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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.)
The priest don Abbondio sees at once that the thugs waiting for him are bravi.A scene from the opening of Manzoni’s I promessi sposi.. Bravi (sing.bravo; sometimes translated as 'bravoes') were coarse soldiers or hired assassins [1] employed by the rural lords (or dons) of northern Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to protect their interests.
Armature (through Italian plural armature singular armatura, in English rebar, short for reinforcing bar) Balloon (from Italian pallone "large ball" from a Germanic source) [52] Berlinetta (from berlinetta 'little saloon', a two-seater sports car) [53] Bravado (through French bravade from Italian bravata) Brave (through French from Italian bravo)
¡Ole! or ¡olé! is a Spanish interjection used to cheer on or praise a performance, especially associated with the audience of bullfighting and flamenco dance. The word is also commonly used in many other contexts in Spain, and has become closely associated with the country; therefore it is often used outside Spain in cultural representation ...
Tutti mi chiedono, tutti mi vogliono, donne, ragazzi, vecchi, fanciulle: Qua la parrucca ... Presto la barba ... Qua la sanguigna ... Presto il biglietto ... Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!, ecc. Ahimè, che furia! Ahimè, che folla! Uno alla volta, per carità! Ehi, Figaro! Son qua. Figaro qua, Figaro là, Figaro su, Figaro giù. Pronto prontissimo ...
In normal usage, two is the usual limit, although clusters of three can occasionally arise for some speakers, [13] especially with impersonal constructs (e.g. Ce la si sente = "One feels up to it", or Nessuno ha ancora visto l'ultimo film di Woody Allen, quindi ce lo si vede tutti insieme! = "Nobody has watched the last Woody Allen movie yet ...
Nelly Furtado is ignoring the popular "New Year, New Me" mantra!. On Sunday, Jan. 5, the singer, 46, shared two photos of herself on Instagram wearing a bright orange bikini alongside an inspiring ...
In 1987, Canadian pianist and vocalist Cos Natola wrote and produced an entirely original English version of Tutta la Vita which was subsequently released as a single by RCA Records in Canada. Its flip-side was a Natola composition entitled "Being Free" (the Epilogue from the Cos Natola album entitled The Immigrant).