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Main article: Operatic pop

This is a list of musicians who have both significant opera and pop elements in their music, even if they are not considered primarily operatic pop artists.

Sarah Brightman in concert (2007).

Operatic pop or popera is a subgenre of pop music that is performed in an operatic singing style or a song, theme or motif from classical music stylized as pop.

Operatic pop solo singers

Notable operatic pop solo singers include:

Operatic pop groups

Notable operatic pop groups include:

See also

References

  1. ^ Andrea Bocelli: The king of Operatic pop Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 28, 2004
  2. ^ a b c d Autunnali, Melisanda Massei (2011). Caruso: Lucio Dalla e Sorrento, il rock e i tenori (in Italian). Rome: Donzelli. pp. 4–5, 137. ISBN 978-8860365637.
  3. ^ Caspari, Abigail (February 27, 2008). "Brennan: Dame Kiri should apologise". Rotorua Daily Post. New Zealand. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015. A Rotorua opera singer is calling for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to publicly apologise to Hayley Westenra and other 'popera' stars for calling them fake singers.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary (March 17, 2004). "Bachstreet Boy: Classical singer carves niche for operatic pop". Reading Eagle. The New York Times Syndicate. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015. Groban has carved more of a mainstream niche for operatic pop vocals than such predecessors as Andrea Bocelli or even Luciano Pavarotti.
  5. ^ Shepherd, John, ed. (2005). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. London: Continuum. p. 233. ISBN 0826474365. Italy has capitalized on its stereotypical image as the cradle of bel canto, as in the case of the 'operatic pop' of Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli.
  6. ^ "Who is the phantom of the opera at Eurovision?". Eurovision Song Contest. October 27, 2017. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Romina Arena: All hail the 'Queen of Popera'" Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine, The ArbiterOnline, December 6, 2007
  8. ^ BBC Proms 2014: The Official Guide. Random House. 2014. p. 28. ISBN 978-1448142651. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020. If anyone can compete with Wainwright for the crown of operatic pop...
  9. ^ "Sarah Brightman". Sarah Brightman Tickets. 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  10. ^ Gallo, Phil (November 12, 2011). "Romeo's Escape: Vittorio Grigolo balances opera roles with blues, jazz and other new directions". Billboard: 59. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015. 'My goal is to enlarge the audience [for opera] by using the media of our time,' he says, using the term 'popera' as a definition of a viable art form rather than as a derisive insult.
  11. ^ a b Danesi, Marcel (2013). The history of the kiss!: the birth of popular culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 111. ISBN 978-1137376855. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  12. ^ McKinley, Jr., James C. (September 4, 2013). "Artsbeat: Il Divo Is Coming to Broadway". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2015. Il Divo, the operatic pop vocal group, is coming to Broadway...
  13. ^ "Italian popera trio among Eurovision favourites". Italy: The Local. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  14. ^ "Sole Mio: Polynesians bulk up a beautiful sound" Archived 2020-11-17 at the Wayback Machine by Peter Vincent, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 May 2014
  15. ^ Greenwald, Helen M., ed. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Opera. Oxford University Press. pp. 674–5. ISBN 9780195335538. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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