Opera Singers - The Soprano High C (C6) - High Notes Battle

[@horseandcart5978]

I used to have a school teacher who would reach a high C when she screamed at us.

[@yzayalirian7463]

🤣🤣🤣

[@iancaldeian]

This is funny. Makes me reevaluate raising my voice at my students.

[@mohammadheydari6253]

Alistair Wright and her class had the best results among other teachers every year 😂

[@cesararias8022]

😂

[@SashaLine]

Alistair Wright 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@angelyndomingo1724]

When someone breaks my car window: 1:32

[@gccwang24]

Angelyn Domingo 😂 that vibrato

[@kgjhskgskgskgskdgfsk]

gccwang24 that was a trill, not vibrato lmao

[@violet807]

My son broke a highball glass as he sat in his highchair, 4 months old. He is quite the baritone at age 24. I wish I had saved that glass

[@pauloricardodelimabenites7061]

EXTRAORDINÁRIO

[@chifrijo4211]

Omg hahaha 😂

[@giggles2302]

At 20, I was able to sing a C6. I don't mean I was barely able to screech it, I mean I was able to *sing* it beautifully like these ladies. That was 35 years ago. I'd stopped training and never took it up again, so I can't sing a C6 anymore. I still sing beautifully, though. Just lower.

[@heatherwilloughby2347]

I'm able to hit a C6, but not nearly as effortlessly as these ladies can. Stunning

[@christophermyers8157]

Good job, but sometimes the effort is hidden in the years of practice and performances leading up to the one we see. Some of these women had to deal with far greater issues than voice control to be able to stand where they are. Sometimes the greatest effort falls short if you don't have the financing or time to practice as much as the best professionals. Any musician could probably achieve more musicality if they have financial and psychological backing helping them in their careers. Some of these women were born into money and were already proficient singers by the time they were 3-5 years old, being taught by the last generation of greats under the financing of their parents/school. Congratulations on achieveing the highest note normally written for female Sopranoes, what an accomplishment!

[@purisermonisamator]

Смею утверждать, что "были уже опытными певицами в возрасте трех-пяти лет" - это сильное преувеличение, чтобы не употребить более резкое слово...

[@emilyrose3490]

I could if I were warmed up but it wouldn't sound very nice (and I don't sing classical)

[@criticalthinker8013]

Atleast you can still hit it but to do it effortlessly like these ladies, yea that's something totally different and could possibly take years or more to master it like these ladies depending on how good you want to be with it.

[@RichardCarter-y4m]

Are you getting confused with cricket?

[@blessed64s50]

6:56-7:05 Sounded Amazing!!! That Volume Control Is Impressive!!!

[@kgjhskgskgskgskdgfsk]

Blessed64 S easy when done wrong

[@chiaral324]

she is my favourite soprano，what a wonderful voice!!!

[@arwengarraway9143]

Yes, a gorgeous messa di voce

[@RB-zk2vo]

Wow

[@amirferdhany3177]

What is the song?

[@Mastermind-tx9ob]

Amazing video! Why not do a compilation of low notes from every voice type? Low notes from basses, baritones, tenors, contraltos, mezzos, and sopranos in classical music. It's very interesting to watch a classical singer project his/her low notes without a microphone!!

[@drigao16]

@Henry Carey There's no chest voice in mixed voice, they just shift to the head but with compression, actually opera singers bridge really early.

[@drigao16]

Oh lord another "know it all" lamb... Whatever you say.

[@drigao16]

@Henry Carey Do you know anything about vocal research? Probably vocal fach is only how the singer manipulate the voice and have nothing to do with "born with X voice". The thing is more of(if not all) the lambs here on youtube are vocal wannabe, they learned some outdated vocal theory and preach it like it's gospel :p

[@drigao16]

@Henry Carey Like I thought, yes, you are a vocal wannabe on youtube. I don't have any vídeos like diva whatever in my channel, just the fact that you think that way about my vídeo, how you trash talk my avatar, screams vocal wannabe. "actually opera singers bridge really early. " I said that, and you said " opera singers do NOT bridge early" actually they do, tenors go to head at middle E(just an example), and what do you call bad singers? "A good voice in opera means that you should not be differentiating whether that singer is singing in register “X” or “Y”. " I never heard that from any opera singer or just any singer. You are using outdated music theory to back up your claims.

[@nathandavis3002]

I second this! And i dont know what hes on about with "it wouldnt be interesting at all" - i think the outer extremes of the voice, the high end AND the low end, are the most impressive and exciting aspects of a singers tools. Or at least they can be.

[@aimilios439]

Everyone is talking about high soprano Cs, but no one is taking about the tenor's who accompanies Cabellé High E! (7:56)

[@aimilios439]

@@pasham7269 Thank you!

[@kauhiahauki]

E flat, actually. I'm not 100% sure, but sounds like Jose Carreras to me, I remember him singing it in a recording and this might in fact be the same one. Either way, it's an exceptional passage to sing, and yet easily slips right past your ear!

[@albertovelez-grilo3967]

Is Carreras kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHLIe5SAmNt-rq8

[@gayoperadude63]

If it's a Lucia excerpt, then it is an Eflat to Caballe's high C.

[@MrPatropolis55]

And don't forget Corelli with Regine Crespin

[@oPeRa1923]

When Beverly wants to be featured twice in one video. 😂✌️✌️✌️

[@fatclemenzzza]

😂 I was reading your comment right when I saw her again!!

[@phedrob3735]

It's not just about reaching the note, it's how it sounds when they get there. I have to say that from this selection, and in my opinion, Kiri Te Kanawa features highly.

[@christophermyers8157]

This is why men typically don't/can't sing this high, they lose the sweetness to the sound, and it becomes a harsher timbre, non musical. Much like weight lifting, one rep that looks sloppy is not the same, as an effortless set of ten repetitions.

[@longhorngal9498]

Kiri owns Chi Bel Sogno for me and that approach is a b/tch.

[@liedersanger1]

Compare it with the same phrase by the opening singer.

[@emiliosalman6740]

Well she is one of the best sopranos

[@emiliosalman6740]

Beverly Sills also great !!!!❤

[@JoanSutherlandFan]

Joan Sutherland - Vibration, intonation, resonant, powerful.

[@1975stereo]

❤

[@Operafreak9]

Nobody had the high notes of Nilsson. She pinned you against the theater walls. Totally breathtaking. Very physical impact.

[@lamier4419]

Who is better between Callas and Nilsson technically?

[@Operafreak9]

I defer to expert technical analysis given in "Nilsson:100: An Homage" in which her voice is thoroughly analyzed for its technical attributes. Also, it is noted there, that in Master Classes Callas and a few others mentioned alongside her, emphasized getting into the dramatic qualities of the role, Nilsson went straight into the technique required to make that role memorable. Her teaching was of a different sort altogether. She apparently was solidly in the Grand Tradition. @@lamier4419

[@lamier4419]

operafreak9 So. Nilsson is better than Callas in terms of vocal development?

[@Operafreak9]

@@lamier4419 Indisputably, I think. Nilsson does not have the media exposure Callas did because of antithetical lifestyles and repretoires. Everybody knows Callas because of her popular Italian roles (not hevey Wagner and Strauss roles),and she was a celebrity, and I think her gifts have been exaggerated. I was cutting my opera teeth in the sixties and Callas was getting lamentable reviews for her recordings and Nilsson was universally hailed for her intonation, her technique, her enunciation, and so on and so on. She had Flagstad as her challenge, but ultimately that proved to be a non-issue. They both were golden and had the "voices of the century," but Nilsson ventured where Flagstad did not, in roles such as Turandot, Tosca, Minnie, Aida, Elektra, Turandot, Salome, the Dyer's Wife. Where was her competition in those roles?

[@Operafreak9]

And Bing was paying Callas $1,000.00 per performance in one dollar bills while he was paying Nilsoon between thee and four thousand. As Domingo said,"Nobody, nobody compares to Nilsson."

[@ThomasDawkins88]

Leontyne Price's high C is one of the most glorious things in singing, and to think this one was on the LAST night of her opera career!

[@ransomcoates546]

And I bet she can still sing it at 90 something.

[@price-singspuccini6124]

Thomas Dawkins. You beat me to the punch! Those were my exact sentiments : )

[@SoulfulTruth]

I love Lucia Popp.

[@lungdoc]

And live on TV!!!!

[@chemteacher6674]

Yes almost until the end, I was wondering where was Leontyne Price and her spectacular High C that her colleagues all admire. And it was glorious, even to the end of her career. In the last decade or so, we saw the demise of Tebaldi, de los Angeles, Sills, Nilsson, Sutherland, Caballe (all of the greats of her era) and even Norman, who is a generation after her. She is really the only one left.

[@hbr6619]

That is the most comprehensive list I've ever seen or heard. Thanks a million! Lily Pons stood out, but many were amazing.

[@DanielAyet]

Lily Pons. The best. Great Video. Thanks.

[@Ram875]

For most of these sopranos a C6 is nothing, hehehehe...(Heard a few of them doing a E6 or higher) nice compilation tho. :)

[@lyayukajanice]

Yep c6 isn't really high for sopranos

[@ittellir3800]

Ram875 higher than C is fischio register, completely different, but yep, some can reach A6 also

[@Morkafa12]

I am alto but my high nota d6 Ehehe

[@anaisqtbabarroso9188]

@@lyayukajanice vsscm

[@LaDivinaLover]

Hell I’m a countertenor and can sing D6 reliably. So for a woman C6 isn’t that difficult.

[@omboingr]

I’ts not possible campare dramatic sopranos with lyric or coloratursopranos.

[@RizalBudiLeksono]

Agree

[@dkalbryte5715]

Thinking the same

[@monikahelenatohsche5379]

Absolute correct

[@rodrigohilario977]

Avarce cajimani

[@alterdei]

Get the context, the video selected the high C key to compare. Some coloratura were less brighter than others. It has some ways to explaing the music.

[@gustavotbf]

Birgit Nilsson and her powerful ultra-forte high C at the end of "In questa reggia" the nightmare of every tenor who sang Calaf alongside her Turandot!

[@Advanceyourenglish5]

Gustavo Fernandes I’m a mean and I can sing that high C, it’s not ta big deal

[@drigao16]

@@Advanceyourenglish5 These woman are singing in opera, as a man you can't match the same volume in that note, you probably could do it up to G5 or lower.

[@Advanceyourenglish5]

Real Voice haha I have that volume even above C6, it’s not hard to do. It just needs training.

[@drigao16]

@@Advanceyourenglish5 Can't find your singing on youtube.

[@hankaustin7091]

I found it screechy and very un-appealing..

[@thangvuong9196]

Leontyne Price is my favorite, wished Edda Moser was included on your list.

[@lpjones11]

I have always loved Beverly Sills...there’s such pleasure in her face when she sings!

[@junezydek1532]

But the jaw wobble is distracting and unnecessary.

[@arrassip]

Very little voice. No stamina.

[@awokwok1029]

Mosquito voice...

[@lpjones11]

@@awokwok1029 but a lovely tone!

[@JohnJohn-eu9yk]

All of them!!! My special love and tenderness to Montserrat Caballè and Cristina Deutekom.

[@TeachUBusiness]

Cannot rank them. Just appreciate the art. Beautiful.

[@captebbtide]

My favorite? I'll tell you later. Right now, I need to replace every window pane in my house! 😱😱

[@deev3282]

Interesting to see the Leontyne Price example used was from the very end of her opera career, in fact it's from her New York City Metropolitan Opera House farewell Aida performance . She could still produce the perfect dolce high C for O Patria Mia. Wonderful.

[@liedersanger1]

The first is also Leontyne.

[@deev3282]

@@liedersanger1 You are right. "Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta" from the Blue Album which along with the Price/Karajan "A Christmas Offering" were in my mother's LP record collection. Those recordings made in the very early 1960s captured the voice in pristine condition.. My siblings and I as very young children were fascinated at the beautiful of that sound.

[@ernestodestefano8419]

Per me sono tutte BRAVISSIME👏👏👏!!!Artisticamente le Amo Tutte👏❤!!!quindi niente classifiche e un Bacione a tutte quelle che ci hanno lasciato,che sono sicuro continuano ad essere Grandissime Artiste👏👏👏!!!!Cheers Art in the WORLD!!!!🌏🌍🌎😊

[@fabriziodiberardino3448]

Sono in accordo ernesto,, hanno lasciato un segno indelebile,🍷👋

[@fabriziodiberardino3448]

Sono tutte straordinarie👋👋👋👋👋👋👋❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@gibadias1637]

Listening high C's live is one of the most interesting experiences ever! That unique (almost metalic) sound reverberates deep into the body, to the point of causing chills in the spine...

[@dabi5144]

I can't see how Nillson could be on the 38th place in your favorite list.

[@jbloveday9538]

Nlop But are they in order of preference?

[@dabi5144]

@@jbloveday9538 in the description yes 😁

[@rgtgtrzs4889]

I like them all, they all sound divine! .. in this feature LilyPons is superb.

[@cathysnedegar6711]

She has always been my very favorite. When I was able to sing those notes, Lily was who I attempted to emulate just so I could keep the range above the clefts.

[@artieskuld6858]

Hearing opera is so relaxing to me 😊 I thank my grandfather and my father for having made me listen to a few pieces when I was a child. I cherish those times.

[@patw7945]

Have to agree - Joan Sutherland is amazing. Incredible control and tone.

[@hamishdelmonte9275]

This is interesting but, for me, it’s only a fair comparison if the singers are all singing the same piece and either all live or all recorded.

[@KevinSalgadoKevinStene66]

Amen haha

[@EuroForUkraine]

Can't help..Maria Callas is and always will be the number one for me. All those ladies sang beautifully but i was just waiting for Maria really. Haha! The power in her voice is just..it is so amazing and what i've always loved about her. ❤

[@hankaustin7091]

I agree up to a point with you Misty.. M. C. was QUITE good in her early years.. but, once she let her voice go, and that horrible wobble took over, her high notes were bad and she knew it.. didn't stop her from performing, but, she knew they were bad.

[@grai]

some beautiful voices here but nobody lived it or took the risks that Callas took - she was so much more than just an opera singer

[@hillmiss1736]

@@hankaustin7091 Maria Callas was not "quite" *good* in her early days. She was the *best* ! The decline was caused by emotional stress from her personal life and the autoimmune disease that took over her throat. Even when she lost her voice, she still defined opera with the amount of emotional and dramatic intensity she added everytime she was on the stage. Maria Callas is *opera* and non of these women with ugly middle voices and non-existent chest registers can match up.

[@hankaustin7091]

@@hillmiss1736 Thank you Trill. I am WELL aware of Maria Callas, her background, her musical abilities and her health issues. Please tell it some snowflake twink that doesn't understand.

[@oPeRa1923]

That's what i was doing, too. Just too polite to skip the others. I learned, though, that La Callas is still my best pick. 😍😍😍

[@chipbarfield62]

I have never heard any better arpeggios like Christina Deutekom..🔥

[@Loverofjesusjc]

Mirella Freni always for me 💕💕💕🥺🥺RIP LEGEND

[@76celticgirl]

Joan Sutherland was amazing , I alsi liked Montserrat.

[@JohnJohn-eu9yk]

Mais do que a bela voz que elas emitem, a beleza de ser mulher com um poder tão grande de cantar dessa forma. São deusas, divas, seres especiais.

[@kathychenyinggao4519]

The difficulty is not just in how high you need to sing, but also the precise-and-nearly-surgical control, the nuances and layers of the emotions and the level of effortlessness you need to present. Amazing! Just Amazing!

[@luizfernandg]

By far the best is Rosa Ponselle! But Callas is badly represented here...Tebaldi, Zinka...not really for them... But there is one missing here: Flagstad as Isolde, I think 1936/38 glorious high C! Leontyne made the most of her high cs...Fantastic!

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

As far as I'm concerned.. they're ALL fabulous!!!

[@1975stereo]

Agrees

[@elisefouassier2434]

Quel plaisir d'entendre toutes performances magnifiques ❤ Pour moi Zinka Milanov avec son timbre chaud et puissant, une tendresse pour la noblesse de Kiri Tekanawa

[@DCFunBud]

Thank you for this beautiful compilation. If I had to chose one favorite, it would be Cheryl Studer. I am surprised and delighted by her vocal perfection. 3:52. Eva Turner was wonderful discovery. 9:18.

[@kpopyaoiII]

For me one of the greatest was Nilsson second is Callas. Nilsson is known for her technique, style so and so. While Callas on the other hand had an memorable role in every opera she's onto. Plus Callas was a popular actress in her Era.

[@altopride]

I love crescendoing and leaning into that sustained C in Martern Aller Arten (Gruberova, Rothenberger, and Deutekom in this video). You can be so expressive on just that one note and it feels like the climactic moment of the aria. I put my heart and soul into that one note and you can tell especially Gruberova is feeling the same way.

[@christophermyers8157]

It takes years of love and practice to ever come close to singing like that! Congratulations!

[@anonymous-cq7wj]

explain yoself, @"alto"pride

[@clarkelliott8490]

For all the "flaws" in the sound, Maria Callas is so over the top gorgeous... Absolutely my favorite. Others I would listen to any day in no particular order: Radnovsky, Galli-Curci, Freni, Pons, Aurea, Farrar, Miklosa, Upshaw, Rothenberger from this group. So many not on this list too!

[@williambtm1]

Hello Rafael, Lily Pons is my choice. The tyranny of time has wrought the end of many of these enormously talented women. Each had been able to maintain the absolute control of their stupendous voices. I have listened to a number of coloratura sopranos, they thrill me with their voices. Thank you for your KZbin presentations, Rafael. Old William.

[@drigao16]

Most of them use the latino A with open vowels, only 2 or 3 used open E vowels, I understand why some people think Callas doesn't have a pretty tone, her C6 sounded almost like a belt. Tebaldi used a lot of volume to get the note, that's why people don't like her, but I don't see anything wrong with that, it's just no productive with agility.

[@raphaelaelin6299]

It really sounds like a belt 🤯

[@manolis.799]

No, Tebaldi never actually made it to the high C because like almost always, she went flat and sang something like a B instead

[@dbrel]

Her vibrato slows down too much in her upper register. It sounds tight.

[@gonzalosmith3340]

Callas truly never had an overall beautiful voice.

[@nndimitry]

Comparing Callas, Tebaldi, Caballe, Nilsson with the others is like comparing a raging lion that is roars 500 meters away from you to annoying mosquitos.

[@gloriasmall9323]

Much too mesmerized to offer a coherent word! And my heart is in my throat. So SO wonderful!

[@christinaclancy281]

Voices higher than my grades.

[@lemoncrinckles]

Pons, Moffo and Southerland. They reached it, they held it and it was smooth. The others had a hint of shrillness.

[@pekkaT13]

Love them all! Thank you Mr Araujo.

[@ariadneschulz8822]

When I was about 12 the first properly classical piece my teacher had me learn was the Alleluia from Mozart's Exultate Jubilate. And she fully expected me to hit that C6 properly each time. She'd read me the riot act if I screwed it up and the reason for THAT is the first thing she did on meeting me was test out my range. She knew I could hit it and that's why she was training me the way she did. For a professional soprano, lyric, coluratura, whatever they'll have a solid C6. It's questionable where it will fall in their tessitura or what kind of color it has etc, but yeah, this is a pretty normal note for a soprano to hit. And of course the advantage is that it's so high that it doesn't need to be loud to be heard. So if you want to challenge a soprano have her sing below C4 or above D6. But a C6 for a soprano is child's play. Literally. I was a child playing with that and while I received top notch training, I'm not a pro so the pros will absolutely have no issue here. I'd be much more interested to see how they stack up singing that passage in Deh Vieni that goes - in my mind - super low. Also got read the riot act for that because my lower range is ... not powerful. Upper range? Kablooie-mundo, lower range *sad trombone*.

[@hello-rq8kf]

who asked

[@Sisori27]

@@hello-rq8kf lmao

[@dabi5144]

Maria Callas and Birgit Nilsson had tones of better high C's.

[@wassupyall1940]

Fucking love Maria callas May she rest

[@qwerth8662]

@@wassupyall1940 listen to roberta peters from barber of seville. god she's amazing

[@wassupyall1940]

OffendedPottery will do but still no one can convince change how much I love her

[@qwerth8662]

@@wassupyall1940 I love maria UwU she's my bab her voice wobbles but she has the power of a punch with Thanos's gauntlet

[@wassupyall1940]

OffendedPottery 😂 lol

[@soas2008]

Amazing to "listen" to all those gorgeous singers, yes! BUT: A pitty to reduce them all to just one note! They are all not only part in a competition of hitting just one note but also beeing ARTISTS in a whole, means singing and acting a whole CHARACTER !!!

[@angelabender8132]

But this gives an idea of their altissimo and how it sounded

[@purisermonisamator]

As for me, you are absolutely right, Tino.

[@ZauberinNini]

Maria 💖

[@grai]

Callas La Divina easily gets the most mentions in the comments She's unforgettable xx

[@juancamilomosquerahernande9697]

My favorites are Maria Callas, Anna Netrebko, Anna Moffo and Diana Damrau. Thank you so much for this video.

[@hrh4961]

Happy that you chose the Moffo selection you did. I've never heard anyone, live or recorded, sing that phrase (and all the others before and after it!) with such ease, confidence and beauty of tone.

[@JohnHutchinsontas]

Anna Moffo is the only one of these fabulous women that I heard in the flesh. This was in the Perth Concert Hall back in the 70's and she just blew me away with her power, timbre and musicality. Nostalgia drives me to suggest hers is the best (for me).

[@trilobit4]

Very nice video. Thank you for posting. I presume the soprano is the most beautiful musical instrument. Leontyne Price was the first opera voice attracting my attention. I heard her almost 40 years ago in "Il trovatore" - Karajan on the LP record. Her voice touched high notes. I was 14 at that time. I had no idea about opera presuming the operatic singing as ultrasound. But this record attracted my attention. The strange "Bitterness" in her voice shocked me. Her voice appeared to be absolutely beautiful. "My God, she is absolutely amazing. Who is she?" - Leontyne Price. She simply got me. I have many beloved sopranos. But the first opera love is love forever - her name is Leontyne Price.

[@jenniferburgett8328]

My poor dog...he's asleep & howled constantly thru out the video. Guess I know which note will get him to howl lol

[@peterchisholm1463]

my favourite and always will be is La Stupenda, the best of all time. imo. Dame Joan Sutherland

[@glencampbell1969]

Dame Joan Sutherland - La Stupenda ❤️❤️

[@irisferrari1636]

Lily Pons, Edita Gruberova, Ingelborg juegan muy bien con el volumen en esa nota 😃

[@robertmonthe9750]

Lily pond control is slayful

[@Casutama]

I really like how you put this together. For future reference: it would be really useful to include which recording it is (year and conductor/orchestra) for those of us who want to check out a performance after the fact. Some are really easy to find, but others are a bit more obscure

[@zamri9663]

Maria calass the best 10:01 She's good with her projection.. Also, she has a great dinamic. The notes was very dramatic. She reached the C6 with energy ... Everything is on point. Well done

[@DtheGlamorous]

Price, Moffo, Sutherland, Hallstein, Deutekom, Rothenberger, Gruberova, Dimitrova, Caballe

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

Agree with you about Joan Sutherland. La Stupenda indeed.

[@GabeCoolwater]

Gonna play this for my upstairs neighbors on a good speaker, volume all the way up, next time they decide to walk around the house like a bunch of horses at 3am...

[@grahammenary8007]

Leontyne Price Exquisite voice

[@KindnessWithKathy]

I absolutely love opera ❤️❤️ hitting those C6 notes are amazing. ❤️

[@mhaahipolito500]

1:21 this melody is perfect

[@khanggia2505]

I love the dramatic C6 by Madam Dimitrova, it hears like a tornado and I also love the impressive C6 by 'La Divina' Callas with slow vibrato technique.

[@jaroslavsojka8266]

I think there is no sense in the ranking of singers.... And furthermore you have chosen excerpts from quite different periods of the singers' carrier....

[@yukyukyuk1335]

It's just for fun. And a lot of people enjoy it! I know I do. Once I start watching these clips, there goes the rest of the day!

[@grai]

you can't help having a favourite though which for me is always Callas who comes in for so much criticism but for me she is the whole package - but lots of others a close second!

[@yukyukyuk1335]

@@grai Totally agree!

[@PabloEmanuel96]

Also different sings where those notes have different intentions

[@PabloEmanuel96]

Also some are recorded live and others in studio

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

I had a music professor who said if Price wasn't black, she'd be ranked the best of them all. I can hear what he was talking about here. Pons, for me, had the loveliest songbird quality of these.

[@ivanivanof6130]

What is the most amazing and beautiful sounding musical instruments? ....... Human vocal cords!

[@TiffanyCHoyt]

Lily Pons' voice doesn't sound humanly possible. It sounds like a transistor radio being twiddled louder and softer.

[@familiacatolica6884]

Maria callas voz única ❤❤

[@beths3288]

Well certainly no one can appreciate a soprano from barely more than one note, but KIri Te Kanawa, OH! I get chills every time. I could listen to her sing all day and have many times.

[@heinedietiker4943]

Like Placido Domingo said, there never was and there never will be again a singer like Birgit Nilsson.

[@rgtgtrzs4889]

It's just a matter of taste

[@annic7995]

BEAUTIFUL VOICES! PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE!! I JUST LOVE OPERA!

[@stephaniedenham3171]

Leontyne Price is my all time favorite. She made it look and sound effortless.

[@Alicia-pr7gr]

Bravo 👏 Beautiful voices

[@MAGGIETA1]

saving the best for last ... Dame Joan Sutherland, La Stupenda for ever!!!

[@appolonia83]

Très émouvant de pouvoir ecouter des voix qui se sont tues depuis des années enregistrées sur des 78 tours..Merci pour le partage

[@galiagalia4534]

Все исполнительницы с мироаым именем. Каждая берет предельные ноты ,оч уверенно без тремоляции и занижения интонации. Трудно выделить наилучшую. Подборка исполнителей отличная. В конце конечно самые выдающиеся Сазерленд, Прайс и Каллас. Прайс кстати, любимая певица Карояна. Потрясающее исполнение ею партии сопрано в Реквиеме Верди с Гербертом фон Карояном.

[@violetmarinaayis]

Diana Damrau did a really amazing job in Queen of the Night with I believe an F6?

[@santosgeorgeg]

I LOVE JOAN SUTHERLAND THE MOST ... SHE HAS A MAGNIFICENT VOICE ..

[@bonniefernandez7821]

Not sure why Renata Scotto and Renée Fleming weren't among these voices.

[@basmeisters3]

I listened again to the first part and found the singer I was talking about in py first comment below. The singer with an exceptionel pleasant sound was Natalia Aurea. Never heard of her, but I realy like the pureness of her voice

[@iizvullok]

4:02 A D6.

[@juliesczesny90]

They're each so beautiful, in their own way!

[@andreiliver9295]

Where is Florence Foster Jenkins?

[@MrSpain29]

The perfect Leontyne Price

[@iqritychannel]

Mrspain 79 yes

[@grantes4969]

This is not just apples and oranges, there are bananas and grapes thrown in as well. You can't possibly compare singers from different eras, different fachs, studio, live and concert versions.

[@flordeamapolita]

I love Cristina Duetekom and Leontyne Price. They are my top two. But it's so hard to choose. I'm obsessed with the high C. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@Croissantrophy.meme.channel]

Lyrics: ooooh oohOooaaaaAAAAAHHHH oooooohh AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[@anonymous-cq7wj]

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[@Bravilor]

Nilsson is number one for me thanks to the fearless attack, effortlessness, and the feeling that there's even more to give (not thinking necessarily of this example, but her high singing in general). That feeling of security is important in opera. In another genre I might not mind someone who sounds like they are at their very limit.

[@inesborges6526]

Natalie Dessay is just the best😍

[@jimbyrdiii1503]

Music like "THIS" truly makes my ❤ smile!

[@wesleyeckstein7218]

Renata Tebaldi 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jondavwal13]

Throughout their careers Price and Sutherland had the best, most beautiful, and most reliable high Cs. Nilsson's was quite amazing for most of her career as well. The rest are also rans. For those who say Callas, all one can do is laugh, unless we are pre 1952, which this wreck of a high C was not.

[@belorizontim]

Leontyne Price and Ghena Dimitrova.

[@IanRob2011]

Watch the quartet from Rigoletto with Dutherland and Pavarotti. She hits D over high C with 103 degree fever

[@IanRob2011]

Maynard Runkle yes she was. Dame Sutherland was an amazing operatic talent.

[@fionatanzer5270]

Lily Pons, Sumi Jo and Joan Sutherland - lovely voices. There was a rather disappointing recording of Maria Callas, and Montserrat Caballe was not shown to best advantage either.