An OPERA is a play in which music is the essential and prominent part, featuring arias (solo songs) and choruses with an orchestral accompaniment.

If you want to be in the opera business, you need to know these common opera vocabulary words...

• mezzo soprano - lower women�s voice
• soprano - high women�s voice
• tenor - high male�s voice
• chorus - group of singers
• bass - low man�s voice
• conductor - direct the orchestra
• director - tells the singer what to do, where to go, how they behave
• pros - outlines the stage
• composer - writes music
• sets - scenery
• aria - solo song with emotion where action stops
• recitative - action keeps going - dialogue
• harmony - notes added with melody
• libretto - script
• props - items handled by performers like knives, flute, plates, etc.
• synopsis - short summary

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