering where Harry Potter was. "Has anybody seen him yet?"
Death Eaters shook their heads. "No sign of him, Milord," said one.
Voldemort sensed a presence behind him, and turned. Here he came with a face full of determination, yet anguished as if he knew how inevitable this meeting was.
"Harry Potter … the Boy Who Lived … come to die … any last words, Potter, before I kill you?"
Harry nodded. At least he would give a defiant message to Voldemort in song before he went out, so he opened his mouth and sang:
"Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (Let her believe me free and far away)
Sopra una nova via di redenzione! (Upon a new way of redemption)
Aspetterà ch'io torni, (She will wait for me to return)
E passeranno i giorni, e passeranno i giorni (And the days will pass by)
Ed io non tornerò, ed io non tornerò! (And I won't return!)
Mione, della mia vita mio solo fiore! (Mione, my only flower of life)
Mione, chi m'hai voluto tanto bene, tanto bene! (Mione, who has love me so much)
Ah, tu della mia vita mio solo fior! (Ah, you, the only flower of my life!)"