List of operatic pop artists

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This is a list of vocalists whose music combines elements of classical and pop.

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Sarah Brightman in concert (2007). Sarah Brightman2007 crop.jpg
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. 1 2 3 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. ↑ EMI Classics Signs $1 Million Deal With Korean 'Popera' Tenor Lim Hyung-joo Archive index at the Wayback Machine , Playbill , December 05, 2006
  6. ↑ "Sarah Brightman". Sarah Brightman Tickets. 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  7. ↑ Gallo, Phil (November 12, 2011). "Romeo's Escape: Vittorio Grigolo balances opera roles with blues, jazz and other new directions". Billboard. p. 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.
  8. 1 2 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.
  9. ↑ 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...
  10. ↑ "Italian popera trio among Eurovision favourites". Italy: The Local. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
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