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Meaning of aria in English

aria
noun [ C ]
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/ˈɑː.ri.ə/ us
/ˈɑːr.i.ə/
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a piece of music in an opera sung by one person
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aria
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈɑr·i·ə/
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a song sung by one person in an opera or in some other types of music
(Definition of aria from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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What he performed instead were the brilliant and variable arias.
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It is a clear instance of 'affirmative deformation', embracing a convention (here the lyricform aria) all the more strongly by keeping its normative realisation silent.
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Until about two years ago scholars could not distinguish the original 1798 version from later revisions, which involved significant alterations, new numbers and substitute arias.
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Given the manipulation of operatic conventions in both her arias, it is clear that her words and music - her doctrine - carry authority.
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The aria is about the mirror's power of transformation.
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However, the authorship of the aria has never been questioned.
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The da capo aria embodies the epistemological and the structural rationale for such freedoms.
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Why don't they get big arias that mark them as the true heroes of the story?
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The substitute and transposed arias are inserted into the score after the originals and are cued in with ' altra'.
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Conversely, patter most often occurs in the second, freer part of the aria.
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It is the composer's structural ingenuity that lends his arias and ensembles their celebrated character of spontaneity, high contrast and yet unity.
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The aria is noteworthy also for a contrast of tempo and metre used to express conflicting affects.
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As other scholars have since confirmed, he concluded that, with a few exceptions, the ensembles were composed before the arias.
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Previously students in singing classes worked on operatic arias right from the beginning of their studies.
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Other elements from the accompagnato are specifically recalled during the aria.
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