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Opera
‘Opera’ is the Italian word for ‘work’ and an abbreviation of ‘Opera in musica’. An opera is a drama to be sung with instrumental accompaniment by one or more singers usually in costume and with scenery. As well as singing, this may include recitative or spoken dialogue. Questions should relate directly to the subject of opera.
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How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Practice
"Practice, practice, practice!" said Rubenstein when asked directions to Carnegie Hall.
Giuseppe Verdi composed operas, and was not known to sing them. As well, men rarely sing in the soprano vocal range.
What is a well known opera duet sung by two women?
There are "tons" of great operatic duets sung by women, but one of my personal favorites is The Flower Duet from Léo Delibes' Lakmé. A couple of other great ones are Canzonetta Sull'aria from the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart and Belle Nuit O Nuit D'Amour from The Tales of Hoffman by Offenbach. Oh...Oh...but wait, we can't forget the beautiful Flower Duet from Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
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*La Pesca - duet for soprano and mezzo soprano by Rossini.
& I found a link with a list: http://www.opera-arias.com/duets/soprano-soprano/
Also, not all aria duets were in actual operas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_and_arias_of_Johann_Sebastian_Bach
Opera? There is a genre of opera called verismo, but all the word means is realism.
Is Luciano Pavarotti Albanian?
No. He was Italian.
No. He was Italian.
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Western opera use higher formants of the face and use a "coated" sound, not a white sound. Opera singers sing with their back of their throats open... as far as I am hearing the Peking opera singers tend to sing through their nose and their sound is uncouted, it is flat, just like the sound of a baby crying.
Where do The soldiers chorus and Easter Fair Chorus come from?
It's a bit hard to tell what you mean, exactly. There are a few "soldier's Choruses" in opera. The one you are probably thinking of is from Faust... Faust also has a large fair scene, the Kermess, but the most famous "Easter" chorus is from Cavelleria Rusticana. If your choruses are both in the same opera, I'd bet on Faust for both.
A ballad opera is closest in format to what?
A Singspiel is closest to a ballad opera. It is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera.
What are the lyrics to 'Chi il bel sogno di Doretta' when translated from Italian to English?
"Who Doretta's beautiful dream" is an English equivalent of the Italian phrase Chi il bel sogno di Doretta. The interrogative/relative pronoun, masculine singular definite article with adjective and noun, preposition, and feminine proper name most famously reference an aria from Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini's (December 22, 1858 - November 29, 1924) opera La Rondine ("The Swallow"). The lyrics translate into English as: "Who could guess Doretta's beautiful dream? Why, why is its mystery ended? Alas! One day a student kissed her on the mouth, and that kiss was a revelation: It was passion! Mad love! Mad intoxication! Who ever will be able to repeat the subtle caress of such an ardent kiss? Oh! My dream! Oh! My life! What do riches matter if happiness at last recurs? Oh golden dream to be able to love like this!"
Was Pam dawber the female opera singer in pretty woman movie?
No. The actress who portrayed Violetta in the opera, "La Traviata" was Karin Calabro.
What was the first opera to win widespread acclaim?
The first masterpiece of opera was Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo of 1607. A few other composers--most notably of the Florentine camerata--had written operas that made a splash, but they were intended and viewed as experiments in reviving Ancient Greek drama, which the renaissance historians believed to have been completely sung.
L'Orfeo was the first masterpiece of opera. It and two other operas of Monteverdi--"Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria"and "L'incoronazione di Poppea" survive complete and are performed by specialist companies today. Monteverdi wrote at least eight other operas. Most of these are completely lost. A single trio exists of one of these operas, and a single aria of another.
What were Mozarts greatest operas?
Mozats most famous opera was The Marriage of Figaro. I love that piece of music
What is it about Opera that makes people either hate or love it?
There are numerous reasons, usually subjective. However, on a very general basis - while lots of people love music but love / hate singing and in the opera context the audience is supposed to suspend some reality. The singer [usually female] is just about to die from T.B. but looks exceptionally health, with obviously perfect lungs. OR they stand around singing [instead of getting away] when it obvious they are going to get, for example, a knife in the guts. Or the tenor is telling the soprano [who is 3 times his size and weight] how delicate a little flower she is and how hungry and thin she is [so its not just referees that need glasses] I could go on.
no she is still single.
2nd answer
She married Desmond Park in 1967. They were divorced in 1997. During their 30-year marriage they adopted and raised a boy and a girl.
What is the opera song that plays in slow motion scenes?
Please rephrase - the question is unclear.
Yo, I got this. The question isn't that unclear to me 'cause I watch tv and movies all the time. There are many opera songs played during slow mo scenes. It's usually meant to be funny now.
The most common one is "Vesti La Giubba." Only a small part of the song is used in the scenes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky271W94VHA at 1:59
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn_eS2XFZ5g at 1:05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wydTvVr1IG8 at 1:37
In Verdi's La Traviata Violetta sings what when unsure of herself?
in a lower key
Second answer
Violetta sings "Ah, fors'è lui" thinking Alfredo may be the one for her, but unsure of her feelings. By the time she sings the cabaletta, "Sempre libera," she's convinced herself he isn't the one and she should enjoy her life of freedom.
answer is in recitative..(just took test)
What are the male voice types of opera?
The basic male operatic voices are tenor, baritone, and bass. There is a sub-classification called "bass-baritone," which sings some baritone roles and some bass roles. Among each basic type, there are multiple variants that refer either to the various opera roles that a particular voice is suited for or the kind of sound that characterizes the voice.
Who composed Nuns chorus from which opera?
The Nuns' Chorus (O Madonna, auf uns sieh) is from the 1928 operetta "Casanova," which was arranged by Ralph Benatsky (1884-1957) from the music of Johann Strauss Jr.. The Nuns' Chorus itself, according to Andrew Lamb's book "150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre" (p. 227), was adapted from Strauss' operetta "Blindekuh" (1878).
Where is the largest opera house in the World?
The largest Opera House in the world according to the number of seats is the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. It has 3,800 seats and more than 300 spaces for standing room.
It's followed by Chicago's Civic Opera Theatre which is home to the Chicago Lyric Opera. The Civic Opera Theatre has 3,560. Cincinnati's Music Hall, home of the Cincinnati Opera ranks third with 3,516 seats.
Theses housed dwarf the European houses of which the largest only hold around 3,000 people. Milan's La Scala for example has only 2,800 seats and London's Royal Opera House at Covent Garden has 2,268 seats.
The Arena in Verona can seat up to 20,000. While it could be argued that it is not an opera house as it does not have a roof and it was built for gladiators, it has been staging opera for 100 years - much longer than the Met!
