Word: cavatina
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Raff. a) Cavatina...
...that by Forster was sung with much more feeling, and was marred only by the huskiness before mentioned. In response to a recall, she gave Gurlitt's "Messenger," in which she was even more successful. Nothing better could be imagined than Mr. Kneisel's rendering of the Raff cavatina. His tone was pure and sweet, his intonation perfect, his phrasing broad, and he also showed true musical feeling. His second selection was not so happy, being chiefly noteworthy for a remarkable exhibition of harmonics, and for some rather questionable double stopping...
...Cavatina (Freischutz) Weber...