Mado Robin sings Bb over high C!!!

[Natenoooo16]

Was it just me who thought, "ohh they do clap in the olden days!!"

[Natenoooo16]

shit o.0 thats crazy

[snootzie78]

Take that, Mariah Carey!

[kylebabb13]

LMFAO at her face when she hits the note at 2:44.

[Rainbowz131]

Soprano much? :)

[Askimoula]

No kidding, I just heard a cat screetch right outside my window! I think the sound attracted them! 8O

[maddog8757]

Wow and i don't even think that's whistle register That's just insane i didn't even know that was possible. Impressed

[Jennalovesrainbows]

That is amazing and it would be awesome to have that note under my belt, but to be frank I would rather want to learn how to sing a musical line like her rather than sing as high as her.

[toThe9thPower]

@Jennalovesrainbows can I put it in your booty?

[animalscrossing]

for me as a whistler and a singer that is so easy ! but what mariah carey whistle line's are so freakin impossible

[1light]

WOW! AMAZING

[chrisstevensjunior]

wish i can master that falsetto

[JustAnAllycat]

@emimilykity bullshit! Unless you put that on youtube i dont believe you could come close to that. Just saying...

[Britmatt2]

HOLY CRAP!

[sachmetixchel]

she makes this aria funny!! I understand the Bb it's rare, but opera is not about super high notes!! Lucia just kills her husband and she goes crazy!! this is not showing the pain!

[AngelJoe1976]

@sachmetixchel ummm she killed her husband she is not in pain that is her happy face :)

[pug6666]

This woman makes a tenor look like a Bass.

[chrisstevensjunior]

wish i can do that

[LordHettrick]

And then she goes down to rest comfortably on a Eb. Insane!

[kayllo15]

shit Julie Andrews mastered this when she was 12 years old when she sang Polonaise. check it out

[Emimilykity]

i can finally hit that note!

[JayIsTheRealDeal]

@Emimilykity you should youtube that ability, that is very very rare.

[Emimilykity]

@JayIsTheRealDeal you have to "stretch"

[takashima7]

i dun know why im laughing after i watching this XD haha

[Bluetooth6483]

She crushed my crystal glasses!

[juleecm]

My God she opens her mouth up like a python to sing it! Crazy!

[AnimaniacZero]

Oh. My. GOD.

[MSSTILETTO97]

she sounds like a bird!!!!!!! omg

[TaylorNieuwdorp]

I just found out TODAY! My highest note is Eb above high C.

[MEareCAT]

Didnt see that coming.

[crossmouth]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLY­YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY SSSSSSSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT­TTTTTTTTTTT

[fatant1982]

@crossmouth haha yeah



[polevaja1000]

Боже,даже не верится,что на такое пение способен человек1 мое восхищение!

[pug6666]

I'm surprised my windows survived.

[19Edurne]

@pug6666 I'm even more surprised the chandelier behind her survived !! Couldn't help looking it at the end of the video !!

[Donizettimaniac]

Stupendus note but the whole thing is like turning hardcore opera into operetta. Bit like Swan Lake danced by acrobats.

[oliviadoor]

Is it just me, or is she pitchy at the beginning?

[madizzleyi]

she has so much control! and when she does the high notes she makes it look like she doesnt put that much effort! that one note is crazy! :)

[pug6666]

Anyone can go that high by screeching.

[T477modelA]

@pug6666

That's not true.

[Ghentboy91]

I went to the opera and heard Mado singing, i thought to myself WHAT THE FUCK?

[sorasgirl0]

@Ghentboy91 She died like 40 years or so ago.... :c

[Ghentboy91]

@sorasgirl0 Haha i know but i thought it was just funny :P

[BloodxBreath]

They didnt call her a song bird for nothing

[elchistosoII]

2:45 i jumped! HOLY SHIT that scares me

[ZLadyGagaZ]

Fk my glass cup just seriously shattered.

[TheWisemonkey8]

@toThe9thPower Nope... just the messenger... I had no idea actually... opps...

[andrewliam123]

This is so impressive

[andrewliam123]

Wow that is madness

[TheSagittarian4e]

I was able to sing fine with her,,,I was like that's it? I got this.....then shit hit 2:45.....

[babyarnlove]

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT NOT DID SHE USE @4:45 PLEASE REPLY GUYS

[Adarlambion]

@babyarnlove Ahem... Look at the title of the video...

[jiraiya4566]

True Pro!!!

[ArablvrXoXo]

She could sing songs like "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" in her sleep!

[raichy]

thats...piercing

[SHICOFF1]

Jan Peerce sang with her in Luica in SF. in house and so did Richard Tucker. Peerce told me one day when I had lunch with him and Asked about her voice size, that it was heard easily all over the house. It carried very well. I'm I remember reading that Cleva was not happy when she sang her interpolated high note in Luica but the house loved it!

[minikakapowpow]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA 2:42 she suprised me big time ahaha

[andros1984]

I am trying to whistle this note and I can barely do it!

[javimythology]

I dont know anything about high notes, and of course I do not want to enter into polemics like most of people,,,,,but I think Yma sumak is better in "chuncho".

I was reading about her voice range and I'm quite sure nobody can overcome it . Being september 7th 2011, lol!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IndiannaLoseby1995]

I could hit that note...if someone stucka pole up my butt

[twanbiz2]

insane...what is the difference between this and a wihstle note...is it the technique...is it totally head voice and Mariah's notes are not. Somebody educate me lol

[SuperJohnnykay]

@twanbiz2 :Whistle register is when the thin,inner parts of the vocal cords vibrate- similar to a violinist using harmonics or a male singing falsetto.Full voice is with all the vocal apparatus working.Watch a coloratura soprano broadly open her mouth eg Miklosa or Damrau singing the F6 in the Queen of the Night vengeance aria(or M Robin doing same,right here). .Whistle means you dont have to open your mouth so far,yet can possible sing more of the high F6 orG6 notes without fatigue

[ComeOnGe]

@twanbiz2 lol yea you're right, ok 4 ex, try to sing in your regular speaking voice and go high. there'll be a point where you have to change something in your voice to go higher, thats head voice. And these singers are some of the few that can sing freakishly high in HEAD VOICE! (hint: notice how their mouths open very very widely, and the sound is like more fool!) Whistle (though its still very rare and impressing) involves only using part of your vocal chords in head voice mode yet not all

[LanceCampeau]

Notice how she steps back from the mic before the note..... total pro....

[skbnvacaville]

Gorgeous singing and effortlessly at that!

[snowfire1239]

as a soprano.. she is my hero...

[yeyitomenoscero]

For the ones who only want to hear the freakin note 2:42

[EkonEzung]

@yeyitomenoscero Thanx Lol! 

[Iciebleu]

Wow....just wow...

[Adarlambion]

"I (or somebody I know) can sing this, or that", bla bla blaaaaaaaaaaaaa... Those people are so pathetic... PLEASE, show me I'm wrong, post a video of what a mythical singer as you (or someone you know) can do. Why do you think nobody will ever hear anything from you, loser?

[Tusson07]

I knew Mado Robin and I have seen her many times (Gilda, Lakmé, Rosina, Queen of Night and many recitals) She died in 1960 and no recording is doing justice to her miraculous voice. She sang naturally like a bird.

[imabeast123ok]

also my mom could hit the last c on the piano in college im not sure if she could do it now cause she doesnt sing as much anymore cause she works in a different passion now, but if you type in c above high c there will be at leas one girl to pop up who hits all the notes from high c to the end of the piano very well even if you dont thin robin is singing the B well yo would like this young ladies

[baritonebynight]

Not a very convincing Lucia.....

[Adarlambion]

@baritonebynight Acting in opera is a VERY recent innovation. Throughout the history of opera, singers were supposed to sing and that's all. Callas is Callas precisely BECAUSE she introduced REAL acting in opera. You have to replace those performances in their historical and cultural backgrounds, to be able to appreciate them fairly. Robin was definitely not a great actress anyway^^. But her voice is quite a thrill.

[baritonebynight]

@Adarlambion Thanks, I know very little about her except for her high notes.

[ScalzaAmericana]

it sounds cool but her face looks like she's screaming

[skriblz55]

Absolutely fantastic! I'm just starting college and am seriously thinking about majoring in vocal performance. I would love to to be HALF as great as that! :D

[tyffy]

OH MY GOSH. That is one FLEXIBLE voice!

[RabbiF]

Great, now i have to replace all my windows!!! Impressive note though.

[slaraffenlandia]

But it certainly doesn't sound good!

[beyoneil]

What's the name of the song she's singing? I can't remember :/

[Judill]

@beyoneil It's "Spargi d'amaro pianto" from Lucia di Lammermoor.

[pushelildaisies]

My significant other is reeling, as he does not seem to enjoy the gorgeousness of Mado's range as much as I do. Too bad for him.

[karlisch32]

Woow

[billcottles]

01:48 I hit that note once when I stepped on a rake.

[chrisisstill]

Double High Bb - I have never seen a voice sing that high!!

[lhrlyc]

@chrisisstill one doesn't SEE a voice sing that high ... surely one HEARS it?

[durendal314]

What's incredible is how effortless she makes this sound.

[Kari166]

o____O

[bIgwEenus]

this is high. i like her. she is hot. she sung high. bye.

[bIgwEenus]

this is high. i like her. she is hot. she sung high. bye.

[XADurden]

I've shown this video to maybe 5000000 people and everyone keeps asking what the title of the piece is. Does anyone know?

[MrAleks1972]

@XADurden "Spargi d'amaro pianto" from Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)

[RedWhiteGreenBandit]

not possible 

[lathanregintree]

wow she jumped from d6 right to bb6!! like it was nothing and shatterd my lap screen,LOL

[alexi96]

2:46



[Tomeres]

Yeah, it's definitely a Bb, but thats crazy.

[DDENER]

wow!!!!!amazing...unbeatable..­.unbelievable...rare...incompa­rable...MADORABLE!!!

[Akuchan7]

Officially makes Kristin Chenoweth seem like an alto

[RentandWicked]

@Akuchan7 still love Kristin Chenoweth though

[laurelfan1]

AMAZING!!!!

[ateryumer]

lovely!

[SageSings1226]

WOAH!!!!!!

[jacobgLeelover123]

2:44 ------------very amazing

[penguindiva7]

Holy crap, I actually jumped!

[3F93]

I'm a male and my falsetto reaches G6, I know many girls who can reach that Bb6 in falsetto or whistle register, it's normal. But Mado Robin did it with normal head voice and full control of vibrato and breath, and she could reach even D7, that's the point! No one nowadays can do it, even Dessay who was famous for her high notes could sing G6 and Ab6, but her voice sounded at her extreme limit, not comfortable, and she lost those high notes quite early in her carreer, now she hardly has a Eb6.

[GhenMariahyonce1995]

This Girl is a Monster!!

amazing...

[shad0wzstarz]

A B6? Simple. But a B6 WITHOUT whistle? Simply awesome.

[aeaw10]

@shad0wzstarz ummm... a B6 is NOT simple. Maybe you were thinking of B5? which is just under C6?

[shad0wzstarz]

@aeaw10 sorry...to me it is. Using the whistle register. But B6 without whistle is extremely difficult. It's like a guy using his normal voice to sing into the fifth octave without cracking.

[aeaw10]

@shad0wzstarz so... you're a tenor?

[shad0wzstarz]

@aeaw10 yup. As are most guys :D

[aeaw10]

@shad0wzstarz ok that makes sense. So you being a tenor was not apparent so i assumed that because this is a woman singing you must be a soprano as well... also because you were saying that B6 was simple... which would make more sense if you were confusing B6 with B5. C6 is the soprano C, and B5 is the B right below that one. However, if you're a tenor, then you must be thinking of B4... which is right below C5, which would be the tenor C. 

[aeaw10]

@shad0wzstarz also most guys are not tenors...

[Calvin375]

@aeaw10 Well, who told you that lie? You must be referring to the youth of today and their one note and bar so-called pop/ hip hop singing. I'm here to tell you, Im from the ole'school and I can out sing any male so-called tenor today!!! In and out of show business. I've studied and trained in tenor. In fact, when I was in high school, I'd tried to sing in the dramatic (2nd) tenor section and my teacher said,"Not so"! Today, they don't even teach voice or music in the schools any longer!

[Platinum400]

@shad0wzstarz Most men are baritones. 

[tiendadelagricultor]

great. now my screened is cracked.

[CyrizJewelz]

She ODed

[Adarlambion]

Or was it just a pathetic attempt at defending one of those poorly gifted "wannabe" singers who try to impress people with words because they cannot do it with their voice?

Please post your recordings if you can sing this, and I will happily apologize and mark my respect to your talent.

[Adarlambion]

No I said you don't help me, which you just prove. It's just a fact I noticed. Think about learning to read someday. I love the anglo saxon world by the way, despite your presence in it.

[Adarlambion]

An interesting thing is I NEVER witnessed anybody saying "I can sing this", or "higher than this" in any other language than English... I really wonder what that means... As I understand four languages, I like browsing Youtube pages in those languages, so I can tell : NOBODY ever pretends to be able to reach those notes when singing with lyrical technique, except some

[Adarlambion]

people among those who speak English. I don’t want to think only English speakers are dumb or pretentious enough to say so because I am not a stupid racist, and I don’t want to generalize, but really they don’t help me… Mado Robin had an AMAZINGLY EXCEPTIONAL voice. EXTREMELY FEW women possess this particular voice of course, only a tiny proportion become professional singers among them. She seems to be the singer who reached the highest SUNG note

[Adarlambion]

ever recorded : the volume of that note and the presence of a distinct vibrato FORMALLY DISQUALIFY the possibility of whistle singing, which is no singing at all. I love it, but still it is NO singing, Ms. Carey and Ms. Brown may reach very high notes indeed, but everybody can do the same by just whistling too, it is exactly the same : NOT singing. For the ones who just want to argue with… no arguments, please educate yourself before embarrassing yourselves…

[FridayFace]

@Adarlambion You're rambling, dear. It's like a stream of unconsciousness. I'm not sure your "non-racist" sampling methodology is up to much: "I don't want to generalise, but i will anyway." Brilliant.

[bananasgurl]

Damn Straight I can sing that note! :) Haha... Not even a fib there... I can get C7 if I try too ^^ HIGH NOTES FOR THE WIN!!!

[nerdynerd3]

What the chandeliers were thinking: Oh gosh, here it comes........... I'M ALIVE!!!!

[icylakepaxphile]

really horrible diction. how can a romance language speaker sing italian language song this incredibly horrible!

[marquando]

@icylakepaxphile Really horrible punctuation.

[buttzila1]

my farts sound higher

[piacassidy]

this is so pretty. ^^

i love her vibrato.

but i can sing higher XD

[mezzomanUK]

Astounding! I have several cds by Robin but have never SEEN her until now. Quite a handsome woman and the high note seem so easy!

[elem45]

Holy crap!!

[MyuNekoi]

Dat voice control. ._.

[papposwing14]

It wasn't a C7 it was a B6 almost a C7 but not quite!!! BUT STILL!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!! LOL

[scizorisred]

lol i can't stop laughing

[fazdoll]

When she sings that, she looks like she's being possessed by an alien. And sounds like it too.

[allthenamesrtook]

what is the name of this piece of opera?

[gustavojoris]

@allthenamesrtook Spargi d'amaro pianto from Lucia di Lammermoor.

[SnivelyTheGlamful]

I always get an erection (tmi) whenever I hear that last note. EVERY. TIME.

[lovelyethereal]

Didn't Mariah Carey do something like that? Kind of a very developed and polished use of what might be called the screaming voice. I don't think she's done it lately.

[allthenamesrtook]

one note below the word record for highest note EVER sung

[kdenzzable]

I love how she does it with ease

[nicolasbrochet92]

DONT FORGET, YOU CAN VISITE MADO ROBIN 'S MUSEUM AT YZEURE SUR CREUSE IN INDRE ET LOIRE IN FRANCE ! IT IS NEAR CASTLES OF LOIRES, SUNNY IN SUMMER, AND VERY GOOD WINE !

[alexa500]

I thought it couldn't get any higher and then...IT DID :0

[animerules582]

Omg this is incredible... i was imitating her nd i got it >:D lol its was weird though bc i was like "whoa....dat was high!"

[JesseDiAngelo]

it's actually a B . . . not Bb.

which is even more remarkable!

[CincinnatiTenor]

@JesseDiAngelo No it's a Bb but still remarkable nonetheless

[MidnightHabit]

OMG!! That high note is insane!!!

[rekoonsghjkl]

I thought that the G10 was taken out of the record books as there is no recording for it now.

[jmuslvr]

Not a great actress, but a remarkable voice.

[trovatore33]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwww

[krissykimono]

No whistle on this woman. That was beyond incredible. I'm just floored. Range is an understatement. She could sing to the moon!

[iLoveBillHicks86]

Yma Sumac can sing even higher I think.

[andrewhaji]

Whoa.

[jonje1993]

WOW!!

[MrPiano2194]

Oh my god

[keithharkinlove1]

goddamn

[cypit73]

Thought I would revisit this. Again, this is not enjoyable lacks any drama and the text, does she understand what she is singing about. Forget that she can hit such notes, forget comparisons with Mariah Carey. Mado is an opera singer and you need to be dramatic as well as able to sing. Sutherland is not my favorite soprano but she knew Lucia and the text, Callas may have sometimes been a little shaky but it was thrilling.

[3F93]

I wonder if she knows the meaning of what she's singing. She keeps smiling and laughing, it seems she's singing about flowers and happiness, but this aria is "Spargi d'amaro pianto"! It's sung by Lucia who has been abandoned by her lover Edgardo and forced to marry Arturo by her brother, so she has gone mad and killed her new husband during the wedding party... now she, delirious, pale, dying, believes she is with Edgardo and is going to marry him. It's all wrong!

[Montanarus]

@3F93 IN THIS SCENE SHE IS MAD ! MAD ! MAD !!!!!! CRAZY !!! as you want to understand ... you kill someone and the delirium of the blame for the murder will make you think everything should not have been ... the contrast between the happy tune and the real situation is truly dramatic freezes my blood ... .. .!

[3F93]

@Montanarus "Spread with bitter tears

my earthly remains,

whilst in heaven above

I shall pray for you...

Your coming alone

makes heaven beautiful for me,

Oh yes!"

I think a mad person who tells such things should be at least disappointed and upset, she knows she's dying! Lucia, being mad, mixes reality, where she knows there isn't Edgardo, with fantasy, where she's with Edgardo... Robin could at most mix happiness and turmoil, but she is just... happy. It isn't credible, in my opinion.

[luisalvaro15]

jaja Dios me exploto el arroz al final ......

[Montanarus]

@luisalvaro15 lo tuyo no ha sido nada, yo necesito urgente parchar mi lcd y una cirugía de testículos; la impresora se me atascó, y un vecino de al lado que es un barítono venido a menos todo gordo y peludo no para de acosarme por lo que supone que es mi voz y se me aparece muy rorro todo él cada vez que salgo del departamento; sale hasta para limpiar los bombillos del pallier ¡PERO POR DENTRO! con tal de verme salir, y hasta me han salido mensajes suyos en el informe de mi antivirus!...

[darksunnygirl]

wow... just wow.

[SHICOFF1]

She just puts her head back, bares her teeth and delivers a real honest terrific note beyond what most could do without screaming. she died young, early 40's of Leukemia in 1960.

[Musicfan2313]

@okebaram thanks....no one believes me....I will keep you updated....and I wouldn't come here and say that if I couldn't... Thanks

[ESENDETproductions]

Is this the highest note ever sung?

[charisaob]

@ESENDETproductions in the opera, yes. But in pop no, Mariah carey has done the same as well other singers.

What I don;t understand is why peole say is not whistle register, it is whistle, sounds like a whislte!