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Rumph offered the audience a thoughtful Rodolfo, innocent and rather sweet, with a confident, warm tenor that used superb control to great emotional effect, particularly in the signature "Che gelida manina."
Music [1] 2009
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Qualcosa di strano, bello, intangibile e straodinario si annida nella gelida periferia di Copenhagen.
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"Che Gelida Manina," performed by Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan & Luciano Pavarotti Two of Puccini's most beloved arias -- "Che gelida manina" and "Mi chiamano Mimì" -- occur midway in the first act of his "La Bohème," a cornerstone of the opera literature since its premiere in 1896.
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"Che gelida manina," he exclaims, "How cold your little hand is; let me warm it in mine."
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Apparently he sang "Che gelida manina" so beautifully that he got a giant ovation and Caballe stepped out of character to applaud him.
Quiz Lisa Hirsch 2008
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The audience goes absolutely nuts after "Che gelida manina," and with good reason.
Archive 2007-09-01 Lisa Hirsch 2007
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In updating "La Boheme," Luhrmann has paradoxically returned Mimi and Rodolfo's romance to something like Puccini's own era, when regular folks went to the opera and "Che gelida manina" was a pop hit.
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"Che gelida manina" and "Una furtiva lagrima" are perfectly lovely, models of style and beautiful singing.
Archive 2007-09-01 Lisa Hirsch 2007
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Sic, inquit, qualitates h� (quatuor prim�) quatuor rerum naturis summ� obtigerunt, vt quemadmodum paro igne nihil calidius, nihilque leuius: Sic terra nihil siccius, nihil grauius: Aquam sinceram, nullius medicamenti vis gelida euincet, vt nec a雛em, vllius humor.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Sic, inquit, qualitates hæ (quatuor primæ) quatuor rerum naturis summæ obtigerunt, vt quemadmodum paro igne nihil calidius, nihilque leuius: Sic terra nihil siccius, nihil grauius: Aquam sinceram, nullius medicamenti vis gelida euincet, vt nec aërem, vllius humor.
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