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• ▸nuzïali: /nuˈtsi.a.li/, the diaeresis turns the i into a full syllable so the word is sung nu-TSI-a-li, and the z is the palatal affricate /ts/ (not /dz/) exactly like in nazione.
• ▸piacevoli: /pjaˈtʃɛvoli/, the c before e is the soft /tʃ/ and the pi is the p+j glide, so the syllable is pja-TCHE- rather than pia-cke-, and the accent stays on the penult.
• ▸assai: /asˈsai/, the double s is one geminate [sː] to be sustained as a single consonant, not two separate s, and the word never takes an elision; the stress falls on -sai.
• ▸son: /son/, this is the contracted plural of essere (sono) in one syllable, and the following piacevoli keeps the n as a distinct consonantal attack, never merging them.
• ▸quel: /ˈkwɛl/, the qu is /kw/ and the word is fully stressed; before che the final l must be sung as the hard, velar l (l dura) so the colour stays masculine and dark.
• ▸esse: /ˈɛsse/, another geminate double s [sː]; it is the only syllable of the word and it must not be squeezed into a short /ɛs/ at the chosen tempo.
• ▸dà: /ˈda/, the grave accent marks the open vowel [a] opposed to the closed a; the bass must keep the throat open and the tone warm rather than shutting the vowel into /ɑː/.
• ▸maggior: /madˈdʒor/, the double g is the geminate /ddʒ/ and the -ior is a single diphthong [jor], so the word counts two syllables and must not be sung ma-GGI-or.
• ▸diletto: /diˈlɛtto/, the double t is a true geminate [tː], the first vowel is closed /i/ and the second open /ɛ/, and the accent sits on the -let-.
• ▸l'amabile: /laˈmabi.le/, the apocope of il swallows its own vowel and the surviving l slides onto the a as [la-], while the stress stays on -bi- and the final e opens into the following word.
• ▸È: /ɛ/, the verb essere always keeps its open e even high in the bass register, so È l'amabile is never sung e l'amabile.
• ▸vista: /ˈvista/, the s before t stays voiceless [s], it does not become [z], and the i is a short closed vowel inside the word.
• ▸banchetto: /banˈkɛtto/, the k is a hard velar stop between vowels and the double t is a geminate [tː]; the second vowel is open /ɛ/, matching the color of diletto.

• ▸feste → nuzïali → /ˈfɛste nuˈtsi.a.li/, the unstressed final e of feste is carried by the melisma and the n of nuziali attacks inside that same vowel, so the two words are sung as one breathing gesture with no separate consonant gap.
• ▸nuzïali → son → /nuˈtsi.a.li ˈson/, the final i is a vowel ending, so it glides directly into the s of son (sono contracted) and the two sounds fuse into a single legato sonority rather than two separate syllables.
• ▸piacevoli → assai → /pjaˈtʃɛvoli asˈsai/, on the printed stress of the word the final i of piacevoli and the initial a of assai meet in a sung glissando, one vowel passing into the other without a consonant to separate them.
• ▸quel → che → /ˈkwɛl ˈke/, a consonant-consonant link with no elision: the l is placed hard before the k, the /kw/ of quel closes on the l and the k of che speaks from the back of the mouth on the same breath.
• ▸che → in → /ˈke in ˈɛsse/, a vowel-vowel link where the final e of che becomes the glide [j] before the i of in (che-in, like che-in-esse), it is never elided but semivocalized.
• ▸in → esse → /in ˈɛsse/, the nasal n resyllabifies onto the initial e of esse with a slight nasal coloring and a soft consonant release, the e itself stays clean and open.
• ▸l'amabile → vista → /laˈmabi.le ˈvista/, the final e of amabile slides into the v of vista, the v being the consonant onset of the next syllable, so amabile vista is sung as a single legato line with no gap after the e.
• ▸del → banchetto → /del banˈkɛtto/, the l before b is the hard l again, and the b is sung as a strong stop [b] after that l, with no breathy [β] and no break between del and banchetto.