Bella figlia dell’amore
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Bella figlia dell'amore (Beautiful daughter of love) is a vocal quartet from act 3 (No. 18) of Verdi's 1851 opera Rigoletto.
It has been described as a "masterful quartet that is an intricate musical depiction of four personalities and their overlapping agendas",[1] and has been performed and recorded by many notable artists.
Rigoletto Paraphrase (1859, S. 434) is a piano reduction of the quartet by Franz Liszt. Another paraphrase was written by German composer de (1820–1883) as his Op. 61.
The plot of the 2012 film Quartet revolves around a performance of this quartet.
References
- ↑ "Multiple Perspectives: A Close Look at the Act III Quartet, 'Bella figlia dell'amore', Metropolitan Opera. Accessed 30 September 2014.
External links
- Bella figlia dell'amore: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Bella figlia dell'amore on YouTube, Luciano Pavarotti, Isola Jones, Joan Sutherland, Leo Nucci, Metropolitan Opera Gala 11 January 1987, Richard Bonynge conducting
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