Joan Sutherland's High 'E'
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bah ... Lady Gaga or Rihanna can do that any ole time they feel like it ... (just kidding - this lady was an extraordinary talent indeed, and a total class act at all times, to boot. She's sadly, fondly missed).
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high E - это ми третьей октавы? Кто тут понимает? :)
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really good Es:P I mean they are very pure
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Some of them sound like F's
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@skitzo429 The Semiramide top E from La Scala is live,and if you find her Madame Herz from Glyndebourne she sang E and an F in the trio if quite briefly as part of a line. But this Semiramide top E is very brilliant.
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I think these are all studio recordings, I dont know of any sutherland live recording with a high E, as far as I know Semiramide and Lakme were both transposed down a semitone when she performed the big arias live, even as early as the early 60s.
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esto no tiene comparacion de ningun tipo.........
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@soothed - The penultimate note in the Pollione/Norma duet ("In Mia Man Alfin Tu Sei") as sung by Joan Sutherland was a sustained high Eflat. Sung forte. It is indeed Stupenda!!!
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Hey, it makes no fun.... We don't expect a high E, but a wonderful aria with a successful E to end up. Otherwise E means nothing.
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Most of these sound like high Fs, not Es
Brilliant! Thank you AmorediPazzia. I believe she may have hit a high E in her recording of Suor Angelica....in 1978.
It wasn't sustained.....more a shriek of horror. I have never checked the pitch, but it sounded like an E when I heard it.
Great stuff.
Hako2004 3 years ago
you're welcome :-)
AmorediPazzia 3 years ago
Many Thanks - the '59 Vespri and the '60 Semiramide have always been two of my favourite Stupenda Sounds [others on this site have already praised the '59 Vespri]. My third favourite Stupenda Sound is the held E/D(?) in the Pollione/Norma duet in the last act of "Norma" - the 1st commercial recording with John Alexander as Pollione.
soothed 3 years ago
you're welcome :-)
AmorediPazzia 3 years ago