tenor RUBY HELDER 18-yr-old GIRL sounds like a man

[JeremyPassarelli]

Is she 12 or 18?

[gmmix]

@JeremyPassarelli She was 18. There was no way to correct the error on the label-card without re-posting the whole video. SORRY for the TYPO.

[mssparksfly2000]

I AM SO NOT A TENOR!! Im probably an alto

[1ofmeful]

Finally I know that there is such thing as a woman tenor. I thought I was the only one. A tenor is from around C3 to C5 right? Or just a bit below C5?

[Jpmadore1]

@1ofmeful-

It varies from one voice to another, but a tenor voice generally is from C3-C5. The extremes are pretty much Ab2-F5.

[aeiosinek]

i can sing soprano and alto and tenor it just depends how you want it to sound

[abracadabranque]

Etonnant!!!Vraiment???

[orlando098]

Very unusual, but why does its say she was 12? That can't be right and is contradicted by the title, which says 18, which is surprising enough. If some rare men are able to sing very well in the soprano range (Aris Kristofellis, Randall Wong etc) then I don't see why women who are good at singing low should not also have their place.

[orlando098]

@orlando098

I have a recording of a woman, a student of Alfred Wolfsohn, a German singing teacher who specialised in extended range techniques, singing solos of all the leads in the Magic Flute, from the bass Sarastro to the Queen of the Night.

[owtatowttowt]

frightning!

[operaphantom2005]

OK.. This is beyond Contralto... And no high schooler could do this.. This took TRAINING to sound like this..

[biohazard724]

Contralto.

[sgnmath1234]

This is Karen Carpenter.

[MadJewelz]

Disturbing if true

[luckybrownmusic]

Are you sure this is a 12 yr. old? Sounds like enrico caruso.

[Yoni89]

@luckybrownmusic sounds nothing like enrico caruso.

[xTommyGirlx]

I can sing this low, but I sound more like a girl

[Dekyi1210]

Ruby Helder was born in March 1890 and started recording in 1908, when she was 18 years old.

[dancer7797]

You swear this is a 12 yr. old? because I am 12 and I think you are guessing!! By the way, Im a Boy

[GermanOperaSinger]

I think I have a recording of her singing "ach so fromm' from Martha somewhere. Crazy stuff.

[jamiefindlay1]

My main reason for listening to this was I love this aria, and I don't think any other versions are on YouTube. But a fascinating performance.

[wlonis]

Sounds like Lauritz Melchior, whatever, that is not a 12 year old girl singing!

[Treemeadow]

It is actually. a few women can sing deeply, not as deep as she, but we can. I can sing- sort of-deeply.

[ColinMeloy91]

There are plenty of Women Tenors, although they are rare, in my choir we have two!

[Treemeadow]

I'm gladf, I recently started taking lessons, and I'm expanding on my tenor range, rather than others XD

[ColinMeloy91]

You shuold uplaod your singign. I ahve to do the same with mine. as soon as I get some recordings! :)

[Treemeadow]

I have :D but its not recent, although I have some fun random stuff I've done, that isn't up yet.

[ellandelachapelle]

Impossible! I don´t believe this! This is neither a girl nor a woman!

[gmmix]

Her life and career are pretty well documented.

Check the comments on the other Helder video I posted.

[Harpenfarker]

@ellandelachapelle: YOU don't agree?......WELL THEN......Thats that!

[fuzzbear6240]

Gmmix, She was truly amazing! You could make a lot of money making bets on this record. Ha Ha Ha! Thanks for sharing this gem with us. YF, J.