Why You Can't Understand Opera (Even In Your Own Language 💀)

This is a learned behavior, y’all. 🎬 C R E D I T S Written, Performed, and Edited by Cait Frizzell Produced and Directed by Rabin Iseger and Cait Frizzell 🔗 L I N K S -Find me on Substack 🎶☕️🪶: https://themoodlistener.substack.com/ -”Never Heard I Ever” Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XijGCW... 📚 S O U R C E S M E N T I O N E D -”A Handbook of Diction for Singers” by David Adams 🎧 M U S I C I N T H I S V I D E O Epidemic Sound: -”J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuets I & II” by Eric Jacobsen -”Habanera” by G. Bizet -”Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” by P. Tchaikovsky -"Sparkling Waters" by Dylan Sitts -”Alluring” by Guustavv -”Chimney Smoke” by Guustavv -”Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 Autumn: I. Allegro” by Michelle Ross -”Eine Kleine Nachtmusic” by W.A. Mozart -”Starfruit” by Guustavv -”Lumina” by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen IMSLP -"The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saëns 📺 S H O R T F O R M Instagram: /cait_frizzie 🎬 TIMELINE 00:00 Intro 01:28 Act 1: Components of Language 03:03 Vowels - purity 04:24 Vowels - placement 04:51 Vowels - length 06:37 Side quest! 🎠 07:07 Consonants - natural delivery 08:19 Consonants - underpronouncing 09:16 Consonants - overpronouncing 10:27 Act II: Talking vs. Singing 11:21 Wider range 12:13 Rhythm 14:30 Act III: Opera gets extra 15:49 Vowels - clarifying 19:03 Vowels - modifying 21:27 Vowels - splitting 23:39 Consonants in opera 25:11 "Tradition" 29:27 A lil asterisk 30:45 My personal thoughts on all this