Brindisi

A (; Italian for "toast") is a song in which a company is exhorted to drink, a drinking song. The word is Italian, but it derives from an old German phrase, – "(I) offer it to you", which at one time was used to introduce a toast. The transformation of that phrase into the current Italian word may have been influenced by similar-sounding name of the Italian city of Brindisi, but otherwise the city and the term are etymologically unrelated. The term brindisi is often used in opera. Typically, in an operatic , one character introduces a toast with a solo melody and the full ensemble later joins in the refrain. Some well-known operatic numbers labeled are: