aria
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The song Sweet Transvestite has been described as the first big, glam-rock aria of the musical, and is the audience's introduction to Dr Frank-N-Furter.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
By contrast, Tyson’s subsequent aria revealing his own old trauma is pat and unconvincing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Not everyone was happy with the last minute arrangement however, with some members of the audience reportedly booing when the opera's famous aria -- Nessun dorma -- was omitted.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
Born as an opera aria, it became a popular song, a jazz standard, and finally a cultural touchstone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
But an aria like Handel’s ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’ from Rinaldo could leave an audience hoarse with cheering as well as weak with emotion, depending on which heart-throb singer was delivering it.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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