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2 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... sung by the character Pollione in act 1, scene 2. ... [1] English translation [1]
The title is a translation into German of the Old Norse phrase Ragnarök, ... Scene 2. Prelude to Act 2 Scene 1. As Hagen sits sleeping on night watch, ...
The role of the Empress calls for a dramatic soprano who can support a very high tessitura and negotiate an act 1 entrance aria including coloratura passages, a trill, and a high D. Similarly, any tenor attempting the Emperor must be able to handle numerous passages in his uppermost range, particularly his extended solo scene in act 2.
Indeed the opera is unusual for having nearly as much instrumental music as vocal: act 1, scene 2 consists entirely of a short symphonic poem (with distant voices) called Intermedio, depicting sunset in Granada; act 2, Scene 1 includes the above-referenced Danza and Interludio, with the latter ending the scene, i.e. in the opposite sequence to ...
It comprises new music by Carnicer on a new text (e.g. the first half of act 1), new music on Da Ponte's text (e.g. Leporello's aria) or on a mixture of both (e.g. the new trio for the scene in the cemetery); the whole collated with extensive quotations or entire sections borrowed directly from Mozart (e.g. Finale 1 and Finale 2, and even some ...
La Vendetta. La piazza di S. Ambrogio, set design for I Lombardi alla prima Crociata act 1 (1864). Scene 1: A square outside the church of Sant' Ambrogio in Milan, 1095. The two sons of Lord Folco, Pagano and Arvino, are reconciled, having previously feuded over which man would win the hand of Viclinda.
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 original act 1, scene 2, which depicts the arrival of Severus in triumph, is now moved into the second part of act 2, and it now includes the ballet. Act 2: In the enlarged first scene, Félix, as principal bass, is given two arias, the first being Dieux des Romains / "Roman gods, I will serve your wrath".