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Italian term Literal translation Definition Bel canto: beautiful singing: Any fine singing, esp. that popular in 18th- and 19th-century Italian opera Bravura: skill: A performance of extraordinary virtuosity Bravo: skillful: A cry of congratulation to a male singer or performer. (Masc. pl. bravi; fem. sing. brava; fem. pl. brave.)
When discussing Italian art, the term sometimes is used to mean painted images in monochrome or two colours, more generally known in English by the French equivalent, grisaille. The term broadened in meaning early on to cover all strong contrasts in illumination between light and dark areas in art, which is now the primary meaning.
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Italy's great power strength includes a vast advanced economy [15] [16] (in terms of national wealth, net wealth per capita and national GDP), a strong manufacturing industry (ranking 7th on the list of countries by manufacturing output), [17] a large luxury goods market, [18] a large national budget and the third largest gold reserve in the world.
Italian PM: Strong partnership with China more important than BRI. September 10, 2023 at 7:52 AM. ROME (Reuters) -Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday there was more to Italy's ...
Maciste made his debut in the 1914 Italian silent movie classic Cabiria. Cabiria is a story about a slave named Maciste (played by Bartolomeo Pagano) who was involved in the rescue of a Roman girl named Cabiria (played by Lidia Quaranta) from an evil Carthaginian priest who plotted to sacrifice her to the cruel god Moloch.
Another version of the proverb, fortes Fortuna adiuvat, 'fortune favours the strong/brave', was used in Terence's 151 BC comedy play Phormio, line 203. [3] Ovid extends the phrase at I.608 of his didactic work, Ars Amatoria , writing "audentem Forsque Venusque iuvat" or "Venus, like Fortune, favors the bold."
While the classical music tradition still holds strong in Italy, as evidenced by the fame of its innumerable opera houses, such as La Scala of Milan and San Carlo of Naples (the oldest continuously active venue for public opera in the world), [84] and performers such as the pianist Maurizio Pollini and tenor Luciano Pavarotti, Italians have ...