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That poetry, especially the yearning of its Romanza, was hard-earned.

There is also the governor’s son Romanza, who is in love with another man, ostracized by his family and living among the “indigents.”

It reaches a nonsensical pinnacle when Romanza’s twin, Sonteine, whose own pum-pum has been swept away in a river, discovers and inserts Lydia’s castoff, to the mutual delight of the nervous bride-to-be and her virginal fiance, Dandu.

The new album is Bocelli’s 16th studio effort and 26th overall to chart since “Romanza” made it to Billboard in 1997.

“Miss Caballé had only to sing her initial romanza, a typically melting Donizetti aria with small vocal flourishes, and it was apparent that here was a singer not only with a beautifully pure voice but an outstanding command of vocal style. It was not surprising that so early in the opera the audience stopped the performance for five minutes with its applause and cheers.”