Recondita armonia
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"Recondita armonia" is a celebrated tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini’s opera *Tosca*, sung by the painter Mario Cavaradossi as he reflects on the contrasting beauty of two women.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | tenor aria ⓘ |
| act | Act I ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionPeriod | late 1890s ⓘ |
| basedOnSourceWorkOfOpera | play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | number from Puccini’s Tosca score (Act I aria of Cavaradossi) ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 19th century ⓘ |
| characterReflectsOn |
Floria Tosca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marchesa Attavanti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRelationship | Mario Cavaradossi is Tosca’s lover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
expresses Cavaradossi’s inner feelings about beauty and love
ⓘ
introduces Mario Cavaradossi’s character ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1900-01-14 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Teatro Costanzi, Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | verismo opera aria ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist |
Giuseppe Giacosa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luigi Illica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalForm | aria with orchestral accompaniment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive orchestration
ⓘ
lyrical melodic line ⓘ |
| openingWords | Recondita armonia di bellezze diverse ⓘ |
| operaComposer | Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operaPremiereCity | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operaPremiereCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operaSetting | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operaSettingPeriod | June 1800 ⓘ |
| partOfOpera | Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfScore | G. Ricordi & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| singerCharacterProfession | painter ⓘ |
| sungBy |
Enrico Caruso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonas Kaufmann NERFINISHED ⓘ José Carreras NERFINISHED ⓘ Luciano Pavarotti NERFINISHED ⓘ Plácido Domingo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter | Mario Cavaradossi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic inspiration
ⓘ
contrast of beauty ⓘ idealized love ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
full performances of Tosca
ⓘ
opera aria compilations ⓘ tenor recital programs ⓘ |
| voiceType | tenor ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cavaradossi