TED-Ed

What’s a squillo, and why do opera singers need it? - Ming Luke

2020 • E27    Mar 9, 2020    5m
An orchestra fills an opera house with music, but a singer’s voice soars above the instruments. Its melody rings out across thousands of patrons— all without any assistance from a microphone. How is it possible that a single voice can be heard so clearly? The answer lies in the physics of the human voice. Ming Luke explains the carefully honed technique of an expert opera singer.

Lesson by Ming Luke, directed by Franz Palomares.

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