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In act 3, scene 2, Bassanio finally reaches Belmont, and Portia urges him to wait before choosing between the three caskets that determine if he gets to marry her. Bassanio reasons through his choices and decides to choose the casket of lead because it is a humble choice.
"Di quella pira" ("Of that pyre") is a short tenor aria (or more specifically, a cabaletta) sung by Manrico in act 3, scene 2, of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore. It is the last number of the act.
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.
A rehearsal of act 3, scene 2, including the stabbing of Riccardo, is featured in the closing scene of Bernardo Bertolucci's 1979 film La Luna. It also confused Leslie Titmuss in John Mortimer's novel Titmuss Regained; when a friend said that she was going to see Un ballo in maschera at Covent Garden, he replied "never been one for dancing".
Thus, scene two is a variation on a single note, B ♮, which is heard continuously in the scene, and the only note heard in the powerful orchestral crescendos at the end of act 3, scene 2. Scene 3 is a variation on a rhythmic pattern, with every major thematic element constructed around this pattern.
Act 3, Scene 2: The Kitchen- Slaves at Work Act 3, Scene 3: Sitting Room Act 3, Scene 4: In the Forest near Dr. Gaines's Property Act 3, Scene 5: Room in a Small Cottage on the Poplar Farm Act 4, Scene 1: Interior of a Dungeon, likely the basement of Dr. Gaines's Estate Act 4, Scene 2: The Parlor of Dr. Gaines Act 4, Scene 3: In the Forest near ...
[3] Dryden spiced his play with crowd-pleasing features, including incantations and conjured spirits, and an elaborate grotto scene with "a Fountain spouting." On opening night, Dryden had a program distributed to the audience, on the connection between this play and his earlier The Indian Queen (a collaboration with his brother-in-law Sir ...
Act 3 scene 2 of Robert at the Paris Opéra (Salle Le Peletier), 1831 By April 1834 the opera had received over 100 performances in Paris. [ 19 ] Nourrit sang the role of Robert until 1837, when he was replaced as premier tenor at the Opéra by Gilbert Duprez , whom, however, Meyerbeer did not like in the role; nor did he approve of an ...