3 articles
Don Juan
Don Juan (Don Giovanni, Don Juan Tenorio) is the legendary Spanish seducer archetype, created by Tirso de Molina in El Burlador de Sevilla, retold by Molière and Mozart, and reimagined by Byron, Pushkin, and modern film.
Habanera (aria)
Habanera, formally "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", is Carmen's Act I entrance aria in Bizet's opera Carmen, a mezzo-soprano showpiece whose melody Bizet borrowed from Yradier's "El Arreglito" and rewrote 13 times for Galli-Marié.
La donna è mobile
"La donna è mobile" ("Woman is fickle") is the Duke of Mantua's tenor canzone from Act III of Verdi's 1851 opera Rigoletto, in B major and 3/8 time, kept secret before the premiere and famous worldwide since.