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scena
[ shey-nuh ]
noun
- an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
scena
/ ˈʃeɪnə /
noun
- a scene in an opera, usually longer than a single aria
- a dramatic vocal piece written in operatic style
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Paganini's monocorde was nothing to it, for they 'll go through a whole scena of Donizetti with only one note in their voice.
From Project Gutenberg
A pair of overdressed Italian artists, extravagantly posturing to one another in some operatic scena.
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Then rose up before me this great opera-house "scena" of the delivery.
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The scena first appeared in print in the fall of 1805, when it was published in a collection made by Hoffmeister and Khnel.
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Repeated mention is made in the letters of the year 1777, and afterwards, of a scena composed for Madame Duschek.
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