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Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act I : R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act I: Di rigori armato il seno "Italian Tenor's Aria" by Luciano Pavarotti album cover

Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act I : R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act I: Di rigori armato il seno "Italian Tenor's Aria"

by Luciano Pavarotti

About This Song

About "Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act I : R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act I: Di rigori armato il seno "Italian Tenor's Aria"" by Luciano Pavarotti

Strauss's Italian Tenor aria is a velvet dagger: Pavarotti caresses the phrase 'Di rigori armato il seno' with aristocratic melancholy, a courtly masquerade where warmth and icy restraint flicker in the same breath.