For the second performance of "Il Barbiere" Rossini replaced the unlucky air introduced by Garcia with the "Ecco ridente in cielo," as it now stands.
Ecco ridente in cielo," it is gravely pointed out by early writers on Rossini, is the "first example of modulation into the minor key later so frequently used by this master and his crowd of imitators.
The next day he wrote the delightful cavatina, Ecco ridente il cielo, to replace Garcia's unfortunate Spanish air.
Ecco ridente il cielo (the air adapted from Aureliano in Palmira) was, as already mentioned, added after the first representation.
The first act opens after a short chorus, with the serenade, "Ecco ridente in cielo," the most beautiful song in the opera.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ridente" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
