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THE ALWAYS SMILING AMERICAN TENOR SINGS "CESSA DI PUI RESISTERE", FROM ROSSINI´S "IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA". METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, RALK WEIKERT CONDUCTING.
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This amazing arioso from the cantata Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo written for the great Isabella Colbran has some of the most amazing and intriccate coloratura I've heard! Also, in the middle...is that the melody of Bellini's "vien diletto"???
Also the melody was later used and turned into "Cessa di piu resistere" the tenor aria from Barbiere!!