List of operatic pop artists

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Main article: Operatic pop

This is a list of musicians who have both significant opera and pop elements in their music, even if they are not considered primarily operatic pop artists.

Sarah Brightman in concert (2007).

Operatic pop or popera is a subgenre of pop music that is performed in an operatic singing style or a song, theme or motif from classical music stylized as pop.

Operatic pop solo singers[]

Notable operatic pop solo singers include:

  • Adam Lopez
  • Aled Jones
  • Alenka Gotar
  • Alessandro Safina
  • Alfie Boe
  • Amaury Vassili
  • Andrea Bocelli[1][2]
  • Ayanga
  • Becky Jane Taylor
  • Cai Chengyu
  • Camilla Kerslake
  • Cezar
  • Charlotte Church
  • Chloë Agnew
  • Chris Mann
  • Darius Campbell
  • David D'Or
  • Dimash Kudaibergen
  • Elina Nechayeva
  • Elizaveta Khripounova
  • Emma Shapplin
  • Erkan Aki
  • Faryl Smith
  • Fernando Lima
  • Fernando Varela
  • Filippa Giordano
  • Garðar Thór Cortes
  • Giorgia Fumanti
  • Grace Bawden
  • Harrison Craig
  • Hayley Westenra[3]
  • Hollie Steel
  • Isabel Suckling
  • Izzy
  • Jackie Evancho
  • Jeanette MacDonald
  • Joe McElderry
  • John McDermott
  • Jonathan Ansell
  • Jonathan Antoine
  • Josh Groban[4][2]
  • Julie Andrews
  • Kate Miller-Heidke
  • Katherine Jenkins[2]
  • Keedie
  • Kimera
  • Klaus Nomi
  • Krassimir Avramov
  • Kristin Chenoweth
  • Lara Fabian
  • Lesley Garrett
  • Lim Hyung-joo
  • Luciano Pavarotti[5][2]
  • Malena Ernman[6]
  • Marcello Giordani
  • Margaret Keys
  • Mario Frangoulis
  • Mark Masri
  • Mark Vincent
  • Mary-Jess Leaverland
  • Natasha Marsh
  • Neal E. Boyd
  • Nikolay Baskov
  • Patrizia
  • Paul Potts
  • Rebecca Newman
  • Rhydian Roberts
  • Romina Arena[7]
  • Rufus Wainwright[8]
  • Russell Watson
  • Sarah Brightman[9]
  • Sasha Lazard
  • Sergio Franchi
  • Siobhan Owen
  • Sissel
  • Susan Boyle
  • Tarja Turunen
  • Tayla Alexander
  • Vincent Niclo
  • Vitas
  • Vittorio Grigolo[10]
  • Will Martin
  • Yulianna
  • Zheng Yunlong

Operatic pop groups[]

Notable operatic pop groups include:

  • All Angels
  • Amici Forever[11]
  • Blake
  • Celtic Woman
  • East Village Opera Company
  • Forte Tenors
  • G4
  • Highland (band)
  • Il Divo[12][11]
  • Il Volo[13]
  • Jonathan and Charlotte
  • Les Prêtres
  • Only Men Aloud!
  • Opera Babes
  • RyanDan
  • Sol3 Mio[14]
  • Super Vocal
  • The Priests
  • The Tenors
  • The Three Tenors[15]
  • The Ten Tenors
  • Veritas

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Andrea Bocelli: The king of Operatic pop Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 28, 2004
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Autunnali, Melisanda Massei (2011). Caruso: Lucio Dalla e Sorrento, il rock e i tenori (in Italian). Rome: Donzelli. pp. 4–5, 137. ISBN 978-8860365637.
  3. ^ Caspari, Abigail (February 27, 2008). "Brennan: Dame Kiri should apologise". Rotorua Daily Post. New Zealand. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015. A Rotorua opera singer is calling for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to publicly apologise to Hayley Westenra and other 'popera' stars for calling them fake singers.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary (March 17, 2004). "Bachstreet Boy: Classical singer carves niche for operatic pop". Reading Eagle. The New York Times Syndicate. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015. Groban has carved more of a mainstream niche for operatic pop vocals than such predecessors as Andrea Bocelli or even Luciano Pavarotti.
  5. ^ Shepherd, John, ed. (2005). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. London: Continuum. p. 233. ISBN 0826474365. Italy has capitalized on its stereotypical image as the cradle of bel canto, as in the case of the 'operatic pop' of Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli.
  6. ^ "Who is the phantom of the opera at Eurovision?". Eurovision Song Contest. October 27, 2017. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Romina Arena: All hail the 'Queen of Popera'" Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine, The ArbiterOnline, December 6, 2007
  8. ^ BBC Proms 2014: The Official Guide. Random House. 2014. p. 28. ISBN 978-1448142651. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020. If anyone can compete with Wainwright for the crown of operatic pop...
  9. ^ "Sarah Brightman". Sarah Brightman Tickets. 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  10. ^ Gallo, Phil (November 12, 2011). "Romeo's Escape: Vittorio Grigolo balances opera roles with blues, jazz and other new directions". Billboard: 59. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015. ‘My goal is to enlarge the audience [for opera] by using the media of our time,’ he says, using the term ‘popera’ as a definition of a viable art form rather than as a derisive insult.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Danesi, Marcel (2013). The history of the kiss!: the birth of popular culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 111. ISBN 978-1137376855. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  12. ^ McKinley, Jr., James C. (September 4, 2013). "Artsbeat: Il Divo Is Coming to Broadway". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2015. Il Divo, the operatic pop vocal group, is coming to Broadway...
  13. ^ "Italian popera trio among Eurovision favourites". Italy: The Local. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  14. ^ "Sole Mio: Polynesians bulk up a beautiful sound" Archived 2020-11-17 at the Wayback Machine by Peter Vincent, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 May 2014
  15. ^ Greenwald, Helen M., ed. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Opera. Oxford University Press. pp. 674–5. ISBN 9780195335538. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

External links[]

  • "What is Popera?" by Oliver Kamm in Times Online, November 20, 2004, accessed April 23, 2020
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