The poet raises the issue of gender inequality in the first (1.12, 1.571.59) and the fifth (5.17) cantos of the epic.
We had never heard in the flesh a bel canto soprano so opulent, so lush, and so velvety.
Sometimes his quirky cantos got rewritten, but it was impossible to subvert their essentially subversive character.
One reviewer commented that the production makes up for what it lacks in "bel canto" elegance by being a riotously funny, enormously enjoyable evening's entertainment.
It is in three cantos, comprising 107 stanzas of ottava rima.
In the fourth canto the young boy wins a wrestling match but is severely berated by his father.
The original poem comprised twelve cantos, of which only the first four survived (1848 lines).
The nuevo canto repertoire began to diversify, incorporating cosmopolitan influences such as electronic instruments, classical harmonies, and jazz influences.
