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Tenor Oleksiy Palchykov sings Ach, so fromm from Martha by Flotow in ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Cardiff Singer of the World Final 2015.

About the music: Lionel is a young farmer who has met ‘Martha’, who is in fact a titled lady who has gone in disguise to Richmond Fair with her maid. Lionel and his brother successfully bid for them to work as kitchen servants, but they escape and Lionel sings of his love for ‘Martha’. What sweet hours they passed together – and he hopes that she will return to gladden his heart.