An open list of 52 words by bourdonnement.
- pulchritudinous appears on 107 other lists and has 17 comments
- divina
- libretto appears on 26 other lists
- diegetic appears on 16 other lists and has 1 comment
- syncretism appears on 45 other lists
- mezzo-soprano appears on 2 other lists
- contralto appears on 20 other lists and has 1 comment
- coloratura appears on 29 other lists and has 4 comments
- tenor appears on 20 other lists and has 1 comment
- baritone appears on 13 other lists
- bass-baritone
- bass appears on 32 other lists and has 4 comments
- susurrus appears on 138 other lists and has 3 comments
- Non più mesta
- Scherza infida
- chorus appears on 12 other lists
- enigmatic appears on 80 other lists
- bel canto appears on 6 other lists and has 1 comment
- crescendo appears on 61 other lists and has 2 comments
- countertenor appears on 5 other lists
- aria appears on 48 other lists
- diva appears on 16 other lists and has 3 comments
- double aria
- da capo aria appears on 3 other lists
- maestro appears on 26 other lists
- tremelo appears on 2 other lists
- vibrato appears on 26 other lists and has 1 comment
- sextet appears on 4 other lists
- soubrette appears on 48 other lists and has 2 comments
- roulade appears on 10 other lists
- timbre appears on 58 other lists
- commedia dell'arte appears on 2 other lists
- leitmotiv appears on 15 other lists and has 2 comments
- fioritura appears on 4 other lists
- compulsory appears on 17 other lists
- jeremiad appears on 93 other lists and has 6 comments
- parsimonious appears on 123 other lists and has 1 comment
- Götterdämmerung appears on 6 other lists
- euphonium appears on 25 other lists and has 2 comments
- subdominant appears on 5 other lists
- legato appears on 22 other lists
- splendid appears on 70 other lists and has 2 comments
- virtuosity appears on 10 other lists
- ornamentation appears on 5 other lists and has 1 comment
- trill appears on 50 other lists and has 2 comments
- range appears on 27 other lists and has 2 comments
- register appears on 25 other lists
- Wagnerian appears on 2 other lists and has 1 comment
- castrato appears on 9 other lists and has 2 comments
- magnum opus appears on 26 other lists and has 2 comments
- falsetto appears on 15 other lists
- appoggiatura appears on 31 other lists
dontcry In my experience, opera fans tend to be more posttentious than anything else. Jun 28, 2011
marky cool list! Jun 28, 2011
thtownse Now why must these legitimate music terms be called pretentious? I suppose opera fans are perceived as pretentious and perhaps rightly so in some cases, but I don't think of myself as pretentious simply because I take tremendous delight in the splendid pulchritudinous virtuosity of coloratura ornamentation? Nov 11, 2010
marky btw, I've been totally getting into Joyce DiDonato. She's amazing. Nov 4, 2010
marky this should be good... Nov 4, 2010