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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.)
Bellissima ("Very Beautiful" in Italian) may refer to: Bellissima, a 1951 film by Luchino Visconti; Bellissima!, a 1988 Pizzicato Five album "I Have a Dream"/"Bellissima", a 1997 DJ Quicksilver song; Bellissima (Annalisa song), 2022; MSC Bellissima, a cruise ship; Trialeurodes bellissima, a whitefly species; Bellissima, a Canadian fashion retailer
Bel paese (or Belpaese, IPA: [ˌbɛl paˈeːze,-eːse]) is the classical poetical appellative for Italy, meaning the 'beautiful country' in Italian, due to its mild weather, cultural heritage and natural endowment. The usage of the term originated in the Middle Ages, being used by Dante Alighieri and Petrarch: del bel paese là dove 'l sì suona,
Very light and delicate leggiero or leggiermente Light or lightly (the different forms of this word, including leggierezza, "lightness", are spelled without the i in modern Italian, i.e. leggero, leggerissimo, leggermente, leggerezza.) leidenschaftlich(er) (Ger.) (More) passionately lent (Fr.) Slow lentando Gradual slowing and softer lentissimo ...
Translation Notes I, Vitelli, dei Romani sono belli: Go, O Vitellius, at the war sound of the Roman god: Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny by modern Italians because the same exact words, in Italian, mean "Romans' calves are beautiful", which has a ridiculously different meaning. ibidem (ibid.) in the same place
Sposa son disprezzata" ("I am wife and I am scorned") is an Italian aria written by Geminiano Giacomelli. It is used in Vivaldi 's pasticcio , Bajazet . The music for this aria was not composed by Vivaldi .
Hannah Kobayashi, from Hawaii, has been missing since she landed in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 8. A Hawaii woman who has been missing since she failed to board a connecting flight in Los Angeles ...
Called "one of the most terrible flops in Italian opera history", the premiere was beset by several bad staging decisions, including the lack of an intermission during the second act. Worst of all was the idea to give audience plants nightingale whistles to deepen the sense of sunrise in the final scene. The audience took the noise as a cue to ...