Belle Nuit - Female Opera Duet from The Tales of Hoffmann

Abigail Wright, Mezzo Soprano and Nicole Besa, Soprano perform "Belle Nuit," a duet from Jacques Offenbach's opera, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann). Pianist Lee Steiner. Chorus: Members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour,
Souris à nos ivresses!
Nuit plus douce que le jour!
Ô belle nuit d'amour!
Le temps fuit et sans retour
Emporte nos tendresses;
Loin de cet heureux séjour
Le temps fuit sans retour!
Zéphyrs embrasés.
Versez-nous vos caresses!
Zéphyrs embrasés.
Donnez-nous vos baisers!
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour,
Souris à nos ivresses!
Nuit plus douce que le jour!
Ô belle nuit d'amour!
English translation:
Beauteous night, O night of love,
Smile thou on our enchantment;
Radiant night, with stars above,
O beauteous night of love!
Fleeting time doth ne'er return,
But bears on wings our dreaming,
Far away where we may yearn,
For time doth ne'er return.
Sweet zephyrs aglow,
Shed on us thy caresses,
Sweet zephyrs aglow,
Thy soft bisses bestow.
Ah! Beauteous night, O night of love,
Smile thou on our enchantment,
Radiant night with stars above,
O beauteous night of love!
(translation from Wikipedia)