Sunday 29 March 2015

The Science of Opera

Last week we were very fortunate in being able to watch the New Zealand Opera Company perform a scene from The Barber of Seville; in which one of the main characters, Figaro, got to sing his very famous aria . . .


 


Room 12 had been discussing the powerful voices that opera singers need to have. We discussed the range of voices from soprano and alto through to baritone and base-baritone. We also shared some of the names of famous opera singers. This included the fictitious opera singer Bianca Castafiore from Tintin who can be seen here performing a glass-shattering aria (view from 56 seconds).




This got us thinking.
Can a human voice actually shatter glass, and if it can - why does it happen?

 

So now you know the secret to shattering glass with the human voice!


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