Opera " Maria and Draco " The Opera Maria and Draco is an event in " Final Fantasy VI " and the collective name of a set of four tracks , written by Nobuo Uematsu and Yoshinori Kitase , featured in the original soundtrack , later released as a single track in multiple album compilations . It is sometimes referred to as " The Dream Oath " , though this title is never used in the game or in any of the compilations . The four tracks that play during the sequence are " Opening , " " Aria di Mezzo Carattere , " " The Wedding , " and " Grand Finale ? " . In the original Japanese version the music is closely aligned with the lyrics , although because of technical limitations the " voices " are created on the sound format . The " Aria di Mezzo Carattere , " one of the " Final Fantasy " series ' most famous musical themes , is performed within the opera . The development team had an idea to include an opera scene and Yoshinori Kitase wrote lyrics for it , while Uematsu composed the music . Translator Ted Woolsey found the opera scene unique and interesting and thus spent plenty of time on that scene ; the scene had multiple files that combined to provide the experience : battle texts , the opera text displayed during the different cinematics , and the usual screen text all had to work in concert . Gameplay . To establish contact with Setzer , the owner of the only functional airship in the World of Balance — the " Blackjack " — Celes impersonates the opera singer Maria , with whom Setzer is in love . Although Celes successfully poses as Maria for the majority of the opera , Locke discovers during the performance that Ultros is planning on dropping a weight on Celes from the rafters . The attempt to stop him ends with Locke , his allies and Ultros plummeting to the stage , knocking the actors playing Ralse and Draco unconscious . Locke thus attempts ( and somewhat succeeds ) to improvise this into the opera , and after battling Ultros , Setzer kidnaps Celes as per the original plan . The opera also features a small game element . Three times during the opera the player has to pick the correct line for Celes to sing . Failing to do so will stop the opera , and the player must do a new attempt ; it is easy to guess which line is the correct one , however . Although if one " overthinks " the line to be chosen , the game will automatically select the highlighted line after a couple of seconds . The lines to be chosen are the first , then the second , and then the first one again . Then Draco appears on the scene and turns into a flower bouquet . The player has to pick it up and walk upstairs to throw the bouquet off the terrace to finish the mini - game . Doing it too slow will also get the party kicked out of the Opera House . Failing the opera four times in total will be resulted as a game over . Story . The armies of the East are battling the forces of the west . The hero of the western army is Draco , who is in love with the western princess , Maria . When the west loses the war and Draco is presumed lost , Maria is forced to marry the eastern Prince , Ralse . During a ball , the survivors of the west , led by Draco , launch a surprise attack . A duel ensues between Draco and Ralse , in which the latter is defeated and Maria and Draco go on to live happily ever after . Lyrics . The opera has been arranged and performed live in its entirety numerous times , both in English and Japanese . Its lyrical content has varied accordingly , although it is possible to determine five different versions of it : " " . " Darkness and Starlight " is a rock arrangement of " Maria and Draco " included in the Black Mages ' third studio album " " . Because the opera scene in the game ends abruptly with Celes ' s kidnapping just before Draco and Ralse ' s duel , the rest of the lyrical content was unknown until this release . The album features the complete opera scene in a rock rearrangement which , while slightly deviating from the original version , was made to be as faithful to the original opera as it may . The recording for the Black Mages ' third studio album had already started when the idea of adding " Maria and Draco " came to Uematsu , and he decided to add it because he wanted to try something new with the album . He has stated that nothing had really changed from when he was composing " Final Fantasy VI " ; he always wants the challenge of something new . " " . The Opera spans three tracks in the OverClocked ReMix album : " The Nightmare Oath " , an original track that borrows many motifs from " Overture " ; " The Impresario " , a reinterpretation of the Opera itself ; and " Till We Meet Again " , a reinterpretation of " Aria di Mezzo Carattere " . All three tracks feature original lyrics that tell a different story from the original sequence of events as told in the game . A fourth track , " Jidoorian Rhapsody " , is remixed from " The Wedding " , but is non - lyrical . " The Nightmare Oath " . The lyrics of " The Nightmare Oath " follow a dialogue between Draco and Ralse that mirror their exchange during the original sequence ' s overture . The title refers to the Opera ' s apocryphal title " The Dream Oath " . The Impresario . The lyrics of " The Impresario " tell a wholly different story from that of all other arrangements of " Maria and Draco " . The story is told in the form of a flashback , as Draco recollects how he arranged eloping with Maria but was caught when they attempted it ; Maria is slain in the ensuing fight between Draco and the members of her family , and it is implied that she was accidentally killed by Draco himself and that , upon realizing this , he plans on committing suicide to join her in the afterlife . Till We Meet Again . " Till We Meet Again " is a reinterpretation of " Aria di Mezzo Carattere " , featuring original lyrics that bear no relation to the plot of the opera . Merchandise . When " Final Fantasy VI " was first released key chains depicting the game ' s cast were available in Japanese vending machines . A Celes as Maria from the opera is one such key chain that was sold . The Final Fantasy Cold Cast Collection is a limited edition collectible series featuring cold cast statues that display notable scenes from " Final Fantasy " series . Only 3 , 000 Celes and opera house cold casts were made , each coming with a card and card stand that had the statue ' s limited number and description . The series has been out of production since 1999 . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade " . Celes can appear in her opera singer ' s dress . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Celes ' performance of " Maria and Draco " was the focal point for the Challenge Event Prima Donna , where her Opera Star Wardrobe Record could be obtained . This alternate costume pays homage to the performance . " Triple Triad " . The throwing of the bouquet opera scene appears on a Triple Triad card in the version available via the " Final Fantasy Portal App " .