Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: quaff (Noun). The act of quaffing, a deep draught. quaff (Verb). To drink or imbibe, especially with vigour. Origin: Attested since the mid 16th century, of uncertain origin. Suggestions include connection with Irish Gaelic cauch (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb, since the later 16th century.
The recitative is an outgrowth of the style of performing epic musical poetic works in folk singing. The emergence of the recitative in professional music was associated with the development of opera in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Rigoletto is an opera that consist of three acts, its music was composed by Giuseppe Verdi and âCaro nomeâ is one of the main songs. This opera is about strong feeling such as love, hate, revenge and deception. Rigoletto is the star of this opera; he is a jester in the Duchy of Mantuaâs court.