a village romeo and juliet alban berg alexander von zemlinsky antigonae aria aria di sorbetto aribert reimann arioso bel canto benjamin britten bernd alois zimmermann breeches role burletta cabaletta cadenza cantabile carl orff castrato cavatina chest voice claque claude debussy coloratura comprimario convenienze coup de glotte da capo aria das verratene meer der besuch der alten dame die soldaten diva dmitri shostakovich euripides fach falsetto fioritura francis poulenc frank wedekind frederick delius from the house of the dead fyodor dostoevsky german language gesamtkunstwerk gottfried keller gottfried von einem guglielmo ratcliff guillaume apollinaire hans werner henze head voice heinrich heine herman melville hugo von hofmannsthal intermezzo jakob michael reinhold lenz julian budden king lear legato leitmotif libretto mad scene maestro maurice maeterlinck melodrama melodramma messa di voce monodrama new grove dictionary of opera nikolai gogol nikolai leskov opera opera house oscar wilde passaggio pietro mascagni portamento prima donna prompter recitative regietheater richard strauss sitzprobe spinto sprechgesang squillo stagione surtitles tessitura the bassarids the sailor who fell from grace with the sea thomas mann timbre vibrato william shakespeare woyzeck wozzeck yukio mishima