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popera

(ˈpɒpərə; ˈpɒprə)
n
1. (Classical Music) music drawing on opera or classical music and aiming for popular appeal
2. (Pop Music) music drawing on opera or classical music and aiming for popular appeal
[C20: from pop2 (sense 1) + opera]
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The Sinfonietta Bel Canto's Summer Concert Series will continue with "POPera!" at 7:30 p.m.
With 160 certified gold and platinum its in 35 different countries, it pioneered the genre of peratic pop, or "popera", in classical crossover music.
Known as operatic pop (and sometimes as the far catchier popera), this is a subgenre of pop music performed in an operatic singing style, or a song, theme or motif from classical music stylised as pop which sprang from the Tin Pan Alley musicians of the early 1900s.
Faith now dreams of being the classical world's answer to Beyonce, adding: "I'd love to be a 'popera Beyonce'.
Soon after bursting onto the scene in the early 2000s, Josh became a poster boy of sorts for classical crossover or 'popera' music: A dorky young singer with curly locks whose singing scratched opera's pomp and reveled in the accessibility of pop.
The regular concerts in November presented passionate performances including popera represented by a beautiful harmony of voices, Korean fusion classical music which is a combination of the charms of the East and the West, and electronic string music mixed with powerful performances that would make you forget about the chilly weather.
Plus, there is the "popera" legend Russell Watson, and the cast of Summer Holiday: The Musical, currently touring the country and also starring Ray Quinn.
Plus there is the 'popera' legend Russell Watson, and the cast of Summer Holiday: The Musical, currently touring the country and also starring Ray Quinn.
The full program of the Spring Gagok Concert includes 10 gagok pieces along with foreign repertoires including opera arias, popera songs and musical pieces.
Mentre Popera letteraria presenta un finale "fantastico", lo spettacolo teatrale e il film si concludono all'insegna del realismo: il primo finale rispetta pienamente la condizione di "incertezza"/"esitazione" posta da Todorov; i secondi si risolvono nella testimonianza del corpo e della voce di un personaggio reale (Alberto Paolini), che vincola definitivamente lo spettatore al contesto storico-sociale di riferimento (26).
Artists cause shifts in any medium, and whether he was designing razors and fondue pots or dining room sets, airport departure lounges, and the private quarters of French presidents, Pierre Paulin "found a way of thinking about design which supplanted everything that had gone before." His art chops are on full display in the seventy sketches included in this fantastic book, along with superb photos of popera designs like the Oyster and Orange Slice chairs, and the Tongue chaise lounge.
He created music and sound design for Emily Mann's 2015 staging of Five Mile Lake at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, N.J., and worked on ANDY: A Popera, a Bearded Ladies Cabaret production at the Opera Philadelphia in 2015.