People often associate opera as nothing but song, not realizing that it is so much more. It requires a stage presence and an ability to not only sing as they do but to interpret the music to the drama being performed.
Opera singing has different voice characterization and they are the basses, baritones, tenors, sopranos and mezzo-sopranos.
The Best Opera Singers
Through the decades many a famous opera singer has taken to the stage and captivated their audiences with their beautiful voices. Here are our top 2 opera singers of all time.
Kirsten Flagstad
Wagner had his own style of opera mixed with drama the performers were required to have a certain voice category. They had to be dramatic, loud and overtly powerful and this became known as the “Wagnerian Bark”.
Kirsten Flagstad had a voice that was grave but with its own lyrical beauty that could perform his fairy tale work magically.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf had a full opera career that took her through to an age where her works could be recorded. She took the stage at the age of 13 in Germany where her first performance was the opera Orfeo ed Euridice.
Her voice was ideal lyrical sound to perform the works of Wolf, Schubert, Mozart of Strauss Jr.
With the rise of music genres such as rock, pop, jazz, and others, one might expect the classics such as opera to be a dying art. But this is far from the truth as we have seen through many TV talents shows new young artists popping up through the years.