Aria of Leonora (Il trovatore)

Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Genre
Aria
Composed
1853

History of the work

Tacea la notte placida, Leonora's Act I cavatina. She tells Ines how the unknown troubadour sang beneath her window in the quiet of the night, and the aria establishes, before he appears, the voice she has fallen in love with.

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