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‘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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What is the opera La Boheme about?
The 4 act opera by Puccini revolves around four bohemians who share a flat in Paris around 1830. Rodolfo a poet...
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What is the term for an Opera solo?
An 'aria' -- literally "air" in Italian, meaning song or melody. This would be the most direct answer, but others are a...
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Where is the El Liceu opera house?
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Liceu), which is located in Barcelona, Spain. It is Spain's premier opera house and supposedly has...
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What are some famous songs of Pavarotti?
Famous Songs by Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti's "signature" piece, one he always sang at concerts and that was strongly...
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Who is the most famous opera singer in New Zealand?
Kiri Te Kanawa
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What kinds of skills do opera singers need?
Good lung capacity. And the ability to reach those high notes (or low notes, if you're a guy) I'd advise you to seek out an...
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What kind of skills do you need to become an opera singer?
An open throat and a healthy ego.
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What was the opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi first performed in Venice in 1853 called?
La Traviata
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Is opera singer Giuseppe di Stefano still alive?
No, Giuseppi di Stefano died on the 3rd of March, 2008.
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How did Luciano Pavarotti die?
Cause of Pavarotti's Death Luciano Pavarotti died on September 6, 2007, of pancreatic cancer after a year-long battle with the...
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Who composed the music for the opera Cosi Fan Tutte and who wrote the words?
The music was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - born 1756 died 1791 and the libretto was written by Lorenzo da Ponte who was...
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What is the value of a master recording of Enrico Caruso?
Any of the following websites may be able to provide the value of your album: www.neatstuff.net/records/Records.html ...
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Who is Andrea Bocelli?
Andre Bocelli was born in 1958, in Lajatico, rural Tuscany, Italy. A disciple of Luciano Pavarotti and Zucchero Fornaciari, the...
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How old was Luciano Pavarotti when he died?
Pavarotti's Age At Death Luciano Pavarotti died from a year-long battle with cancer at age 71. Born October 12, 1935. Died...
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Did Pavarotti like his job?
Pavarotti's 'Job' Was His Passion Pavarotti loved to sing and it's a shame he has passed away, but he left us with some of the...
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What should you wear to the opera house Staatsoper in Vienna?
Black Tie. This means as close to formal as possible. Your best evening gown, if its a female, suit for the man.
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Do you need a college education to be an opera singer?
As a mature person or as an exceptional singer applying to a public available institution, one would figure he/she would meet the...
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The role of Don Giovanni Mozart's opera is sung in what voice range?
Normally the role is sung by a bass-baritone. Mozart originally intended that the role be sung by a bass, but with the demands...
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Who is David Vivian Russell?
Counter tenor, writer and opera workshop leader. Performer and conductor in opera, oratorio, children's theatre and choral music.
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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...
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Who was Victoria de Los Angeles?
Victoria de los Angeles was a Catalan operatic soprano. Victoria de los Angeles López García (1923 – 2005) Her career began...
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Where can you get a copy of the CD 'Suor Angelica 'with Rosanna Carteri?
www.premiereopera.com Has quite a few Carteri recordings.
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Does anyone have an update on Jerry's Hadley's condition as he apparently tried to kill himself?
Sorry, he has passed away. He was taken off life support about 8 hours ago. He did have brain damage from the gun shot. If you...
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What is the name of the opera song played at sporting events that goes somthing like da da da da da da da da da da da daaa daa daa help please?
Carl Orff Carmina Burana
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Who was the first black American male to sing in a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera?
First black man to sing at the Met In January 1955 Robert McFerrin Sr.(father of Bobby McFerrin, of "Don't worry be happy"...
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Is the popular opera 'Aida' based on a true story?
No, it is fictional. It is claimed that the Egyptologist Auguste Mariette wrote a brief plot for an opera in 1869 at the request...
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Where was Gioachino Rossini born?
Pesaro, Italy.
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Who are the best female opera singers?
i like roberta peters! Answer Adela Juana Maria Patti Joan Sutherland - known worldwide as "La Stupenda" would arguably be...
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Metropolitan opera conductors in 2006?
James Levine Valery Gergiev
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Which female vocalist starred in the original Porgy and Bess theater production?
I have an old recording of 'Porgy And Bess' produced in 1951 with Camilla Williams as Bess and Lawrence Winters as Porgy....
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Where can one find a list of the arias along with the performers as they appear on the video of the 1983 Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala?
The Metropolitan Opera Database has information about all performances in Met history, including galas and concerts. They have an...
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What opera is The Students Chorus from?
This is only a "WAG," but I'm thinking that what you're looking for is Romberg's operetta The Student Prince that has a "chorus...
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Where did the opera Aida premiere?
It premiered in Cairo.
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What is an opera?
It's like a play, but the story is sung instead of simply spoken. As in a play, the characters act and there is staging. Some...
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What is opera dance?
Opera dance is the art and technique of the dancing when performing in an opera. The first opera dances were perhaps way back in...
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What is the name of the male American opera singer who had been a truck driver He might be from Arkansas?
Reginald Unterseher is an Opera Singer who was a Truck Driver, but he is from Washington State, not Alabama You may be looking...
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What Italian opera is the aria Nessun Dorma from?
If you mean "Nessun dorma", it is from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot". The aria's title translates as "Let...
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Who is Montserrat Caballe?
this is my answer Montserrat Caballe is a female spanish opera singer
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What do you call a solo opera singer?
aria Answer A soloist would be a singer who sings an aria in an opera.
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What is an operatic solo?
a solo by a singer is called an "aria". It is essentially one voice singing by itself without any other voices.
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What is the voice type of Wozzeck in the opera Wozzeck by Alban Berg?
Wozzeck is a baritone.
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What is needed to debut in opera?
3-4 years at a conservative of music. Experience and talent
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What does the term Prima Donna mean in Opera?
Literally, it means "First Lady" in Italian. The term has also come to refer to a conceited, temperamental individual.
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Who are the Savoy opera collaborators?
The Savoy operas were the original name for the operas of Sir Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, aka Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Was the Opera soprano Adelina Juana Maria Patti really the loudest noise maker done by a living thing?
Though Adelina Patti was an excellent 19th century opera singer, the low frequency call of the humpback whale is the loudest...
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What is the name of the female character who sings the famous operatic hyto-ho in Ride of the Valkyries?
The Ride of the Valkyries is actually a piece from the beginning of the third act of Wagner's Die Walküre. The piece is sung by...
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What are some cool Opera Songs Or Choral?
Your question could be best answered by pages of songs, but I'm assuming that you are not an experienced listener of opera, so...
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What is an aria?
An aria is a term usually used to describe a musical piece written for a solo voice, with or without accompaniment, most often...
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Who is Janacek?
What happened when you typed Janacek into the Wikipedia search thingy? It should have said Czech Composer famous for composing...
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Is the aria For the Midnight Angels from a French opera?
I'm not sure which aria you're referring to, but the opera The Midnight Angel was written by Peter S. Beagle and scored by David...
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Is food available at the sf opera house?
Yes, definitely. They have everything from a full buffet to small cafe style shops. Food service is available before an opera...
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What is another name for opera singer?
well a female opera singer is a prima donna
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What is the difference between a cantata and an opera?
The closer comparison to make is between oratorio and opera. Oratorios were orginally created to be the church's response to...
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Why are opera singers fat?
Opera singers are people, just as some folks are large and some are small, so it is with opera singers. Whether or not you are...
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What is a short light opera called?
Operetta
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What operas did Leoncavallo write?
His most famous work was Pagliacci, but he composed around a dozen operas, one being La Boheme, which premired after Puccini's...
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What is a classic Puccini opera?
One of Puccini's best known operas, if not "the" best known, is Madama Butterfly. Tosca and La Boheme are a couple of his other...
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What is the term for a short opera solo?
an arietta is a short Aria. Sometimes a short operatic solo is referred to as an arioso.
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Please tell the story of the opera l ritorno di con calandrino?
Can't tell you much about it except to say that it's an opera about two women lusting after the same man...sound familiar?
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Who composed the bel canto opera?
Bel canto is a style or method of opera singing, not an opera per se. It was originated in the early 19th century and was used...
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How can you get a lower vocal range or bass in your voice?
Vocal coaches would offer a variety of vocal technique and strengthening drills. However if you are trying to get more bass in a...
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Who conducted the world premiere of Pagliacci?
Arturo Toscanini conducted the premier of Pagliacci at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on May 21, 1892.
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Who was the founder of the Neapolitan School of Opera?
Traditionally, the founding of Neopolitan Opera is attributed to Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), and he certainly was one of...
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What is the difference between a chorus and a choir?
A chorus sings as the general background everyone singing at once and together, whereas a choir has specific singers, singing...
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How long is each act of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites?
look on a recording - check on itunes
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When did Luciano Pavarotti die?
He died Thursday, September 6, 2007
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What was Pavarotti's signature song?
Here goes nothing, And if it is not I'm really sorry! But it certainly should be: NESSUN DORMA I Second that... I'd have to...
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How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Practice
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What Puccini opera has the heroine jumping to her death from the castle St. Angelo in Rome?
Tosca
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Who was The Threepenny Opera dramatist?
Bertolt Brecht Answer Bertolt Brecht, a German dramatist
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What opera has the famous arias 'Habanera' and 'The Toreador Song'?
Carmen
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How much are Alice Nielson records worth if they are autographed?
Any of the following websites may be able to provide the value of your album: www.neatstuff.net/records/Records.html ...
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Are there translations of the Italian opera La Traviata in any other languages than English?
Yes - try the peters edition to see if one exists in German. It is such a standard rep opera that I would imagine you could find...
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How big was the largest orchestra?
The world's largest orchestra gathered in BC Place Stadium., in Vancouver, Canada. It was comprised of the entire Vancouver...
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What is an oratorio and what is different between it and an opera?
An oratorio is a large vocal and instrumental dramatic work based on a sacred subject. The main difference between an oratorio...
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Who is a well known New Zealand male opera singer?
Johnathan Lemalu, Judd Arthur,
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Why were many operas written in Italian?
Italy was greatly affected by the Renaissance, and they were probably the ones who had a great interest in operas in the first...
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How do you find which opera house Boris Viktum currently in?
Hmmm...not sure who that is. A search of Google doesn't turn up anything. Are you certain you have the name spelled right?
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What opera got the longest ovation?
Placido Domingo in Otello Placido Domingo holds the world record for the longest ovation ever on the operatic stage: 101 curtain...
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How many kinds of opera in the world?
There are numerous kinds, but the basic types are - Grand Opera Comic Opera Serious Opera Opera Semiseria Opera...
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What is the difference between operas and musical?
The musical can be looked upon as a further evolution of opera, operetta etc. Opera [Opera = work]. Opera is a drama to be sung...
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What is the term for three opera singers performing together?
I'm pretty sure you're referring to a trio. One is a solo, two a duet, three a trio, four a quartet, five a quintet, six a...
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What is another name for operatic solo?
An operatic solo is often called an aria.
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Where did helen porter armstrong get nellie melba from. She changed her name when she became famous in opera singing?
How Dame Nellie Melba got her stage name "Nellie" was a nickname that Dame Nellie Melba had from childhood; it was a common...
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Who are well-known Black female opera singers?
Well, Leontyne Price and Kathleen Battle are a couple of great ones for starters. Plus Jessye Norman.
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What diva sang with Caruso at MET opera NYC with name Maria?
maria callis (not sure of spelling) answer 2. As Maria Callas was born in 1923 and Caruso died in 1921 it is impossible...
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What is L'Arianna?
L'Arianna is an opera written by Claudio Monteverdi.
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What a man should wear to the opera?
In this day and age, you can get by with just about anything, but if you don't want to embarrass your date, a sport coat should...
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Who was Dargomyzhsky?
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky was a Russian nationalist composer best known for his operas, and whose works are now seldom...
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What is the story of Carmen the opera by Bizet?
The story is about a Gypsy girl and a jealous lover that kills her after finding out about her betrayal.
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What are the Words in the flower duet in the opera Lakme?
The English translation of the words to the Flower Duet from Act 1 of Leo Delibes' Lakme is: Under the thick dome of white...
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La Scala opera performances in US?
Teatro alla Scala, otherwise known as La Scala, is an opera house located in Milan, Italy. I'm not sure whether they have a...
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What does musarum mean in English?
It can mean several different things depending on the context you found it in. See link below for examples. Answer I...
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Is there an English libretto for the opera Don Pasquale by Donizetti?
Yes
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What Pavarotti song is Santino Marrella's?
i think it is called pavoritttaliater this is some italin word
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What is the lowest female singing voice?
An alto or contralto is the lowest female vocal range...which is not to say that come females are not capable of singing in a...
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Who was the composer of the opera 'Cosi fan tutte'?
Così fan tutte (Thus Do They All) K. 588, is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto (the words) was written by...
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What opera is nessun dorma from?
Nessun Dorma, which means "none shall sleep," is from Puccini's Turandot.
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What is a soprano's solo called?
An Aria
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Whose is the beautiful operatic voice that sings at the beginning of the film The Sum of All Fears the song is if you could remember by Jerry Goldsmith and Paul Williams but who is the opera singer?
Yolanda Adams, from Houston, Texas, performed "If We Could Remember" in the movie sound track. Ms Adams is actually listed as a...
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