Fin Chan Dal Vino from Don Giovanni by Mozart
A soap opera is the same as a TV series that features an open narrative story line .
In Italian, opera buffa, in French, opéra comique.
Opera buffa
Italian opera mainly focused on the voice not the music.The style was known as bel canto.There are less instruments used in italian opera compared to german opera.German opera often employed "singspiel" which is spoken not sung words.The melody in italian opera was more melosmatic and more syllabic in german opera.
'opera' is Italian for 'work' and an abbreviation of 'opera in musica'.
The aria at the beginning (I haven't seen the whole episode) is "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from Act I of the Italian opera La Wally by Alfredo Catalani.
Fred Curtis Petty has written: 'Italian opera in London, 1760-1800' -- subject(s): 18th century, England, History and criticism, Italian Opera, London, Music, Opera, Opera, Italian
'Opera' is the Italian for 'work'. It is an abbreviation for 'opera in musica'.
Italian 'work'. An abbreviation of 'opera in musica'.
Italian is the language from which the word 'opera' comes. It's a feminine noun in Italian. It includes among its different translations 'work, opera [as a piece of music], opera [as the theater in which the music is performed], and deed'. It's pronounced 'OH-peh-rah'.
Opera News is the best known. It is available at the Jersey City Public Library and has a (generally) good balance of current opera events(as News implies) and historical articles on costumes, famous singers of the past, and so on. It is a commercial magazine so one has to wade through ads for banks and finance companies and similar sponsors a la Tv. Originally the magazine was much smaller, about 5X7 and did not have advertising other than opera=themed ( Classical record stores, for example, stereo equipment) It"s the only American opera Magazine I am aware of, and as stated is available in regular library reference rooms.