Why is opera sung in Italian?

Answer 1

Italy was greatly affected by the Renaissance, and they were probably the ones who had a great interest in operas in the first place.

Italian is also a classic language for artistic performances, as many people in Opera have to learn Italian and German because many of them were written in more classic languages than English.

Also, Italians like pasta and lots of it, and you need to exercise your diaphragm to belt out many of those poweful notes in Italian arias.

Answer 2

Yes opera is the Italian world for the English opera

answer 2

No. Quite apart from operas being written in various languages, German, English, French etc, operas are sometimes translated from their original language.

Answer 3

Opera began in Italian, and to compose in Italian was still the accepted tradition in the baroque era when Mozart was composing. This tradition held all the way through the classical period and onwards. While a few operas were composed in other languages by Mozart and others, Italian was the primary choice.

Answer 4

Opera started and developed in Italy, extending from there to other countries. It soon became a favorite form of entertainment. There are many great operas written by Italian composers such as Verdi, Rossini or Puccini.

Answer 5

Opera is sometimes in Italian because of the classical culture in Italy. Some operas were written in Italy, so it only makes sense that the country of it's orient would correspond with it's language.

Opera originated in Italy, so most of the earlier and most important operas were in that language. It spread fairly rapidly and by the 17th century there were operas in French and German. After that it continued to spread throughout Europe and into Britain, so there were and are operas in nearly all languages.

Answer 6

Not all opera is sung in Italian, Italians wrote in Italian, German speakers wrote in German etc.

Answer 7

Italian, Latin, German, French, English, Swedish...these are the most popular languages

Answer 8

For Italian and German opera composers, they wrote operas in their native languages.