Rudy Vallee

We of the soft-crooning radio type of singer are giving the people what they want. The American public as a whole does not care for full-throated operatic singing. And why should it? Down through the ages, it has been the simple song which has lived and continues to touch the heart of humanity. And so it is with singing.

American Musician

Christopher Nolan

You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you in some way, in an almost operatic sensibility? That to me is the most fun I have at the movies.

British Director

Andrea Bocelli

You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours every day. The voice is like an instrument and requires constant exercise.

Italian Musician

Michael Sheen

Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on.

Welsh Actor

Jason Patric

I think that's what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have.

American Actor

William H. Macy

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.

Zack Snyder

I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.

American Director

Jose Carreras

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

Spanish Musician

Thomas Beecham

No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

English Composer

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

American Judge

Use 'operatic' to link actions or sounds to the grandeur of opera culture.

Cultural Connection

'Operatic' often describes skills or traits related to opera professionals.

Profession Specific

When used positively, 'operatic' implies a high level of emotion and artistry.

Positive Connotation

'Operatic' can suggest actions or events are more intense than usual, like a live performance.

Expressive Intensity

Use 'operatic' when emotions are so strong they seem exaggerated, like on stage.

Emotional Overload

'Operatic' might be too strong for describing everyday, mild situations.

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 The strength of various partials is part of what gives each instrument its unique sonic signature. It also affects an instrument’s ability to stand out in a crowd, because our ears are more strongly attuned to some frequencies than others. This is the key to an opera singer’s power of projection. An operatic soprano—

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 and told me I had to stop singing. She said, "Those high notes are going to kill you." While she didn't have any medical evidence to back up her claim that there was a relationship between operatic arias and pulmonary hypertension,

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 and it's not just music these are the late 1700s revolutionary times in both the old and new worlds and mozart isn't immune to the political energy around him he composes his first great operatic work the marriage of figaro

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