Opera

The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and it was based on Voltaire's novel Candide.

Yes and no. He was not legally deaf; he could hear you if you shout or yell.

She is the sister of Verdina Shlonsky the 'The First Lady of Israeli Music' [see link below] and was active during the mid half of the 20th centaury.

James Burbage obtained a 21 year lease to build the first theatre at Shoreditch, London in 1576

No. Camille du Locle wrote the novel "La Dame aux Camelias" -(Lady of the Camelais) which formed the basis of Giuseppe Verdi's " la Traviata"

Iphigenie en Tauride (Iphigenia in Taurus) is pronounced

ee fee zhay NEE aw taw REED.

Singers will pronounce the last word "taw REE duh" when they sing. This is an old pronunciation convention that his upheld in singing and in poetry, but not in every-day speech.

Iphigenie should have an acute (bottom left to upper right) accent over the first "e." This is why the "ge" is pronounced "zhay" instead of "zhuh"

Wagner's opera entitled "Tristan and Isolde" is about a young man who falls in love with the woman promised to marry the king.

No. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy and based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée and that itself was influenced by the narrative poem "The Gypsies" (1824) by Pushkin.

Falstaff Otello

If you mean the version that is used on the Jean Paul Gaultier 'Le Male' and 'Classique' adverts - This is a famous track from the Vincenzo Bellini opera Norma (Casta Diva). In my opinion, Maria Callas delivers the best version.

It's a musical

The first musical excerpt from an opera is from Mozart's "DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE" (The Magic Flute) and is the famous "Queen of the Night" Aria. The second classical selection is actually not from an opera at all. It is the theme from a ballet by Tchaikovsky called "Swan Lake." Since it is a ballet, all of the music is instrumental.

Nessun Dorma and it's from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot"

Bel Canto = 'beautiful singing' is the traditional Italian art of singing incorporating beautiful tone, fine legato phrasing, impeccable technique are paramount. It is an imprecise term and flourished 17th - 19th centuries.

I think that mezzo-sopranos slightly have heavier and darker tones than first sopranos. First sopranos usually have high-pitched, squeaky singing voices. Sopranos are more comfortable in their higher tessitura and can sing high notes with ease. Mezzo-sopranos have a range intermediate between that of the soprano and contralto.

According to the Kurt Herbert Adler papers a Pavarotti concert took place on 5th Sept 1982 at the Hollywood Bowl.

Albus Dumbledore's younger syster, Ariana

It is Dame Nellie Melba- a title of nobility akin to Sir with a Knight. She was known throughout the British Empire ( as DBE status would require) but was an Australian national. Most of the famous opera singers in the Empire were from the various colonies such as Australia and Canada, outside of Gilbert and Sullivan ( operetta) the British did not evolve their own brand of Opera.

Buffa

Any performance that the Italian opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti starred in. That would include not just opera but popular music.

The story of Apollo falling in love with the eponymous nymph, Daphne.

The chorus in an opera serves the same function as a chorus in Classic Greek Dramatic theatre. This is usually a narrative role, to underscore the drama in the story.

The difference is that the opera chorus sings, of course.

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While there are a few operas in which the chorus is an outside narrator and commentator, in most operas the chorus is part of the story, portraying the citizens of a village, or the sailors on the Dutchman's ship, or the followers of a captain, or the maids to Aida, or the friends of Butterfly, or the attendees at Cinderella's ball or Lucia's wedding celebration; you get the picture. They're groups of people, armies, villagers, friends, enemies, in the background, but part of the story.

The Queen of Spades is an opera in 3 acts by Tchaikovsky. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg.

Pavarotti?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the music for the opera Così fan tutte.