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What language sounds best sung?
For most western musicians, the best sounding language for singing is Italian. This is one of the reasons why it was used in operas even by non-Italian composers (Mozart, Gluck, Händel).
What do you call a drama where the words are sung and not spoken?
opera
An opera is like a play in which everything is sung instead of spoken. Operas are usually performed in opera houses.
What does it mean if a musical is sung through?
The adjective or adverb sung-through (also through-sung) describes a musical, musical film, opera, or other work of performance art in which songs entirely or almost entirely stand in place of any spoken dialogue.
Are any other languages used in music?
Constructed musical languages There are only a few language families as of now such as the Solresol language family, Moss language family, and Nibuzigu language family.
What languages are operas sung in?
Most professional opera singers receive a thorough preparation in Italian, German and French during their training, as these are the languages in which the major part of the operatic repertoire is written.
Is falsettos a sung through musical?
Falsettos is a sung-through musical with a book by William Finn and James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Finn. The musical consists of March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland (1990), the last two installments in a trio of one-act musicals that premiered off-Broadway (the first was In Trousers).
Is Book of Mormon sung through?
Some of the answers here are NOT “sung-through” musicals such as “Book of Mormon”, “Miss Saigon”, “Sound of Music”, etc. There is a fair amount of dialogue that string the songs together.
How many languages does Celine Dion speak?
English
French
Celine Dion/Languages
She Speaks 5 Languages. While all fans know the French-speaking singer has performed beautifully in both her native tongue and English, she has also shown her talent for languages by performing in Spanish, German, and Japanese.
Do singers sing in different languages?
Most famous singers sing all their songs in their own language, and don’t translate for the country that their in. The only person I know of who changes is Gloria Estefan who relates albums in English and Spanish and sings in the language most appropriate to the audience.