Talk:Aria

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User:Ta bu shi da yu had moved this page to aria musical term and made this a disambiguation page pointing there and to Australian Record Industry Association. I have changed it back because it's quite clear that when people link to "aria" they almost always mean the musical form, not the ARIA (checking "what links here" confirms this), and because the acronym, as far as I can make out, is usually capitalised anyway. A note at the bottom of this page pointing to Australian Record Industry Association is quite sufficient, I think. (By the way, if this page did need to be moved in the future for some reason, it should be to something like "aria (music)", not "aria musical term".) --Camembert

Since "Aria" is the name of a comic book, and a role-playing game, as well as probably a number of other things, I'm going to split this off into a disambig page again. LordAmeth 12:32, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More Examples

I think it would be a good idea if someone put a list of famous arias in this article, or a link to such a page.

The table seems a bit awkward when they could be listed thus:

for soprano:

• "O mio babbino caro" Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini)
• "Der Hölle Rache" The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
• "Ombra mai fu" Serse (George Frideric Handel)

for tenor:

• "La donna è mobile" Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)
• "Nessun dorma" Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)
• "E lucevan le stelle" Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)

for baritone:

• "Largo al factotum" The Barber of Seville (Gioachino Rossini)
• "Votre toast" (Toreador song) Carmen (Georges Bizet)

[edit] Vandalism?

Someone added this to the links section:

• Aria is an unmarked village between Te Kuiti and Piopio in New Zealand

But that link doesn't mention any place called 'Aria'.

Presumably that's what makes it unmarked. — Wereon 16:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Aria also references the role of early mintrels or troubadors in medieval Europe. As epic poetry was retold very often the troubador would accompany it with a string instrument. To give variety to a lengthy epic poem, the troubador would break into song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.67.44.110 (talk) 06:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)