Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
The highest male vocal type, generally C3-C5.
The area of your voice where the majority of a song sits.
Tonal quality.
A sign, usually written as a fraction, that indicates the notation of the beats per measure or pattern of rhythm in music.
The ability to not only move to the beat, but also feel the beat of the music with one’s mind and body.
A term used to wish an opera singer good luck.
Tone is the emotional quality of the voice.
The onstage existence of the actor performing a role, e.g., blocking, choreography, direction, etc.
A genre of French opera of the 17th and 18th centuries which makes use of tragic mythological or epic subjects.
A play that includes both comic and tragic elements.
The act of changing the pitches of a musical work, but not altering the relationships between theses pitches (or notes).
The very rapid alternation of pitch between two adjacent notes, used as a virtuosic vocal effect.