Question
One of these two characters growls, “La pagherai! Brigante!” in anger after the other rebuffs him from helping a woman dismount a cart. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name either of these two characters who may sing the closing line “la commedia è finita!” after the stabbing of Nedda. These two characters appear in an opera often performed as a double bill with Cavalleria Rusticana.
ANSWER: Canio OR Tonio [prompt on Pagliaccio or Taddeo; reject “clown”]
[10h] Tonio, in character as Taddeo, sings these two Italian words twice to the audience’s “ladies” and “gentlemen” to kick off the prologue of Pagliacci (“pall-YAH-chee”). These two words precede “morir” four times in the final stanza of “Una furtiva lagrima.”
ANSWER: “si può” (“see pwoh”) [or “Si può?”; or “Si può morir”]
[10e] Enrico Caruso and Luciano Pavarotti are among the most celebrated singers with this voice type to have played Canio.
ANSWER: tenor [or tenore; accept spinto tenor; accept dramatic tenor]
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