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The farewell aria of Sultan Bazajet in Handel's opera Tamerlano (note the da capo instruction). First edition, London, 1719. In music, an aria (/ ˈ ɑːr i ə /, Italian:; pl.: arie, Italian:; arias in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, Italian:; pl.: ariette; in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment ...
Stock's 1789 miniature of Mozart " Per questa bella mano", K. 612, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for solo bass with an obbligato double bass.Composed in Vienna, it is dated 8 March 1791 in Mozart's own catalogue.
" Lascia ch'io pianga" (Italian: [ˈlaʃʃa ˈkiːo ˈpjaŋɡa]; English: "Let Me Weep"), originally "Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa" (Italian: [ˈlaʃʃa la ˈspiːna ˈkɔʎʎi la ˈrɔːza]; English: "Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose"), is an Italian-language soprano aria by composer George Frideric Handel that has become a popular concert piece.
Ella giammai m' amò! No, quel cor chiuso è a me, amor per me non ha! Io la rivedo ancor contemplar triste in volto il mio crin bianco il dì che qui di Francia venne.
The aria has been cited as an example of a "simile aria", because the words and the music both reflect, in metaphor, the situation of the character.[19] [20] Caesar, at Tolomeo's palace in Alexandria, compares himself to a stealthy hunter carefully tracking his prey; the prey in this case is Tolomeo, king of Egypt, who has just given Caesar a cool reception and whom Caesar views with suspicion.
The journalist Bruce Scott considers that "Dove sono" is one of the best known and most loved arias in the operatic repertoire. [4] Beyond performances of the opera, it is frequently performed in recitals [ 3 ] and featured in anthologies of vocal music for lyric soprano, often with the preceding recitative.
Written in B minor, it is one of the most famous opera arias.The vocal range extends from F ♯ 3 to A 4.The aria is considered part of the spinto tenor repertoire. [1]The aria is introduced by a somber clarinet solo.