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

The entire cycle converges in her final 20 minute-long aria, a task that demands the endurance of a cross-country skier and the precision of a sharpshooting biathlete.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 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

The first aria Gershwin composed for the score was the slow, haunting “Summertime.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

If, for Italians, the supreme expression of their love of music was the emotionally charged operatic aria, for Russians it was dance.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall