finale concertato

noun

Any finale of an opera's penultimate acts which features several main characters singing simultaneously but independently.

Similar
concerted finale

Meanings

nounfinale concertato (plural finali concertati)

plural finali concertati

  1. Any finale of an opera's penultimate acts which features several main characters singing simultaneously but independently.

    Synonyms: concerted finale

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny finale of an opera's penultimate acts which features several main characters singing simultaneously but independently.

Similar
concerted finale

Origin

  1. Italianfinale concertato
  2. Englishfinale concertato

Borrowed from Italian finale concertato (literally “concerted finale”).

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APA

finale concertato. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finale%20concertato

MLA

“finale concertato.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finale%20concertato. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finale concertato,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finale%20concertato.

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