| The duet for soprano and mezzo and its glittering cabaletta are distinguished by daring harmonics and challenging pyrotechnics. |
| However, in the half of the cabaletta in the second act that is practically always axed, he emerges as someone who pits himself against harmonisation and sentimentality. |
| Admittedly, his stratospheric high notes in the cabaletta are not comfortable, but he gives them a good try. |
| The only questionable tempo is the slow one that he chooses for the cabaletta of the opera's Act Two aria. |
| My voice teacher, Bill Schuman, suggested I learn the big Act IV scene for the tenor, Arnold, which includes a whopping nine top Cs throughout the aria and cabaletta. |
| In 19th-century bel canto operas of Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi the term came to refer to a principal singer's opening aria, whether in one movement or paired with a contrasting cabaletta. |
