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Rigoletto / Act 2 : Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 2: "Possente amor" by Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia album cover

Rigoletto / Act 2 : Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 2: "Possente amor"

by Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia

About This Song

About "Rigoletto / Act 2 : Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 2: "Possente amor"" by Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia

‘Possente amor’ finds Rigoletto’s courtiers mocking love with a swaggering chorus. The music struts with false bravado, its bright surface masking the cruelty beneath. Verdi crafts a tense juxtaposition: the crowd’s hollow revelry against the opera’s gathering tragedy.