Leontyne Price's Db6 (Butterfly's Entrance)

A note so easily sung by any coloratura soprano, is one of the most difficult tasks for a Dramatic Soprano especially in this most beautiful aria that signifies Cio Cio's Entrance.
Very few Butterflies sing this

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Music

Tags:

• Puccini
• Butterfly
• Quanto
• cielo
• Leontyne
• Price

[MuscleDaddyCMH]

It's partly the way it's approached that makes it so scary for so many.......and rightly so. Best to not do it if you can't manage it.

[LohengrinT]

@MuscleDaddyCMH

Most cant manage this note - the soprano jumps from middle voice into a very top note without the least preparation (no scale no previous ascending notes) And it has to be done in full voice even if sung pianisimo - this is a nightmare. Thais' Db6 at the end of the Air of the Mirror is same but usually lighter voices sing Thais so...

[Chimier]

Exquisite.

[LohengrinT]

@Chimier

there is an earlier recording of her Quanto Cielo posted by Onegin where she blasts this most difficult Db6 with even more power and glory. Nevertheless this is gorgeous as well :)

Leontyne was incredible

[DiverdiMusic]

Great. I know of no spinto soprano effortlessly up to this high notes

[LohengrinT]

@DiverdiMusic

indeed her voice was extremely talented as well as the support of her sound

[higharch]

I was there that night. After she finished this orchestra and everybody else had to just WAIT. That's what you do when Price sings. You wait, you reflect, and you learn. You learn about being a better singer, and about being a better person. She is an angel sent from heaven.

[ewaevaluna]

My favorite opera scene...

[Chimier]

@LohengrinT LOL I'm on that video right how haha.

Absolutely. Just a lush, gorgeous instrument being played by a virtuoso.

[Crwthy]

Stunning!..