Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word d'amore.

Examples

  • "Greek Fire" confirms, as many suspected, that in her heart-rending interpretation of "Tosca," Callas was also singing about her own life: "Vissi d'arte, Vissi d'amore."

    Inamoratas and Other Women Elizabeth Abbott 2011

  • The glorious event began with Matthew Garrett singing tenor, first singing Donizetti's aria "Una Furtiva Lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore, but then singing the less classical but equally spectacular "Maria" from Lenny Bernstein's West Side Story.

    Jim Luce: Swiss Global Artistic Foundation: Presenting Music From Classical to Jazz Jim Luce 2011

  • That usually refers to works that go to the extremes of the orchestra, beyond the meat-and-potatoes of strings and winds and brass: a stroke of harp, a shimmer of cymbal, the mellow birdcall of an oboe d'amore or the flatulence of a contrabassoon.

    Hans Graf conducts Jean-Yves Thibaudet, National Symphony in Ravel, Debussy 2010

  • Violinist Marlisa del Cid Woods drew on a wonderful arsenal of bowing inflections as a partner with McFarlane in the G Minor Trio Sonata, a piece representative of Vivaldi's most gracious moments, while violist William Bauer struggled some with intonation in a concerto for lute and viola d'amore.

    In performance: Bach Sinfonia 2010

  • Donizetti: "Voglio dire, lo stupendo elisir" from L'elisir d'amore (Battle/Pavarotti/Levine).

    Last Fair Deal Gone Down Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • MG: Two — L'elisir d'amore as a John Hughes high school comedy, or an Albert Herring that takes full advantage of the lovers 'names being Sid and Nancy. 7.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • The ensemble includes a lasso d'amore--one of those ridged plastic tubes you whirl around your head, the pitch depending on how fast--and a tromboon, a slide trombone fitted with a bassoon bocal.

    Lulu Sings To Berg, With Love sfmike 2009

  • Donizetti: "Voglio dire, lo stupendo elisir" from L'elisir d'amore (Battle/Pavarotti/Levine).

    Archive 2007-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters - Pensiero d'amore 03:42

    VA - Hot Party Spring 2009 [2cds] | Happy Share Scott at 7:02 AM 2009

  • MG: Two — L'elisir d'amore as a John Hughes high school comedy, or an Albert Herring that takes full advantage of the lovers 'names being Sid and Nancy. 7.

    Gold stars and red pen Matthew Guerrieri 2007

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.