In his Reminiscences, the Irish tenor Michael Kelly described fighting the composer of this opera for the right to stutter when performing his role. This opera includes a B-flat major excerpt for oboe, bassoon, and strings in which two sopranos trade lines until both sing "certo, certo il capira" in unison. A character from
In his Reminiscences, the Irish tenor Michael Kelly described fighting the composer of this opera for the right to stutter when performing his role. This opera includes a B-flat major excerpt for oboe, bassoon, and strings in which two sopranos trade lines until both sing "certo, certo il capira" in unison. A character from this opera threatens to "play the guitar for you" if "you want to dance" in its aria (*) "Se vuol ballare." A trouser role in this opera abandons the chair he was hiding behind when the antagonist arrives with the music teacher Basilio, and is mockingly advised to lay off women in the aria "Non piu andrai." A woman in this opera resists the advances of Cherubino and tries to stop her husband from seducing his maid Susanna. For 10 points, name this opera about the wedding day of the servant from The Barber of Seville, by Mozart.
In his Reminiscences, the Irish tenor Michael Kelly described fighting the composer of this opera for the right to stutter when performing his role.
The Marriage of Figaro [or Le nozze di Figaro] 