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Strictly speaking, \"bravo\" is for a single man,\"brava\" for a woman, and \"bravi\" for a group of performers.  \n􀁸 CADENZA: A passage of singing, often at the end of an aria, which shows off the singer's vocal ability.  \n􀁸 COLORATURA: Elaborate ornamentation of vocal music written using many fast notes and trills.  \n􀁸 CURTAIN CALL: At the end of a performance, all of the members of the cast and the conductor take bows. Sometimes this is done in front of the main curtain, hence the name curtain call. Often, however, the bows are taken on the full stage with the curtain open.  \n􀁸 DIVA: Literally \"goddess,\" it refers to an important female opera star. The masculine form is divo.  \n􀁸 DRESS REHEARSAL: A final rehearsal that uses all of the costumes, lights, etc. While sometimes it is necessary to stop for corrections, an attempt is made to make it as much like a final performance as possible.  \n􀁸 INTERMISSION: A long break, usually about 20 minutes, between the acts of an opera, during which the audience is free to move around.  \n􀁸 LEITMOTIF: A short, recurring musical phrase associated with a particular character or event.  \n􀁸 LIBRETTO: The text or words of an opera.  \n􀁸 OVERTURE: An orchestral introduction to an opera.  \n􀁸 PROPERTIES (PROPS): Small items carried or used by performers on stage.  \n􀁸 RECITATIVE: Words sung in a conversational style, usually to advance the plot. Not to be confused with aria.  \n􀁸 REPERTOIRE: Stock pieces that a singer or company has ready to present. Often refers toa company's current season.  \n􀁸 SCORE: The written music of an opera or other musical work.  \n􀁸 SET: The background and furnishings on the stage.  \n􀁸 SUPERTITLES: Translations of the words being sung, or the actual words if the libretto is in the native language, that are projected on a screen above the stage.  \nTYPES OF OPERAS  \n􀁸 GRAND OPERA: Specifically, a serious opera of epic proportions with no spoken dialogue, composed in 19th-century France (such as Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer); more broadly, an opera sung and produced in the “grand manner.”  \n􀁸 OPERA BUFFA: An opera about ordinary people, usually, but not always comic, which first developed in the 18th century. Don Pasquale is an example of opera buffa.  \n􀁸 OPERA SERIA: A “serious” opera. The usual characters are gods, goddesses or ancient heroes. 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