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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 lyrics are based on a phrase by King Francis I of France, Souvent femme varie, bien fol qui s'y fie. [Women are fickle, and who trusts them is a fool.], that he, deceived by one of his numerous mistresses, reputedly engraved on a window pane. Victor Hugo used this phrase verbatim in his play, Le roi s'amuse, on which Rigoletto is based. [3]
"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.
"Caro nome che il mio cor" (Sweet name that made my heart), or "Caro nome" for short, is an aria for coloratura soprano from act 1 of Verdi's opera Rigoletto. It is part of the standard Italian soprano vocal repertoire, [1] featured in numerous anthologies for soprano singers and in albums of highlights from the opera.
The effects of leaving lyrics untranslated depend on the piece. A man like Louis Durdilly [ 2 ] would translate the whole libretto, dialogues and airs, into French: Così fan tutte became Ainsi font toutes, ou la Fidélité des femmes , and instead of Ferrando singing "Un' aura amorosa" French-speaking audiences were treated to Fernand singing ...
La traviata (Italian: [la traviˈaːta,-aˈvjaː-]; The Fallen Woman) [1] [2] is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.It is based on La Dame aux camélias (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas fils, which he adapted from his own 1848 novel.
Kurt Bestor was born in 1958 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.He took piano lessons from his mother as a child from the age of 7. His grandpa (on his father’s side) played the trumpet in Western Big bands and his great uncle played the trombone in Jack Benny's band.
Pagliacci (Italian pronunciation: [paʎˈʎattʃi]; literal translation, 'Clowns') [a] is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo.