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Aria (other)
An aria is a self-contained expressive melody for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment. Aria may also refer to: Music Artists * Aria (band), a Russian heavy-metal band * Aria (Indian singer) (born 2003), Indian singer based in South Korea Albums * ''Aria: The Opera Album'', 1998 album by Andrea Bocelli * Aria (Asia album), ''Aria'' (Asia album), 1994 * Aria (Gianna Nannini album), ''Aria'' (Gianna Nannini album), 2002 * Aria (Grover Washington Jr. album), ''Aria'' (Grover Washington Jr. album), 2000 Songs * Aria (song), "Aria" (song), by Dario Baldan Bembo * "Aria", a song by Delerium featuring the Mediæval Bæbes * "Aria", a song by Kalafina * "Aria", a song by Yanni from ''Dare to Dream (Yanni album), Dare to Dream'' * "Aria", a song by Hamasaki Ayumi from ''Love Songs (Ayumi Hamasaki album), Love Songs'' * "Aria", a Susumu Hirasawa discography, song by Susumu Hirasawa * "ARiA", a song by tokuP (とくP), sung by Hatsune Miku * "Aria", a song by Oh Hiroshima from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria
In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air (music), air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrument (music), instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work. The typical context for arias is opera, but vocal arias also feature in oratorios and cantatas, or they can be stand-alone concert arias. The term was originally used to refer to any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. Etymology The Italian term ''aria'', which derives from the Greek ἀήρ and Latin ''aer'' (air), first appeared in relation to music in the 14th century when it simply signified a manner or style of singing or playing. By the end of the 16th century, the term 'aria' refers to an instrumental form (cf. Santino Garsi da Parma lute works, ('Aria del Gran Duca'). By the early 16th century, it was in common use as meaning a simple setting of strophe, strophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (Image Comics)
''Aria'' is a comic book metaseries published by Image Comics (initially through Avalon Studios), written by Brian Holguin and drawn by Jay Anacleto. Its protagonist is Kildare, a faerie who has chosen to live amongs the mortals. There have been several ''Aria'' miniseries written over the course of 1999–2003, which have been collected in trade paperbacks. ''Aria'' (1999) The story opens in a New York bookshop, specializing in the esoteric. The shop owner, a sardonic young woman named Kildare, over the course of a day deals with a woman who found a sword in her flat, two goths who want to drink absinthe, and a man looking for a bargain-basement love potion. After work, she goes back to her flat, where she is greeted by a talking mirror and a fish tank full of tiny merpeople. She goes to a club which caters to an unusual clientele, where it becomes apparent that the woman is a Fae noble. She meets a man named Pug, later revealed to be a dwarf, and the bartender Dion, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Āria
Āria is a rural community in the Waitomo District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The area experienced severe flooding in September 2017. History Āria began in 1904, when some 30 blocks of around were given under the Homestead Acts. Four small mines produced 53,000 tons from Aria coalfield between 1917 and 1961. To the east of Āria a lime quarry opened in the 1960s. A new post office opened in 1922 and there was a butter factory from about 1911. Demographics Āria locality covers . It is part of the larger Aria statistical area. Āria locality had a population of 240 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 21 people (−8.0%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 27 people (−10.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 129 males and 111 females in 84 dwellings. There were 54 people (22.5%) aged under 15 years, 39 (16.2%) aged 15 to 29, 117 (48.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 27 (11.2%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria, Navarre
Aria is a village and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur .... References External links ARIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Aria Pirenèus Municipalities in Navarre {{navarre-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria, Argolis
Aria () is a community in the municipality of Nafplio, Argolis, southern Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... It consists of the villages Aria and Exostis. Its population is 3,529 (2021). References Populated places in Argolis Nafplion {{peloponnese-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (region)
Aria ( ''Ar(e)ía'', آريا; Latin ''Aria'', representing Old Persian. 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 ''Haraiva'', Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬬𐬀 ''Harōiva'') was an Achaemenid region centered on the city of Herat in present-day western Afghanistan. In classical sources, Aria has been several times confused with the greater region of ancient Ariana, of which Aria formed a part. Geography Aria was an Old Persian satrapy, which enclosed chiefly the valley of the Hari River (Greek , this being eponymous to the whole land according to Arrian) and which in antiquity was considered as particularly fertile and, above all, rich in wine. The region of Aria was separated by mountain ranges from the Paropamisadae in the east, Parthia in the west and Margiana and Hyrcania in the north, while a desert separated it from Carmania and Drangiana in the south. It is described in a very detailed manner by Ptolemy and Strabo and corresponds, according to that, almost to the Herat Province of today's A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (Crete)
Aria (), or Albe or Arbe, was a town and ''polis'' (city-state) of ancient Crete. The name is not attested but the demonym A demonym (; ) or 'gentilic' () is a word that identifies a group of people ( inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place ( hamlet, village, town, city, region, ...s (Ἀριαῖοι and Ἄρβιος) are. Aria minted coins in the 3rd century BCE. The site of Aria is tentatively located near the modern Arvi. References Populated places in ancient Crete Former populated places in Greece Cretan city-states {{AncientCrete-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (singer)
Aria Johnson is an American recording artist, songwriter, actress and artist development expert. In 2007 she starred on NBC’s '' Star Tomorrow'' for 13 episodes. She sang her original music and won 13 out of 14 episodes, almost winning the competition. Aria has starred as the music expert in five seasons (62 Episodes) of '' Beverly Hills Pawn'', a Reelz Channel television show. Aria currently owns The Golden Voice a company that develops celebrity recording artists. Biography According to her official biography, Aria was born and raised in Newark, California, and later moved to Los Angeles to further her career in music. Her early influences toward music came from her mother Merrilee Johnson and her father, Mike Johnson, a former bass guitarist for the band ''Bogus Thunder'' and current bass guitarist for ''Bad Boy Bruce & the Blues Mob (2007 to current); (Bad Boy Bruce band members include: Bruce Collett, Allan Andersen, Mike Johnson and Matthew Albarico)''. As a child throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (name)
Aria can be a male, female, or even a unisex name depending on the country of origin. In Sanskrit, "Arya", () means "noble" or "honorable". Italian ''Aria'' refers both "air" and the melody, aria. In the Albanian language, ''Aria'' or ''Ari'' means "treasure" or "gold" or "of high value". In Hebrew, (), the name means "lion", while the alternate ''Ariyah'' () means "fig picking". The Hebrew meaning is also carried over to Neo-Aramaic dialects (). The Persian ''Arya'' () is a male name in Iran, and is also used in Hindi and Malayalam for both boys and girls. The term Arya has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta. Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it Iran, meaning the "Land of the Aryans" and Iranshahr. In Middle Persian sources, the name Arya and Iran is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire. As an example, the use of the name "Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (Law & Order)
The second season of ''Law & Order'' aired on NBC between September 17, 1991, and May 12, 1992. This season marked the first death of a main character, as George Dzundza had departed the series after the conclusion of the first season. The death of his character Max Greevey is shown in the season premiere. Carolyn McCormick makes her first recurring appearance as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet. Cast and characters Phil Cerreta (played by Paul Sorvino) replaced season 1's Max Greevey (George Dzundza) in the role of senior detective. The cast was otherwise unchanged. Jerry Orbach made his initial appearance in the series in the episode "The Wages of Love", playing defense attorney Frank Lehrman; he would become a member of the principal cast beginning the next season after Paul Sorvino left, playing Senior Detective Sergeant Phil Cerreta’s replacement Senior Detective Lennie Briscoe Leonard W. Briscoe is a fictional character on NBC's long-running police procedural and legal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (2001 Film)
''Aria'' is an animated short film, directed by Pjotr Sapegin and released in 2001.Marco de Blois, "Le suicide de Madame Butterfly: ''Aria'' de Pjotr Sapegin". ''24 images'', Vol. 109 (2002). p. 58. A Canadian–Norwegian coproduction, the film is a stop-motion animation version of ''Madame Butterfly'', set to an arrangement by Normand Roger of excerpts from Giacomo Puccini's original opera. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, and won an Amanda Award for Best Short Film at the Norwegian International Film Festival in 2002.Osman Kibar"Chaos strikes twice at Haugesund" ''Screen Daily ''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company which also owned '' Broadcast''. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involv ...'', August 28, 2002. References External links * * 2001 animated short films National Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (1987 Film)
''Aria'' is a 1987 British anthology film produced by Don Boyd that consists of ten short films by ten different directors, each showing the director's choice of visual accompaniment to one or more operatic arias. There is little or no dialogue from the actors, with most words coming from the libretto of the operas in Italian, French, or German. The film was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Summary The opening credits are set to the prelude to Giuseppe Verdi's '' La traviata''. '' Un ballo in maschera'' A fictionalised account of the visit by King Zog I of Albania to Vienna in 1931, to see a lover, when opponents tried to assassinate him on the steps of the opera house (in fact after leaving a performance of ''Pagliacci'') but by shooting back he survived. * Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi * Extracts: Prelude, "Re dell' abisso", "Di che fulgor che musiche", "La rivedra nell'estasi", "Ebben si t'amo", "Mezza notte", "O giustizia del fato" * Sung by Leontyne Price, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
