It continues to be used in music and opera.

These alternative singing techniques have been used extensively in the 20th century, especially in art song and opera.

Prima donna is a term used in opera, and is Italian for "first lady".

Traditional musical instruments used in Cantonese opera include wind, strings and percussion.

There has been a merger of techniques used in Broadway, movies and opera.

However, there are also distinct styles of music used in Nigerian opera.

This type is rarely used in Peking opera; plays have one or two such quotations at most, and often none at all.

They did not have big, dramatic voices like castrati, so they were not normally used in opera.

The word "aria" is not just used in opera.

The third segment takes a look at the elaborate costumes used in opera.