BRINDISI (Ital. far brindisi; Span. brindar, ‘to drink one's health
’), a drinking or toasting song. Well-known and popular examples are ‘Il segreto
’ in ‘Lucrecia Borgia,
’ and ‘Libiamo
’ in the ‘Traviata
’ — the latter written for chorus, with solos for soprano and tenor.
