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His beautiful voice and stage presence are still remarkable but he seemed to be having vocal problems, and in his big "Il balen" aria, he was audibly gulping down huge breaths between each phrase.

A Night at The Opera sfmike 2009

His beautiful voice and stage presence are still remarkable but he seemed to be having vocal problems, and in his big "Il balen" aria, he was audibly gulping down huge breaths between each phrase.

Archive 2009-09-01 sfmike 2009

"Il balen" sounded as if Bearden was complaining about Leonora rather than meditating on her radiant beauty, and something very bad happened, pitchwise, to the first verse.

Archive 2008-07-01 Lisa Hirsch 2008

"Il balen" sounded as if Bearden was complaining about Leonora rather than meditating on her radiant beauty, and something very bad happened, pitchwise, to the first verse.

Gypsies, Nobles, and Nuns Lisa Hirsch 2008

And the BEEB still refuses to publish the balen report which documents the systematic anti-israli bias in their reporting.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

From the piano in the next room came a quick change of accompaniment, and a voice was heard singing, as if to the singer's self, 'Il balen del suo sorris'.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

From the piano in the next room came a quick change of accompaniment, and a voice was heard singing, as if to the singer's self, 'Il balen del suo sorris'.

Mrs. Falchion, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

From the piano in the next room came a quick change of accompaniment, and a voice was heard singing, as if to the singer's self, 'Il balen del suo sorris'.

Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

The second scene is introduced by a flowing, broad, and beautifully sustained aria for the Count ( "Il balen del suo"), and, like Leonora's numbers in the garden scene, again develops from a slow movement to a rapid and spirited march tempo ( "Per me ora fatale"), the act closing with a powerful concerted effect of quartet and chorus.

The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876

"[Greek: mêkôn d 'hôs heterôse karê balen, hêt' eni kêpôi] [Greek: karpôi brithomenê, notiêisi te eiarinêisin] [Greek: hôs heterôs 'êmuse karê pêlêki barunthen.]"

Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859