Aria da capo

In Classical music, a aria da capo - or aria idiot da capo , i.e., in French: “aria with da capo ”, is “aria with recovery” - is a variety of Aria, of form ABA'.

For example, the air of Ferrando, Un' will have amorosa , with the first act of the Così fan tutte of Mozart is an example of aria da capo.

In the aria da capo, the median part (B), often contrasted, is framed by the principal melody (has and A') whose recovery (A'), which constitutes the “da capo” itself, is very often ornament ée, thus allowing to emphasize vocal virtuosity of the interprets.

This type of aria is very in vogue at 18th, and especially at the 18th century, in the opera, but also in others vocal kinds such as Cantate, Oratorio, mass, etc

During the 18th century, in order to limit “excesses” of the Soloist S - Castrato S and prima donna - which had taken the practice to use the aria da capo like a means of making triumph their vocal capacities with the detriment over the scenic action, the Compositeur S start to note completely of it the third part, decorated or not decorated notes.

At the 19th century, the type-setters tend more and more to estimate that the aria da capo night with the dramatic progression by stopping this one unnecessarily: they end up forsaking the kind, with the profit of the Cavatine and the Arioso, inter alia.

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