An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor speaks on stage; there are no singing or dancing parts in a modern play; in a dance drama, the dancer doesn't speak or sing.

例如，歌剧演唱家在舞台上既不跳舞也不说话；现代戏剧中并没有唱歌或跳舞的角色；在舞剧中，舞者既不说话也不唱歌。

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We often hear Uncle Wang sing Beijing Opera in the yard.

我们经常听到王伯伯在院子里唱京剧。

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But as in the case of the opera singing who has learned to sing in Italian, the game is given away when the singer speaks.

但是至于学习用意大利语唱歌剧的人来说，当歌手一张嘴，这（模仿的）伎俩就泄露了。

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He knew that black singers in America were not permitted to sing with white opera groups.

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In 1955, Marian Anderson was asked to sing with the New York Metropolitan Opera company.

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"The piano is kind of the hardware for the software of our programming that goes on year round, " said Zamora, who founded Sing for Hope in 2006 with fellow opera singer Monica Yunus, launching the first piano festival in partnership with British artist Luke Jerram in 2010 when 60 pianos were featured.

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In the 1930s and '40s, it would have been impossible for an African-American singer, however extraordinary, to sing Wagner's lily-white heroine in an opera production.

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When George Gershwin heard her sing, he cast her in the major role of Serena in his new opera, Porgy and Bess.

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