Loud Operatic High Notes by Thrilling Singers of the Past

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Filippeschi is STUPENDOUS! And Nilsson!! Incredible!

[@이준혁-c4s]

Corelli's High D with a clear "ee" sound! awesome.

[@이준혁-c4s]

And lauri volpi is also a master.

[@mscott3918]

None of the current crop of screeching sopranos or flaccid tenors can compare to these giants. I worry about the future of opera.

[@gemmadestate3216]

I totally agree!

[@auntiezy4008]

what future honey...

[@rioRochoa93]

Agree! It’s with these modern techniques that clearly aren’t working creating constriction and nasally sounds. If that technique is not working, then don’t keep using it. Stick with what still works then.

[@nornsnornsnorns]

Glorious collection!

[@kaloyanbotev3152]

Bastianini! Wow! I'm impressed!

[@jamesryan6008]

It was truly tragic that he died of throat cancer in his mid-forties

[@jasonhurd4379]

This is one of the finest recordings of Gwyneth Jones I have ever heard. The top rings out fearlessly and wobble-free. She was a wildly inconsistent artist, but the period of roughly 1986 to 1992 was a good one for her. I saw her in San Francisco as the Dyer's Wife in 1987, and it was like a different voice: no wobble and fearlessly attacked top notes, with no scooping. Ditto for her 1990 Brünnhilde in Siegfried. When she was on form, no one could touch her. I saw both her and Nilsson live, and Jones' voice was actually larger. Nilsson's voice cut through the orchestra like a sword with a sharp edge, but Jones' voice effortlessly rode OVER the orchestra. I saw her as Elektra in 1992, and on more than one occasion she came close to drowning out the orchestra. Her scene with Klytämnestra(Helga Dernesch) was incredible, both vocally and dramatically.

[@donaldgrove2249]

I only heard Jones live a couple time, and her singing was -- as you say -- inconsistent. BUT one of those performances was a Gotterdammerung at the Met in 1993, and even if the voice wasn't always compliant with her interpretation, all I can say that all the other women I have heard sing Brunnhilde should take acting lessons from Dame Gwynneth! She was riveting, and her Immolation scene was very moving. (The way she sang "Ruhe du gott" was transcendent!) I'll stick to recordings to know her at her best vocally, but my recollection of her performance was of an unforgettable artist.

[@williammaddox3339]

She barely gets to the high C she seems insecure from then on through the end of the aria.

[@65attila]

Macneil is magnificent and I heard him on stage. What a huge voice and easy top.

[@rdberg1957]

@SHICOFF1 I was 12 when I heard MacNeil's "Si puo" in the travelling company of the Metropolitan Opera in Minneapolis in 1969.

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

Corelli ,unico e magnifico.

[@WotanKlingsor]

And MacNeil also had probably the most resosant low notes out of all the baritones...

[@CraigFrancisSoto]

I agree.And MacNeil,before he developed that wobble,had unbelievable resonance all the way up and down the scale. He was a great Verdi baritone. I liked him almost as much as my own favorite dramatic baritone,the wonderful Ettore Bastianini,who died very young.

[@WotanKlingsor]

@@CraigFrancisSoto the two of them are my favourites!

[@souperman1402]

I play this out loud while I’m in the toilet so my family members don’t hear me shitting

[@manolis.799]

Great video!!!!

[@MrMin316]

Sutherland out sings them all again, at the age of 64! La Stupenda indeed!

[@rawr3122]

@Antony Lias It was only after 1955 that we can say Sutherland's voice was more resonant that Callas'.

[@TawsifEC]

Great post!

[@evgeny9965]

Glorious.

[@avv.micheleraggi735]

Filippeschi and Lauri Volpi on the top

[@manolis.799]

I think it’s hilarious how the tenor attempts a high C with Caballé, botches it and sings a low C before cutting out completely

[@williammaddox3339]

But his high C drowned her's out.

[@Pachinanonim]

​​@@williammaddox3339Caballé ganó¡

[@jasonhurd4379]

Must have been Leinsdorf conducting the Nilsson selection. She usually holds the top C much longer.

[@debpierce2496]

I think she was singing this with Placido Domingo who has never been comfortable with the high C. Had she been singing it with Franco Corelli, Jussi Bjoerling, or even Giuseppe Di Stefano, they would have held the note longer.

[@Michael-mh4vr]

An elderly voice teacher from 40 years ago..who saw all the greats said Gino Penno was the loudest

[@DM-wj8br]

I've heard people say that Penno was louder singing with his back to the audience than most tenors are facing them.

[@65attila]

Corelli on sang up to high Db on stage. I head the Caballe performance WOW.

[@Bulacio_Elias]

That high Db5 of Corelli is from a rehearsal

[@absdyna]

@@Bulacio_Elias There are live recordings of him taking the Db in the trovatore terzetto

[@Bulacio_Elias]

@@absdyna yeah, i know, but this is in a rehearsal

[@sugarbist]

Grand Opera at it's best

[@stevimichael5553]

Seen many many operas. Loudest voice .birgit nilsson..also Vickers...macneil

[@marksmith3947]

I love Vickers. He was deeply expressive and musical

[@tonyrhyne6246]

Cool hand Luke

[@raynardi2326]

Che lussuriaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@vocalsvideos458]

3:38

[@jondavwal13]

I don't understand why you would include Sutherland Db at the age of 63. When her E in her 30s was maybe 4 times as loud.

[@williammaddox3339]

The high Db is quite loud; I don't think she ever sang a high note that was even twice as loud, much less 4 times as more powerful.

[@Bulacio_Elias]

what is the song of lauri volpi?

[@Jacob-ry3lu]

ELIAS.A.B.C_YT its the duet from the finale of act 1 I believe from Il Trovatore. I could be wrong on which act though

[@Jacob-ry3lu]

My mistake, it is the act 1 trio from il trovatore

[@Bulacio_Elias]

@@Jacob-ry3lu Thank you so much!

[@danawinsor1380]

Nilsson doesn't "prepare" her high notes, or perhaps the term is "scoop." (I'm not an expert. Perhaps someone can tell me the correct term.) She just hits the note right at the correct pitch.

[@OperaMyWorld]

Scoop is exactly the opposite than singing a note right at the correct pitch!

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

The inimitable Joan Sutherland.

[@gustavsantdoable]

Caballe the best!!!

[@icebabyellen5495]

Diminuendo high note will be also attractive！

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

A pity so little of this video is devoted to Sutherland, Callas and Caballe.

[@OperaMyWorld]

Yes because there were also other important voices!!! so they also have to been mentioned!!!

[@jasonhurd4379]

Yes, but these three have left thousands of recordings. I would have liked to hear more from under-recorded singers like Grob-Prandl, Schröder-Feinen, Roberta Knie, Linda Esther Gray, Kerry McCarthy, Aragall, Cebotari, Kuchta and Braun.

[@patrice4081]

Gwyneth Jones is better in Turandot than in Brunnhilde

[@ircnsuit1595]

I find opra music so funny 😂👌🏻

[@Dingdong-gf9uw]

Kendra Hannam why?

[@robertalbano3826]

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[@aab__nty]

Lol! Kept annoying everyone with this!!!