Some Italian Opera Songs

Mamma. Sung by Leo Nucc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p0ACKJ3dfM

Musica proibit. Sung by Tito Gobbi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGIXqUUvTE

Arias. Sung by Natalie Dessa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgibe6AogY
This video/song is the longest. But it really is worth it! just listening to the first two minutes you can notice the ability that this women has in controlling her voice, and making the best out of it! This song is an Aria; the aria is when a character expresses feelings through a flowing melody, which means that the songs sung in this video are involved in an italian opera play.
In this song we can tell that the melody is sung by a female singer, with a smooth contour and has a high range because she is a soprano. By being opera, beats are pretty long. One of the most noticable characteristics of the opera is that the notes are longer than in other types of music and they all have a great Vibrato that make the notes sound even more exciting!
The song also involves Violins which have a mid-range to high range and transverse flutes that have a high range.
The Dynamicss in the Italian opera are really important because they help those that are listening to understand the feelings that are being expressed by the singning of the current song. Dynamics help us imagine the different enviorments that go with each song. For example, in the second 1:18 of the video, the melody ( sung by the female singer ) starts with a low volume in comparasm to the volume it will end up having.
Also, the dynamics of the other instruments are really important because they help us imagine the enviorment of the current scene of the play. We can also see from minute 1:18 that the violins start really soft and low and then finish with a much higher volume, just like the melody.