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A Comprimario is a secondary role in an opera or singing. A support singer or one who sings comprimario pieces. The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, often constrasted with speech. ...


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Comprimario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (112 words)
A Comprimario is a supporting role in an opera or singing.
Derived from the Italian "con primario", or "with the primary", the term refers to a performer who sings small role pieces.
Comprimario • Convenienze • Da capo • Diva • Intermezzo • Leitmotif • Libretto • Melodramma • Prima donna • Recitative • Regietheater • Sprechgesang
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They’re not comprimario roles, we heard from a number of readers who reminded us that some of these roles are considered lead roles.
And maybe we were being too picky when we denominated the role as “comprimario” for the purposes of which we meant it.
We were simply trying to acknowledge outstanding performances that served to make the strong counterpoint to the main story, and we called the singer charged with the duty of singing that counterpoint, a comprimario, closing the gap between lead characters and secondary characters and widening the gap between comprimario and supernumeraries.
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