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Armida was written to be performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on 11 November 1817 to celebrate the opening of the rebuilt opera house, which had been destroyed by fire the previous year. Isabella Colbran sang the title role, which is one of the longest and most demanding that Rossini wrote, with difficult coloratura passages of every ...
Coro di ninfi e pastori (Chorus of Nymphs and Shepherds) Viena, Imenco, deh, vieni ("Come, Hymen, o come") Ninfa (Nymph) Muse, onor di Parnasso, amor del cielo ("Ye Muses, the honour of Parnassus, the love of Heaven") Coro di ninfi e pastori Lasciate i monti, lasciate i fonti ("Leave the mountains, leave the fountains")
Leonora, ossia L’amore coniugale (Leonora or Conjugal Love) is an opera (specifically a dramma semiserio) in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer.The libretto, by Giovanni Schmidt, is based on Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal (1794) by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, which was also the source of Beethoven's Fidelio.
"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Italian pronunciation: [liˈbjaːmo ne ˈljɛːti ˈkaːlitʃi]; "Let's drink from the joyful cups") is a famous duet with chorus from Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata (1853), one of the best-known opera melodies and a popular performance choice (as is this opera itself) for many great tenors and sopranos.
Nel cor più non mi sento "is a duet from Giovanni Paisiello's 1788 opera L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara, usually known as La molinara (The Miller-Woman). [1] The duet is sung twice in the opera's second act, first by the miller-woman Rachelina ( soprano ) and Calloandro ( tenor ) and then by Rachelina and the notary Pistofolo ( baritone ...
Giacomo Facco (4 February 1676 – 16 February 1753) was an Italian Baroque violinist, conductor and composer.One of the most famous Italian composers of his day, he was completely forgotten until 1962, when his work was discovered by composer, conductor, and musicologist Uberto Zanolli.
Un dì, felice, eterea" ("One day, happy, ethereal") is a duet from the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera La traviata. It is sung by the male and female protagonists of the opera, Alfredo (a tenor) and Violetta (a soprano). The main melody of the duet, which is very famous in its own right, is also an important musical theme throughout ...
Mimì si è avvicinata ancor più alla finestra per modo che i raggi lunari la illuminano: Rodolfo, volgendosi, scorge Mimì avvolta come da un nimbo di luce, e la contempla, quasi estatico. Rodolfo: O soave fanciulla, o dolce viso di mite circonfuso alba lunar, in te, ravviso il sogno ch'io vorrei sempre sognar! Entrambi M: Ah, tu sol comandi ...