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Recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra: Metastasio, Artaserse II,11: 1766, or Count Firmian's audition party, Milan, 12 March 1770 deest KV 9 646 "Cara, se le mie pene" (Score/Crit. report) Aria for soprano and orchestra: unknown: 1769 82: 73o "Se ardire, e speranza" (Score/Crit. report) Aria for soprano and orchestra: Metastasio ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Soprano arias" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adele's Laughing Song;
Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and traditional folk songs, to classical vocals and operatic arias. She possesses a "crystalline" voice [2] and wide vocal range, sweeping down from mezzo-soprano notes, in arias such as Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix from Saint-Saëns's opera Samson et Dalila, to the F natural above ...
This aria was composed in order to be inserted into Gluck's opera Alceste, and also specifically to showcase the superlative vocal skills of Mozart's sister-in-law, Aloysia Weber, who was only 18 at the time. Sopranos who are able to cope with the aria's demands have been few and far between, and the aria is usually omitted from performances of ...
aria (Polissena) for soprano and orchestra (1774), for G. Paisiello's "Il tamburo (notturno)" finale of an opera for three sopranos, two tenors, bass and orchester (1779), for "La scuola de'gelosi"? Ballets and incidental music
Angela Gheorghiu (Romanian: [anˈdʒela ɡe̯orˈɡi.u] ⓘ; née Burlacu; born 7 September 1965) is a Romanian soprano, [1] especially known for her performances in the operas of Puccini and Verdi, widely recognised by critics and opera lovers as one of the greatest sopranos of all time. [2]
BBC Music Magazine in April 2007 published a survey of critics to nominate "The 20 greatest sopranos", placing Kirkby at number 10. [7] She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List. In 2010 she became President of Dartington Community Choir.