MUSICAL : OPERA

Assalammualaikum guys ~ Did you know what is Opera? Some of us might said that it is some sort of musical with such a loud ways of singing or maybe just a music. If you don’t really know about this genre  where I also actually did not know much about it too so let us together learn something new or add more knowledge about Opera genre right now. Let's go guys !!!

Opera is a staged drama set to music in its entirety, made up of vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment and usually with orchestral overtures and interludes. In some operas the music is continuous throughout an act; in others it is broken up into discrete pieces, or “numbers,” separated either by recitative (a dramatic type of singing that approaches speech) or by spoken dialogue. The singers vocal, uses of sound and the dynamic of voice would be different from normal way of singing which means that it is much harder than usual. 

As from my reading, since they are not just using normal voice so they need some tips that maintain their confident and quality of their singing includes relaxation, breath control, volume control, proper diction,proper pitch, vibrato, and vocal abrobatics. The most important thing to remember is that everyone has the ability to learn how to sing opera. Singing operatically is not about being born with some magical singing power. It just requires hard work, dedication and a desire to learn. So, i personally admired their effort when performing opera. tI also provide some songs that really famous over the years as well as some incredible opera singer here.

List of famous opera songs :

1. Nessun dorma (Turandot)
2. Habanera (Carmen)
3. O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
4. The Lakme Flower Duet
5. Largo Al Factotum from The Barber of Seville

List of greatest opera singers :

1. Dietrich Fischer
2. Maria Callas
3. Plácido Domingo
4. Joan Sutherland
5. Luciano Pavarotti