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Any operatic solo is called an aria.
An aria.
An aria is an extended operatic solo.
a solo by a singer is called an "aria". It is essentially one voice singing by itself without any other voices.
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Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but an operatic solo is referred to as an aria.
Jessye Norman sang a solo called Tannhauser by Wagner. Jessye did this at her operatic debut at the Deutsche Opera Berlin.
Sometimes arias are called scenas, aria or scena in the singular.
Well, honey, you're in luck because "solo" does indeed have the long o sound. It's like when you're singing a solo and you hold that note out nice and long. So go ahead and belt out that long o sound like the diva you are!
The homophone for the word solo is "sow low."
Which commercial are you talking about first? If it is the haunting operatic solo - it's Maria Callas singing the aria "O mio babbino caro" by Puccini
I flew solo across the sky , or , I sang a solo