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"Bella figlia dell'amore" ("Beautiful daughter of love") is a vocal quartet from the last act of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera Rigoletto.. It has been described as a "masterful quartet that is an intricate musical depiction of four personalities and their overlapping agendas", [1] and has been performed and recorded by many notable artists.
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts [a] by Giuseppe Verdi.The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
The second edition was released in 1997, [1] followed by an expanded, refined, and revised third edition in 2011, published by the Bangla Academy. [3] The second edition incorporated portraits of approximately 700 prominent individuals and provided insights into the lives of nearly 1,000 notable Bengali intellectuals and luminaries. [citation ...
The novel consists of four chapters, each named after the main characters of the novel. Thus, it is named Chaturanga, which in Sanskrit means "four parts," a "quartet." The film Chaturanga, based on the novel, was released in 2008. [5]
Pages from an 1859 libretto for Ernani, with the original Italian lyrics, English translation and musical notation for one of the arias Sometimes the libretto is written in close collaboration with the composer; this can involve adaptation, as was the case with Rimsky-Korsakov and his librettist Vladimir Belsky , or an entirely original work.
In later parlance, cabaletta came to refer to the fast final part of any operatic vocal ensemble, usually a duet, rather than just a solo aria. For example, the duet between Gilda and Rigoletto in Act 1, Scene 2 of Rigoletto ends with a relatively slow cabaletta, whereas the cabaletta for their duet in the finale of Act 2 is quite rousing.
English National Opera orchestra and chorus CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN 3030 [9] 2001 Leo Nucci, Aquiles Machado, Inva Mula, Mario Luperi, Milena Josipovic Marcello Viotti, Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus (Stage director:Charles Roubaud) DVD: Arthaus Musik Cat: 107096 [10] 2002 Paolo Gavanelli, Marcelo Álvarez, Christine Schäfer, Eric ...
Protti was born in Cremona. [1] He studied in Parma, and made his debut in Pesaro, as Figaro, in 1948. [1] He made his La Scala debut in 1950, as Amonasro.He did not appear there again until 1954 when he performed the title role in Rigoletto; and after this he performed regularly at La Scala for many years. [1]