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From:  velluti@c...
velluti@c...
Date:  Fri Jun 22, 2001  9:08 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] very high songs?


Queen of the Night's aria "Die Holle Rache" from "Die Zauberfloete";
Zerbinetta's aria " Grossmaechtige
Prinzessin" from "Ariadne auf Naxos" (Richard Strauss); possibly the Doll Song
(Olimpia) from "The Tales
of Hoffmann".
Some singers, like Mado Robin, interpolated very high notes into standard
soprano coloratura arias,
although they weren't actually written for that purpose.
Also: Mozart wrote a number of songs; "Popoli di Tessaglia" springs to mind,
with a g above the high C;
also the soprano arias from Massenet's "Esclarmonde", written for Sibyl
Sanderson, who could reach that
note, too.

Elsa
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