I was asked to analyze an opera piece on youtube, so I chose…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrMN8pJbxT4
This opera piece by Stabat Mater Rossini, took place on a stage with a full orchestra with many western membranophones, chordophones, and brass aerophones. It was conducted by an oriental conductor and the main opera singer was Lella Cuberli, who had support from a large choir in the back. All the performers are well dressed in western dress up clothes with suits and dresses. The choir in choir garments. The opera singer was off to the front and center, obviously making her the center of attention.
The song has a homophony quality, since the musicians accompanied Lella the opera singer. The song has a duple meter with a simple meter. The music started with a big entrance, but then had a drop off and then crescendo-ed over time as Lella Cuberli developed the song. She seemed to have an ornamental quality to most of her singing. Her voice seemed to vibrate and waver in pitch, which is known as vibrato. Her timbre seemed to be in an upper register but using a lot of air from her diaphragm to create the sound. In this particular piece there was no male singer, but also there seemed to be no interaction between the opera singer and the conductor.
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I found this clip interesting because it was in a different setting from all the operas I was watching. The operas I watched had actors and a plot instead of just a concert setting. Here's another clip similar to yours I found. This is Stephen Costello singing Rossini's Stabat Mater.
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