Opera /ˈɒprə/ (Italian: [ˈɔːpera]; English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere [ˈɔːpere]) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. In traditional opera, singers do two types of singing: recitative, a speech-inflected style and arias, a more melodic style. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 1800s has been led by a conductor.
Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. It started in Italy at the end of the 16th century (with Jacopo Peri's lost Dafne, produced in Florence in 1598) and soon spread through the rest of Europe: Schütz in Germany, Lully in France, and Purcell in England all helped to establish their national traditions in the 17th century. In the 18th century, Italian opera continued to dominate most of Europe (except France), attracting foreign composers such as Handel. Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Gluck reacted against its artificiality with his "reform" operas in the 1760s. Today the most renowned figure of late 18th century opera is Mozart, who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic operas, especially The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro), Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, as well as The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), a landmark in the German tradition.
"Opera", written by Buğra Uğur and Aysel Gürel, was the song performed by Çetin Alp & The Short Waves that represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983.
The song was performed 6th on the night, following Italy's Riccardo Fogli with "Per Lucia" and preceding Spain's Remedios Amaya with "Quién maneja mi barca". The song received no points from the 19 other countries taking part, placing joint last of 20 together with Spain who also failed to score.
The song was succeeded as Turkish representative at the 1984 contest by Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra with "Halay".
Opera is the debut studio album of Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber's electronic music project Tosca. It combines new material and previously released singles, including "Chocolate Elvis". "Irresistibly funky" (BBC), "the blues, and the thick sultry bass, makes it as sexy and melancholy as cigarette smoke after a one-night stand in a strange city" (Mixmag). It is "one of the few sure things in a modest genre" (Sasha Frere-Jones, LA Weekly).
All tracks written by Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber.
Ni locura ni enfermos mentales..
Ay personas que para curarse,
Van de la mano de un mata sano,
Medicando las duras verdades.
La encontre, con la mirada nublaa,
No atendia a mi interes,
Parecia de cristal.
La encontre,sin ganitas de vivir,
Maldiciendo al destino,
Que la dejo postrada allí.
Canta y no llores, y que cantando vas alejando tus temores,
Canta y no llores, y que cantando duelen menos los dolores.
La ví sentada en un viejo rincon,
De aquel patio solitario de un manicomio,
El duro viento de un invierno gris,
Mecia su pelo como las locas.
Todos los dias se ponia aquel mismo vestido,
Que uno de sus hijos le compro hace años.
Mano derecha guardaba una rosa deshojada y fria, como la roca.
Pintaba cuadros, siempre tuvo el mar como referencia y motivaciones
Tenia en sus ojos ese brillo gris, que te da una vida de un par de cojones.
Cojio mi mano, me miro de frente, e indirectamente me dijo al oido:
Sienta a mi lao, cierra los ojos y siente como indiferente se pasan los dias.
Canta y no llores, y que cantando vas alejando tus temores,
Canta y no llores, y que cantando duelen menos los dolores.
La encontre y me hablo de soledad
No creia en el amor, era la infelicidad.
La encontre , se reia sin querer,
De los hombres que seguian la doctrina de un querer.
Canta y no llores, y que cantando vas alejando tus temores,
Canta y no llores, y que cantando duelen menos los dolores.
Con paso medio lento me llebaste amor,
Cojido de tu mano hasta el dormitorio,
Ilusionada te dio por jugar, con una vieja casa llena de muñecas.
En un libro viejo guardaban poemas que alguien titulo "Soy un triste abalorio"
Su piel era arrugada como una maceta,
El tiempo pribo de que floreciera.
La encontre, con la mirada nublaa,
No atendia a mi interes,
Parecia de cristal.
La encontre,sin ganitas de vivir,
Maldiciendo al destino,
Que la dejo postrada allí.
Canta y no llores, y que cantando vas alejando tus temores,