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Aria A self-contained song within an operaBel canto Literally "beautiful singing", a style of Italian opera with pure tone and clean articulation, especially in the early 19th century Rossini, Donizetti, BelliniCabaletta Fast end section of an aria, especially in Italian opera, usually brilliant and showyColoratura From the German Koloratur.
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