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In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender not their vocal range. [3] When the terms soprano , mezzo-soprano , contralto , tenor , baritone , and bass are used as descriptors of non-classical voices, they are applied more loosely than they would be to those of classical singers and generally refer only ...
Mezzo-sopranos are well represented in baroque music, early music, and baroque opera. [1] Some roles designated for lighter soubrette sopranos are sung by mezzo-sopranos, who often provide a fuller, more dramatic quality. Such roles include Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte and Zerlina in his Don Giovanni. [2]
The original author of the music may be Josef Mysliveček. A slightly different version of the aria appears with the text "Il caro mio bene" in a manuscript of Mysliveček's Armida (1779). Cesare Olivieri, Il trionfo della pace [1] between 1772 and 1775 178: 417e "Ah, spiegarti, oh Dio" (Score/Crit. report) Aria for soprano and orchestra (piano ...
Stephen Schwartz will see you now. The worthier wizard of “Wicked” is the one who wrote one of Broadway’s all-time top song scores and now, a little over two decades later, has overseen the ...
Featuring songs with music by Elton John and lyrics from Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, the stage show will play its final Broadway performance at the Palace Theater in New York City on ...
Kismet is a musical adapted by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis from the 1911 play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest. The music was mostly adapted from several pieces composed by Alexander Borodin.
Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Georges Bizet (orchestrated for Broadway by Robert Russell Bennett) and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II which was performed at The Broadway Theatre. Conceptually, it is Bizet's opera Carmen updated to a World War II-era, African-American setting.
Joey Fatone is saying "hi, hi, hi" to Broadway again.. After a 20-year absence, the *NSYNC singer and actor, 47, will return the boards next year, in the Tony-nominated musical & Juliet. He'll ...