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Apron

Drama; Opera

The forward part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra pit.

Baroque

Drama; Opera

The period in music history that spans from ca. 1600 to 1750. During the Baroque period, opera was born through the efforts of the Florentine Camerata and operas of Monteverdi (Orfeo). Late Baroque ...

Bass baritone

Drama; Opera

A rare male voice, with a range between baritone and bass.

Maestro

Drama; Opera

An Italian term for the conductor of the orchestra.

Marking

Drama; Opera

A practise used by singers to conserve their voices in rehearsals. Either singing an octave up or down in order not to sing extremely high or low, or in a light quality to avoid singing strenuously ...

Lied

Drama; Opera

“song”; A German song; (leet), plural Lieder (leader). In Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt, the aria sung by the baritone is called Pierrot’s Lied.

Lyric

Drama; Opera

A light to medium-weight voice, capable of both sustained, forceful singing and delicate effects.

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