Ecco, ridente in cielo
"Ecco, ridente in cielo" is a cavatina from Gioachino Rossini's 1816 opera The Barber of Seville, sung by the tenor Count Almaviva, disguised as the poor student Lindoro, at the beginning of act 1.
Music
[edit]The aria is an example of the bel canto style.[1] The key signature is C major, but it also modulates into G major and contains chromatic passages. Its vocal range is from F♯3 to B4; the tessitura is between G3 and G4.[2] The aria is also notable for having a guitar accompaniment.
![{
\time 2/4
g'8\noBeam a'16.\noBeam b'32 c''8\noBeam c''
b'8\(~ \times 4/6 { b'32 d'' c'' b' c'' d'' } c''8\) r
g'8\(\noBeam f''16\)\noBeam g' g'8\(\noBeam e''16\)\noBeam c''
e''8.\trill\( g''32 f''\) d''8
}
\addlyrics { Ec -- co ri -- den "te in" cie -- _ _ _ _ _ lo spun -- ta la bel -- la au -- ro -- ra }](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/p/1/p1f9fk7pnk2o7pguwwah3to8ayldlmu/p1f9fk7p.png)
Libretto
[edit]Ecco, ridente in cielo | Here, laughing in heaven |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ecco, ridente in cielo" by Emma Beatty, Royal Opera House
- ^ "Ecco, ridente in cielo", The Aria Database
External links
[edit]- "Ecco, ridente in cielo" on YouTube, Juan Diego Flórez, Royal Opera House, 10 July 2010