Opera

A leitmotif is a musical clue to a character.

Usually, it is employed to foreshadow the appearance of a character, or to 'call' a character into a situation where the character's attributes could change the outcome of a situation.

Leitmotif has its roots in opera, notably the Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner.

La Vie Boheme is French for 'the Bohemian life'.

An operatic song is called an aria. This is a solo song that is a self contained piece that can be with or without instrumental music.

It's in 4 acts, but none of them are that long. Add the three intermissions at 15 to 20 minutes, though, and it is well over 3 hours. May sound like a long time, but again, that's with nearly an hour of intermissions, so it's really not much longer than the average movie - and it's a very accessible and enjoyable work.

A recitative is a way of singing in an opera used for dialogue and moving the plot forward. It exaggerates ups and downs in speech to emphasize emotions.

They were 4 operas. Some say that His work was taken by the guy how wrote Lord Of The Rings.

She was married to Orpheus Fisher, an architect, for 43 years, from 1943 until his death in 1986. Anderson died at age 96 in 1993.

Giuseppe Verdi, of Italy.

Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi, was written in 1871, with first performance on 24th Dec 1871 at the Cairo Opera House. Although the general feeling is that this was commissioned for the opening of the Suez Canal, this is not correct. It was commissioned by the Khedive of Egypt for the Italian Theatre in Cairo.

"Blind" Lemon Jefferson 1893 or 1894 or 1897 - 1929 was an influential blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, and has been titled "Father of the Texas Blues."

Despite receiving treatment for throat cancer, Puccini died in Brussels, Belgium, in 1924.

Debut. However a performer can have numerous 'debuts' apart from the first ever performance - for a particular opera house, for a particular opera / character etc.

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Madama Butterfly was first performed in 1904 as a two act opera and was revised to three acts later that year.

Luciano Pavarotti is supposely 6 feet and a half inch according to the Internet movie database, but I saw a picture of him standing lower than Prince Charles who is five feet ten.

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Mozart and Rossini, among others.

Simon Estes

Donnie Ray Albert

George Shirley

Darron Flagg

Paul Spencer Adkins

Henry Burleigh, baritone

Vinson Cole, tenor

Roland Hayes, tenor

Robert McFerrin, baritone

Donnie Ray Albert, baritone

Jules Bledsoe, baritone

Edward Boatner, baritone

Uzee Brown, Jr., baritone

Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

Steven Cole, tenor

Terry Cook, bass

Mark S. Doss, bass

Todd Duncan, baritone

Gordon Hawkins, baritone

Bruce Hubbard, baritone

Lester Lynch, baritone

Eric Owens, bass

Eugene Perry, baritone

Herbert Perry, baritone

Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor

Paul Robeson, baritone

Morris Robinson, bass

Mark Rucker, baritone

George Shirley, tenor

Kevin Short, bass-baritone

Kenneth Tarver, tenor

William Warfield, baritone

Lawrence Winters, baritone

Arthur Woodley, bass

In Vienna on September 30th 1791

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Solo. Several persons singing the same part in harmony sing soli.

Basically it is the elaborate song-form of Opera / oratorio for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment. Its nature has changed over the whole history of opera / oratorio and would need a book to cover it.

Yes. And no. Technique is the key to not loosing your singing voice and causing damage to the vocal folds. Vocal rest and (in extreme cases) surgery in the form of removing vocal nodules cures such problems (not good). Vocal nodules are pollups or blisters that can form on the focal folds (chords) due to inproper overuse. Proper singing technique is very difficult to master. Because the act of singing takes on very personal psychological and spiritual connotations, using the body as an instrument is a very delicate, vulnerable, and liberating experience. Muscle memory, posture and breath control are key factors in singing. To not loose ones singing voice it is vital to have a comprehensive understanding of the body: the skeleton, the respiratory system, and the vocal apparatus. Open a book on the human body. Explore Feldenkrais and esp. Alexander Technique to understand how to use your body with maximum efficiently and avoid damaging the voice. Instances of damaging singing inc. a hoarse voice singing, a sore throat and back pain. Think of grounding your feet and raising your head, so as you sing you are being pushed/pulled both down and upwards. Not loosing your voice will take gathering info. from many sources and people of different disciplines. One voice teacher seldom has all of the answers. Lastly, discover your diaphragm. You don't have concious control over your diaphragm, but learning what it does and how you can use it through breathing is vital to good singing technique. After you train your body, you can sing from your heart. Singing is spiritual athletisism.

Georges Bizet was born on October 25, 1838.

Mozart completed his first published symphony when he was eight years old in 1764.