avvampò - flushed, blushed ( translation glossary) opera,Music,Art/Literary

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Italian term or phrase:	avvampò
English translation:	flushed, blushed

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06:49 Apr 4, 2003

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Italian term or phrase: Si fè smorta avvampò!

Opera iPuritani. Elvira has gone mad. She experiences a brief flash of sanity but now descends once more into madness. Her ladies observe:
Si tramutò! Si fè smorta avvampò!

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She went pale (and then) she blushed!

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A contrast between the pallid serenity of Elvira's "flash of sanity" with the inflamed intensity of her consequent madness.

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She went pale (and then) she blushed!

Explanation:
A contrast between the pallid serenity of Elvira's "flash of sanity" with the inflamed intensity of her consequent madness.

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Italian: Si fè smorta avvampò!

English translation: flushed, blushed