Fortin was up to the demands of her role as Lady Macbeth, whether in the Act I cabaletta, the banquet's brindisi or the dramatic Act IV sleepwalking scene. |
The Brindisi remains the best known drinking song in opera, whilst Un Di Felice is a beautiful duet. |
With a roulade the brindisi had ceased and the singer as though pleased, not with herself but with the audience, bowed. |
They are moving people to Sicily, Bari, and Brindisi, but not fast enough. |
The turning point was the battle for Brindisi, where the Sicilians launched a major counterattack by both land and sea. |
Cleric said he thought Virgil, when he was dying at Brindisi, must have remembered that passage. |