Why does opera sound so much better in italian?

i've heard opera in other languages, and i do not speak italian. but somehow listening to it in italian seems to make more sense even though i don't understand a single word of it. does anybody feel the same way?

Why does opera sound so much better in italian?comedy show

Italian is just a beautiful language to sing in. It has what is known as 'open vowels', lots of 'ee', and 'ah' sounds.

Listen to Puccinni, Rossinni, Verdi, Mozart.

The music is sublime, but if the libretto was in French, I doubt the operas would be as popular asa they are today.

Why does opera sound so much better in italian?greek theater opera theater

I find it sounds better when they don't sing,

I'm serious I have the cd Opera without the words
because almost everything rhymes in italian...
Yes and no. I've heard opera in Italian, Spanish, German and English. English and German eh... but Spanish and Italian that was cool. I don't what they are saying either but it just seems to fit better somehow.
Italian is a language with many vowels and few harsh consonants; as a result, it's a "gentler" language for singing, in my opinion. Latin is even better, but I don't know of any Latin operas!
It does sound better, doesn't it?

Actually, I like French, German and English opera as well, but it seems Mozart shared our preference for Italian, so there must be something to it.
A lot of the times opera is hard to understand in English, like, cuz they sing too fast or too high or over top of eachother and you can miss things while trying to figure out what they're saying. But when its in a different language (and Italian is such a pretty language) you rely more on their expression in their singing, which can make more sense than the words themselves. Also, sometimes words just sound right, I don't know if that makes any sense, but like if you've ever heard Ave Maria in english it just doesn't have the same feel as when it was in Latin. I don't know if this is what you meant, but this is what I thought of.
Tone in a singer's voice is created with vowels. Sing an "ah," then try to sing a "t"- you'll see what I mean. Italian has the most "open" vowels, like ah, eh, eee, oh, and ouh, of common use modern languages. English, on the other hand, is full of Fran Dresher vowels; nasaly "a"s and "i"s. Check out Latin opera for even better tone production.