This opera employs an offstage chorus humming in chromatic parallel thirds to simulate wind in the thunderstorm in Act Four, which precedes the stabbing of a character disguised as a traveller.
This opera employs an offstage chorus humming in chromatic parallel thirds to simulate wind in the thunderstorm in Act Four, which precedes the stabbing of a character disguised as a traveller. One character in this opera notes the similarity between how he uses words and another character uses a dagger, in the aria "Pari siamo!" Another character in this opera listens to her beloved re-use the same words he used to seduce her, as he woos Maddalena, in the quartet "Bella figlia d'amore". The title character recalls Count Monterone's curse when he realizes that the body in the sack he's holding is his daughter Gilda's, and not that of his employer, who is singing "La donna e mobile" off in the distance. For 10 points, name this opera about a vengeful jester to the Duke of Mantua, by Giuseppe Verdi.
This opera employs an offstage chorus humming in chromatic parallel thirds to simulate wind in the thunderstorm in Act Four, which precedes the stabbing of a character disguised as a traveller.
Rigoletto