nounplural noun cavatine/ˌkavəˈtiːneɪ/ , plural noun cavatinas

• 1Music
  A short operatic aria in simple style without repeated sections.

  ‘Erik is a mere operatic tenor lover, and his cavatinas have tunefulness enough, without a trace of the warmth of melody which characterises Wagner's later works.’

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  • ‘His bright tenor was untiring in the taxing role, full of Italianate cavatinas.’
  • ‘In her cavatina ‘Me voila seule dans la nuit’ she spun the line beautifully.’
  • ‘For example, Act One loses the ‘Giovani liete’ choruses, Act Three loses the sextet, and Act Four loses Barbarina's cavatina, Marcellina's song about the he-goat and the she-goat, and Basilio's ‘In quegli anni.’’
  • ‘The Boccherini is superb as well, the overture and cavatina from ‘Clementina’, which I gather is a scandalously neglected masterpiece of the genre; I'd certainly like to hear more of it after this tempting nine minute excerpt.’

  1. 1.1A piece of lyrical instrumental music similar to a cavatina.
     ‘Berg also embeds within the score a number of self-contained closed forms: sonata-allegro, rondo, variation, canzonetta, cavatina, etc.’
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     • ‘These pieces have both style and substance, epitomised by the brilliant concert variations on a Bellini cavatina, here played by de Beenhouwer.’