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Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra: Metastasio L'Olimpiade III,6: 24 February 1778 316: 300b "Popoli di Tessaglia! ... Io non chiedo, eterni Dei" (Score/Crit. report) Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra: Ranieri de' Calzabigi Alceste I,2: 8 January 1779 365a "Zittre, töricht Herz" Aria for soprano and orchestra (lost)
This is a chronological list of sopranos who have performed in operas from classical music of the Western world. The list spans from operatic sopranos active in the first operas of the late 16th century to singers currently performing. Singers who have recorded opera arias or sung them in concert but have never performed in an opera are not ...
The contralto voice in opera and classical music has a range which typically lies between the F below middle C to two Fs above middle C (F5).In the lower and upper extremes, some contralto voices can sing from the E below middle C (E3) to two B ♭ s above middle C (B ♭ 5). [1]
Among the more well-known of Mozart's concert arias are: "Popoli di Tessaglia!", K. 316, for soprano, with its two famous G 6 notes (i.e., the G above high C - according to the Guinness Book of Records, the highest musical note ever scored for the human voice) that come shortly before the end.
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The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
In 1999 she was voted 'Artist of the Year' by Classic FM Radio listeners and in November 2000 she received the Order of the British Empire. BBC Music Magazine in April 2007 published a survey of critics to nominate "The 20 greatest sopranos", placing Kirkby at number 10. [7]
Hindemith's most highly regarded opera is a parable about an artist surviving in a time of crisis, reflecting the composer's own experience under the Nazis. [208] 1941 Paul Bunyan (Benjamin Britten). Britten's first venture into opera was a light piece about an American folk hero with a libretto by W. H. Auden. [209] 1942 Capriccio (Strauss ...