something called a scena.

这场叫做Scena
And a scena--

Scena的意思
the Italian word "Scena"

意大利文的Scena
of course is simply "Scene"

就是"场景"的意思
but in opera it's a little bit more complex than that.

但在歌剧中它的意义更复杂一点
What we have is an amalgam of three items.

它实际包含了三个部分
We have an aria followed by a recitative

一首咏叹调接一首宣叙调
followed by another aria,

再接一首咏叹调
and that final aria is a very fast aria.

而最后一首咏叹调是非常快速的
Indeed it's something called a cabaletta,

这种咏叹调叫做卡巴列塔
that we'll talk about later on.

我们等会讨论
So now we're moving on our text sheet here to the second arrow,

现在把学案翻到下一个箭头的位置