cabaletta
Sign in to saveCabaletta is a two-part musical form particularly favored for arias in 19th century Italian opera in the bel canto era until about the 1860s during which it was one of the era's most important elements. More properly, a cabaletta is a more animated section following the songlike cantabile. It often introduces a complication or intensification of emotion in the plot.
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Within Vinony's link graph, cabaletta is referenced by 159 other articles, and connects out to bel canto, Giuseppe Verdi and opera.
It sits within the topics 19th-century music genres, Italian opera terminology and Song forms.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
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- musical form
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bel canto
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Giuseppe Verdi
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opera
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International Standard Book Number
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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Gioachino Rossini
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soprano
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melodrama
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aria
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Vincenzo Bellini
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libretto
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tempo
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La traviata
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contralto
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Rigoletto
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mezzo-soprano
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timbre
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overture
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opera house
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leitmotif
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