I like to go to the Opera! Have you ever been?
No but I want to go one day. That is where singers and musicians perform dramatic works.
Yes! I love the elegant setting where the operas take place. The venue is usually outstanding!
The two types of singing typically done is recitative and arias where notes are sung in a sustained method.
Correct! I'm not familiar with those terms. But I think I've seen singers use the recitative method!
the early 19th century has been led by a conductor.
Opera is a key part of the Western classical music tradition. Originally understood as an entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include , including some that include spoken dialogue such as musical theater, "Singspiel" and "Opéra comique". In traditional number opera, singers employ two styles of singing: recitative, a speech-inflected style, and self-contained arias. The 19th century saw the rise of the
? Yes and no. I wanted to create something artistic, something special. Did I know how I was going to do it? Not really."
"If you like the way it looks, go with it! I liked it and I did it! Of course, it takes a lot of experience to develop good taste. When one is just starting out it's easy to like something without knowing if it's really good or not. That works some of the time, but an educated opinion usually