Noun
cabaletta (plural cabalettas)
A short, rhythmically repetitive aria.
Leonora now was to have a cantabile for the Miserere as well as retaining "Tacea la Notte" in act 1 with its cabaletta. Source: Internet
Osborne, C., p. 255 Thus, the cantabile cabaletta two-part arias, the use of the chorus, etc., which Verdi had originally asked Cammarano to ignore, are evident. Source: Internet