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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CliffordicusNo, opera is considered classical music.
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Yes, and no. Yes it means the same thing, and no, because it is evidently not the same, as it is alto and contralto - means the...
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Presume you mean the well known opera by Modest Mussorsky and not the minor work by Johan Matheson (1681) Russia and Poland,...
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It's about 3 hours...give or take with the intermissions.
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Andrea Gabrieli and his nephew Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi.
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Mabel - however some would add Ruth
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You refer to Dame Nellie Melba 19th May 1861 - 23rd February 1931 the legendary Australian opera soprano. Peach Melba a...
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Fire destroyed the previous theatre, the ancient Teatro Regio Ducal, on 25th February 1776. The new theatre was inaugurated on...
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Basically the way the words are treated and the accompaniment. Recitative imitates / represents 'speaking' and is between...
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Dame Nellie Melba GBE - 19th May 1861 to 23rd February 1931 - birth name Helen Porter Mitchell was a legendary Australian opera...
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I assume that you mean the 3 written with Lorenzo Da Ponte (10th March 1749 - 17th August 1838] the Venetian librettist and poet....
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Apart from both being vocal with music / acting, the only similarities are the use of a stage, sets and costumes.
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Camille Ortiz Victoria de los Ángeles Teresa Berganza Fabiana Bravo Montserrat Caballé The link below will give further...
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If you mean 'western opera' -v- 'Chinese opera' the answer is they are totally different in every way. The stories and acting is...
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L'Orfeo was composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Orfeo ed Euridice was composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
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Opera Buffa is a comedic opera. Opera Seria is a serious opera. One is "serious" (seria)or dramatic opera, while the other has...
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Despite its intuitive clarity, vocal range is not easy to define, nor is it easy to compare the vocal ranges and, it depends on...
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Although she is the main character the opera does not go into that.
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Performances at the English National Opera in English are not unusual, but at Covent Garden they are usually in the language in...
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This depends on the house and it also varies. For example, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden has a 'board of directors' but...
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11th Feb 1840 at the Opéra-Comique, Paris.
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1- they tell a story 2- music 3-in a theatre
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Modena in northern Italy.
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'Aida' in Verdi's opera of the same name.Answer 2. Aida is a captive slave in Egypt, but actually the daughter of the King of...
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Prague at the Narodni Divaldo (now Tyl Theatre) 29th October 1787
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Talk about re-writing history! I watched this movie as a child, and now due to people in power who believe we should be told what...
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gigli had a beautiful voice,del monaco a manly voice-both were dramatic-but gigli could bring tears to your eyes with his...
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There is no average salary for opera singers. In the US singers are freelance, which means they get paid per performance. Fees...
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Richard Wagner referred to his conception of opera as "Gesamtkunstwerk", or "total work of art". This idea is the synthesis of...
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For an opera production, one must count the opera cast, including the opera chorus, the opera orchestra and the set and lighting...
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Aria or Recitative The latter is generally without rhythm
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Wolfgang amadeus mozart.
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yes, they have operas in Italy just as they have operas in every other country. In fact you can see which operas are scheduled on...
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4: Das Rheingold (The Gold of the Rhein River) Die Walkuere (The Valkyries) Siegfried (Siegfried) Goetterdaemmerung (Twilight...
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The Can-Can is from Jacques Offenbach's operetta, Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers).
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It is called a CADENZA where the soloist shows their virtuosity. In the Baroque and early Classical period, soloists were free to...
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Yes, it is actually a very important part of many operas as it tells the listener what a character is thinking and feeling. There...
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I don't know their names but they are legitimate opera singers.
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It was composed in Vienna, Austria and the date was September 30 1791.
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Yes, you could make an educated guess.Oratorio plots are often based on sacred topics. Opera plots are about murder, romance,...
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I can give you two names: Camille Lopez-Molina - studied in the University of the Philippines College of Music, gained a...
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Jacopo Peri was born on August 20, 1561.
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DuBose Heyward was born on August 31, 1885.
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Die Zauberflote Cosi fan Tutte Don Giovanni
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In the related links box below, I posted the video.
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The first African-American to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera was contralto Marian Anderson.Possibly the most famous is...
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Alexander Porfirievich Borodin.
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If by Play you mean drama and script, then when Opera is to sing, Play is to act.
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Opera started and developed in Italy, extending from there to other countries. It soon became a favorite form of entertainment....
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she was the first black opera singer to pro form there
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Presumably you mean William H. Marshall William Horace Marshall 19th August 1924 - 11th June 2003 the American actor, director,...
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L'Opéra de la Bastille - Bastille Opera - is the home base of the Opéra National de Paris and you would need to check for each...
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Less than 2 hours (ca. 110-114 min, depending on the conductor's concept) It is long like an opera
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her contribution and significance was that she made people happy during the great depression and it gave people someone to look...
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Amongst numerous opera genres are - Ballad opera Chamber opera Comic opera Comédie en vaudeville Grand...
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First of all Melba died in l93l so we can rule out World War II or any sort of (USO) fund-raising. She was active in...
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A soprano voice is the highest pitch in opera music. It is normally considered to be a voice that ranges from around middle C to...
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Unlike a pop or mainstream singer, CD sales are not usually the main source of income for opera singers. Depending on what opera...
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Being human he was angry some of the time.
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As is the case with conventional stage drama there are the normal conventions as to comedy and tragedy, etc. Almsot al Grand...
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It was first performed in 1935.
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No, it's good. You restore moisture after you let it out by singing
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daughters were expected to follow their fathers decisions.they had no voice.the father was incharge of his daughter, making all...
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Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute]
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I think what you're looking for is O dischius'è il firmamento from the 4th Act, Scene 2.
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Pronounced: reese'- eh
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Giuseppe Verdi, of Italy. Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi, was written in 1871, with first performance on 24th Dec 1871 at the Cairo...
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Jacopo Peri, an Italian composer, is credited with having composed the first opera (Dafne) around 1597.Jacopo Peri (20 August...
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Florence Austral [Mary Wilson] Melbourne 26th April 1894 - 15th May 1968
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Not sure what his personal favorite was, but he started playing on the clavier (an early type of piano) at 3-4 years of age, and...
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Marian Anderson [1899 - 1993] during 1955 as Ulrica the fortune-teller in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera [A masked ball]
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No and there is no record of her going so.
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According to Wikipedia, "Opera started in Italy at the end of the 16th century (Jacopo Peri's lost Dafne, produced in Florence...
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Carmen
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La Traviata has been variously translated as The Woman Who Strayed, The Fallen Woman, and The Wayward Woman. Whichever it is,...
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I'm not sure what you're getting at with your comment about everyone being "so continually and consistently wrong." A quick...
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Here is a list of the operas, the composers, the songs, and the performers by track numbers. Enjoy. 1. La Traviata; Verdi...
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The opera singer is from Gisborne, New Zealand. Gisborne is located on New Zealand's North Island.
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The premiere of La Boheme was February 1, 1896.
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The song that Nick sings in the kitchen when Kate walks in is "Nessun Dorma sung by Luciano Pavarotti" Just to prove my...
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Not sure about the rest of the building, but the Grand Lobby of McCaw Hall is reported to be five stories high.
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mainly they are just opera singers. There are levels of range, Soprano, Alto, Baritone, Tenor, Bass, Mezzo-Soprano. The are many...
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There are a number of good websites that offer synopses of operas. A couple of these are listed below.
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Arturo Toscanini
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