I found the timbre of the lyric mezzo voice to be bold and powerful when I listened to this aria, which I think very much enhances the text of it. Before even reading the translation of the text, I knew that the woman singing was filled with sorrow and pain. Her voice ranges from a deep tone when she is filled with the uttermost sadness, but then it becomes higher pitched and louder to show that the sadness is overwhelming and unbearable. The text translation shows that she feels her heart has been broken and there is nothing to be done that can repair it. I feel this as she sings because it is almost like she is going to start crying right in the middle of it, but she holds her voice beautifully even with so much agony accompanying it.

I hear many emotions when I listen to this aria all of which are powerful and yet not happy at all. When her voice becomes heavier and slower, I can feel how exhausted she is from the pain that she holds and this is shown in the text translation as well as she talks about how fragile and weak her heart is.

The flutter of her voice embodies what I would imagine someone crying to sound like if they could simultaneously sing to express that emotion. I see colors of blue and black which tell me she has sacrificed a lot in her life, and it is all catching up to her. I even see a deep red when I hear her voice get to it’s lowest point, when all of her hurt comes together in the text. Her mood is of a deep depression, the kind that leaves you hopeless and alone. It is a mood that I, as the listener, feel she may never come out of.

The operatic singing style in this aria is very calming to me for some reason. Even though this woman is clearly in agony, the way her voice rises and falls so gracefully is sort of peaceful to me. I think this singing style allows this hopeless emotion that we have all felt in our lifetime to be as powerful as it deserves to be. The way her voice can project so loudly and forcefully has a way of expressing emotions like I have never considered was possible. I don’t think a different singing style could have shown so much pain because I didn’t have to know what the lyrics were saying to feel in my gut what story she was telling.

The lyric mezzo voice in this aria was definitely a lot different than the mezzo voices in the popular music today, which is not necessarily a good or bad thing. I think that the lyric mezzo from this aria had a much bigger impact on me than any contemporary music could because I feel like her range of voice and ability to project that affected me more as a listener. I felt a lot more of emotion in that than I do listening to the radio, however there are some really great contemporary singers with mezzo voices that can convey sad emotions well.

Adele has been a singer that I have listened to with my family since I was young. I have always found her voice to be very bold and authentic and when I listen to her songs I can feel all of the emotion and agony behind her lyrics. One of her songs that I have always found to resemble this is called Turning Tables and can be listened to by clicking this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7sLNyIeQk.

The deepness and richness of Adele’s voice reminds me of the lyric mezzo in the aria. I feel like both Adele and the singer in the aria are putting in all of their emotions and being completely vulnerable to their audiences in their performances. I also hear a similar flutter in their voices when they begin to sing louder and pour even more sadness and agony into their lyrics, which I love. I really believe that if I didn’t know either of the lyrics for the aria or Adele’s song, I would still be able to feel just as much emotion.

I think that Adele’s song differs from the aria because it is more upbeat and contemporary than the aria. Adele sings the song a little bit faster and I feel like she almost has more hope in her voice and words because the aria is clearly being sang with all hope lost and only sadness left. I think that Adele sings her song with a sort of boldness and power that she will be able to overcome the grief, but the aria is sang with a boldness and strength that shows what she has been through rather than what she will overcome.