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a melody in an opera sung by one person
the soprano's magnificent aria
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Recent Examples of aria
The singers will perform their signature arias, followed by hors d’oeuvres, wine, and dessert with the artists.
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Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 May 2026
Some of the greatest arias in the genre, performed flawlessly by Jonathan Tetelman.
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Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Ochoa’s snide speech about his privileged private school becomes a wrenching aria of desolation and need.
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Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
Instead, a narrator gives a somewhat notion of what’s what in the language of the audience, as is Akhnaten’s great aria, a hymn to Aten (god of the sun).
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 May 2026
Some of the greatest arias in the genre, performed flawlessly by Jonathan Tetelman.
—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Ochoa’s snide speech about his privileged private school becomes a wrenching aria of desolation and need.
—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
Instead, a narrator gives a somewhat notion of what’s what in the language of the audience, as is Akhnaten’s great aria, a hymn to Aten (god of the sun).
—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aria
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Foster effectively invented the idea of a professional songwriter; founded the American songbook and pioneered the now-standard verse-chorus structure; and inspired the intellectual-property law of music.
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Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.
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There’s already angst in the party, and glee among Republicans, that the trio will use their new clout to spotlight issues that divide Democrats.
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This tangled relationship between Lestat and Armand, and all the guilt Lestat carries from it, provides a major breakthrough for Molloy’s documentary, and the journalist reacts with giddy, off-putting glee.
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The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
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Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.
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Thanks in part to the addictive vocals of band members Adriana Flores and Bryan Ponce, the Altons were designated as one of the flagship bands for roots label Daptone Records new soul spinoff, Penrose Records.
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Under the spotlight, her sentimental vocals land softly with a crowd that’s happy to see her.
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In the opening game of the World Cup, the infamous chant was pleasingly absent from the Azteca.
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At that, Paul and four of his friends launched into a singing chant.
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Later, piano slices through the fog with a supernatural three-note lullaby that springs just off the beat, racing forward through the song’s misty backdrop.
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Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.
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The production was built entirely with AI tools, with Madhvani writing the multilingual lyrics alongside co-creators and composing the music through Suno, a leading AI music generation platform.
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Swift has a massive global platform, and a tendency to pull back the curtain on her personal life in song lyrics and the occasional documentary.
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Paul drove into Wilkes-Barre from Princeton on Christmas Day after the chapel service and dropped his bags at a forlorn motor lodge on Public Square—Christmas carols dragging at slow speed on its sound system—and swung by my parents.
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That's4Entertainment's Christmas Con 2026 will take place at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, from December 11-13, and its halls will be decked to the gills with carols, tree lightings and sweet treats.
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“Aria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aria. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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