A study of the “i” vowel on tenor passaggio in the aria “Una furtiva lagrima” by Gaetano Donizetti
A study of the “i” vowel on tenor passaggio in the aria “Una furtiva lagrima” by Gaetano Donizetti

Summary/Abstract: This study is an analysis of voice technique for the tenor, more specifically of the “i” vowel in the aria “Una furtiva lagrima” by Gaetano Donizetti. It studies 6 different recordings of singers who recorded this aria with a gap of 50 years from the oldest one till the recent one. It analyses the vowel modification and the vocal frontality of the I vowel in the tenor´s passaggio and in the high register. The lighter voices have a natural frontality that is richer in harmonics than the darker voices who have a squillo sound.

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