The agitated Allegro vivace section of this aria refers to a figure described in an Act I aria that the French version replaced with the trill-laden aria “Que n’avons-nous d’ailes” (“kuh na-von-NOO DALE”). This aria’s cabaletta begins with the seven-note melody C, high A, F, long C, [pause] B, long D, C, but is often sung a step lower. After this aria, its singer’s lover commits suicide at his ancestors’ tomb in “Fra poco a me ricovero.” In this aria, a character sings a theme from the Act I duet “Verranno a te sull’aure” to respond to a (*) “celestial harmony.” A 12-minute ovation followed this aria and its cabaletta, “Spargi d’amaro pianto,” at Joan Sutherland’s Met debut. A flute often replaces the glass harmonica in this thinly-orchestrated scene, in which the disheveled soprano stumbles into the Great Hall wearing a white dress stained with Arturo’s blood. For 10 points, the title character fantasizes of being wed to Edgardo in what scene from a Donizetti opera? ■END■
ANSWER: Lucia’s Mad Scene [or “Il dolce suono”; or the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor; accept Lucie de Lammermoor in place of Lucia di Lammermoor; or “Mon nom s’est fait entendre”; accept “Spargi d’amaro pianto” until read; prompt on mad scene]
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