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RE: Not "operatic"

Hi Bill - I admit I have not been to an opera in many years so I have a couple of questions

From what I recall there are main parts and secondary and tertiary parts. Not all the singers sing for three solid hours - in the secondary roles someone may intermittently sing for a combined total of 30 minutes. Are these singers NOT opera singers because their secondary careers in secondary parts limited by time?

Looking up Nightwish the term more appropriate or common is "Symphonic Rock" not Opera Rock.

Tarja is said to be a "a professional classical lied singer .../...At eighteen, she moved to Kuopio to study at the Sibelius Academy."(She is a lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves.)

So I guess I am not totally sure the difference between a lied singer and an opera singer.


I am more Marty Crane than Frasier Crane when it comes to Opera I must admit (Largely because I prefer to listen to music in English). I'm not much a fan of musicals on stage or on screen either.

Thus I tend to respect Opera singers more than enjoy opera singers. I'd prefer listening to Eva Cassidy over Mariah Callas or Tarja or Julie London or Renata Tebaldi for example. Even though all of these singers may be viewed as better singers.



Edits: 04/07/19

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