Opera

Before Wagner wrote his first music-drama, Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman,) he had already written three operas, Die Feen (The Fairies), Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love), and the grand opera, Rienzi.

Please rephrase - the question is unclear.

'overture' or 'prelude'

Langston Hughes. The opera, Troubled Island, with words by Hughes and Verna Arvey and music by William Grant Still.

Kathleen Battle was a member of the Metropolitan Opera but got fired because she became greedy and prideful. She got upset at another singer for using her dressing room or I guess she thought it was hers. It was really a shame because she has a gorgeous floating soprano voice. She sang a lot of Gospel music too. Not sure at this time what she is doing career wise.

These orchestra members are represented by the ICSOM, the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians.

Their Web site publishes the annual salaries contracted for these musicians. See below.

The baroque era - from around 1600 to the death of Handel in 1759 - saw both the birth of opera as a musical form and its growth into perhaps the most enduring musical genre. It was an evolutionary period and operas written are referred to as baroque operas.

People who had already done in in the past or people who are just talented at it:)

look on a recording - check on itunes

This would be called an Aria. They are commonly found between Recetativo Secco and Accompagnato within operas.

An American Tenor who sings Italian opera.

pirates of penzanne

Così fan tutte - film - was created in 1992.

Normal orchestral instruments for the time / period and that would depend on which 'Samson' is meant. For example, operas written by - Graupner - 1709 Handel - 1743 Tubek - 1803 Basili - 1824 Saint-Saens - 1877 Szokolay - 1973 Examples being, numerous string and wind instruments differed greatly in 1709 to 1973. I suggest you look up the history of instruments on the web or in a musical dictionary as it would be a huge task to fully explain here.

Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida, Billy Budd, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Falstaff,Turandot

Marion Hood was the first person ot play Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance." It was her London debut.

I'm taking it you mean the famous aria 'Ombra mai fù'. It is sung by the main character 'Serse' or 'Xerxes'. At the premier the part was sung by the castrato Gaetano Majorano - stage name of Caffarelli [12th April 1710 to 31st January 1783].

Search for the opera libretto you want, and several versions from several publishers can be purchased online.

Luciano Pavarotti is an opera singer. A very famous one at that.

It is reported that the great tenor, Placido Domingo, holds the record number of curtain call bows, which occurred at the Vienna State Opera: a record number 87 curtain calls!

Jose' Carreras was dying from cancer, when his doctors told him he would not live much longer. From that time, he lived at least a quarter century, and gave concert and operatic appearances far beyond his anticipated death!

From an historical standpoint, Enrico Caruso was undoubtedly the greatest opera singer of all time!

From a singing artist's aesthetic point of view, Mario Lanza was without question the most beautiful tenor voice of the previous century, who was also the singing idol of the world's three greatest operatic tenors at the close of the 20th century; viz., Luciano Pavarotti, Jose' Carreras, and Placido Domingo. The celebrated Italian conductor, Arturo Toscanini [who conducted all his operatic and symphonic scores from memory!], declared that Mario Lanza had the greatest tenor singing voice of the 20th century!

Probably the greatest soprano singers of the 20th century were Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, the latter singer who was said to have the "voice of an Angel!" by many musical intelligentsia.

The German born, American Basso Cantante i Profundo, Jerome Hines, has the longest continuous career at the Metropolitan Opera: a fantastic 41 seasons! Mr. Hines did not begin to sing until he had graduated with his Master's degree in Chemistry from UCLA, and sang his last professional concert in his 80th year! He also composed his own opera, "I Am the Way," on the life of Christ, which had over one hundred performances, worldwide, before his death in 2003.

He died Thursday, September 6, 2007

If what you mean by your question is whether the type of voice training that we call "classical singing" is the same thing that we call "opera singing," then the answer to your question is yes.

However, Opera is more than just singing: An Opera (and this applies to both Western Opera and Chinese Opera) is a theatrical presentation in which the drama is enacted by classically trained singers, most of the times accompanied by a sizable instrumental ensemble, which usually corresponds to something almost identical to a symphonic orchestra.

Classical Singing is also used to interpret Oratorios, Art Songs, Lieder, and several other forms of sung compositions, which do not require staging.

In a performance of opera, the drama requires a full staging, of course, and this brings a full visual aspect to it, in addition to the music. Scenery, costumes, make up, lights, all make part of an opera performance as well.

If you attend an opera devoid of its staging, this incomplete rendering is called Opera in Concert, or a Concert Version of an opera. Beyond that, you can also experience opera through complete recordings (the full dramatic story in music) in both audio-alone, as well as video versions. Highlights from operas are also usually found in either recording or concert form. If accompanied by piano, these latter forms can be called an Opera Recital.

Check out the link below. It's amazing what you can find on line...

The famous Habanera - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle.

While much of Gilbert and Sullivan is suitable for children, none of their operettas were written FOR children.

Marian Anderson 27th February 1897 [or 1899] - 8th April 1993 the American contralto was the first Negro singer at the Metropolitan opera in 1955.