Operatic pop  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search  Operatic pop 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. According to music
historians, operatic pop songs became most prevalent with the
rise of Tin Pan Alley musicians during the early 1900s.[1] One
influence was the large influx of Italian immigrants to the
United States who popularized singers such as Enrico Caruso and
inspired the creation of "novelty songs" using Italian dialect.
The songs often used operatic repertory "to make a satirical or
topical point."[1] Popularized by American Vaudeville, musical
comedies, jazz and operettas, examples include Irving Berlin's
That Opera Rag, Billy Murray's My Cousin Caruso and Louis
Armstrong's riffs on Rigoletto and Pagliacci.[1] The subgenre
subsequently dwindled after the 1920s but revived during the
Rock Music era with albums such as The Who's Tommy and Queen's A
Night at The Opera.[1]