Cabaletta

Cabaletta ( Italian cabaletta , derived from Italian cobola - “stanza” or “couplet”) is an opera aria such as arioso or cavatina with a clear, constantly returning rhythmic figure. One of the first examples is the cabalet in the Gluck opera Paris and Helen , written in 1770 . Distinctive signs of cabalette: small size, closed structure, strong-willed, heroic character. Cabalette was widely used in the Italian opera of the first half of the XIX century , including Bellini operas (for example, in the opera Puritans ) and Rossini (in particular, in Cinderella ). Kabalette was often performed in opera finals, where her pathetic tune was picked up by the chorus; an example of such a decision could be kalette in the part of Manrico in the finale of the third act of Verdi 's opera "The Troubadour ".