{"id":47325,"date":"2017-09-10T13:42:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T17:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=47325"},"modified":"2017-09-10T13:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T17:44:18","slug":"liszt-five-stratospheric-high-notes-to-finish-off-your-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/09\/10\/liszt-five-stratospheric-high-notes-to-finish-off-your-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"LISZT |\u00a0Five Stratospheric High Notes To Finish Off Your Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47328\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-47328 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/High.jpg\" alt=\"Rachele Gilmore in Les oiseaux dans la charmille at the Metropolitan Opera. (Youtube screenshot)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/High.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/High-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/High-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachele Gilmore in Les oiseaux dans la charmille at the Metropolitan Opera. (Youtube screenshot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a very tall man once said to my brother and I as we gaped at him as small children, \u201cLet me answer your question before you even ask it\u2026\u201d (He was seven feet tall.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now as a soprano, let me answer your question before you even ask it\u2026 According to Scientific American Magazine, it is humanly possible for an opera singer to shatter glass with their voice, although they would need to find a glass with enough defects that it would break under pressure. I\u2019ve personally never heard of it being done. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Science aside, here are five stratospheric ways to end your weekend on a high note!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rachele Gilmore\u2014Les oiseaux dans la charmille (<i>Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann\u2014<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Offenbach)<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In honour of the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s impending season with Toronto\u2019s Johannes Debus conducting <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, here we present soprano Rachele Gilmore\u2019s last-minute Met debut where she stepped in for Kathleen Kim as Olympia. She ornaments her aria in its reprise to include a high A-flat (a semitone higher than the Queen of the Night sings in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Zauberfl<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00f6<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">te<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Fans have called it the highest note ever sung at the Met. Whether or not that\u2019s true, we\u2019re not ones to say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CHp4LLnlKIg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Luciano Pavarotti\u2014Ah, mes amies\u2026 Pour mon \u00e2me (<i>La fille du R<\/i>\u00e9<i>giment\u2014<\/i>Donizetti<i>)<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicknamed the &#8220;King of the High C\u2019s,&#8221; it would be hard to find a tenor in recent operatic history with more beautiful, ringing high notes than Luciano Pavarotti. This aria is particularly notorious as the tenor interpreting it has to sing nine high C\u2019s. To hear how it\u2019s done, check out this live recording of the King himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kzZwVN9PhQw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>June Anderson\u2014Dulcissime (<i>Carmina Burana\u2014<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Orff)<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes it\u2019s not about how high the note is, but how it\u2019s positioned within the music that can really make time stand still. Those who have sat through Carl Orff\u2019s colossal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carmina Burana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> know how transcendent a good \u201cDulcissime\u201d can be. Here\u2019s June Anderson with James Levine and the Chicago Symphony singing \u201cIn trutina\u201d and the very high \u201cDulcissime\u201d from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carmina Burana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (\u201cDulcissime\u201d starts around 2:30 if you\u2019re only in it for the high notes)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EOwtOP30PcA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Leontyne Price\u2014O patria mia (<i>Aida\u2014<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Verdi)<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re in the mood for a good cry, watch Leontyne Price\u2019s farewell to opera in 1985. The beloved soprano\u00a0sings her signature role with the\u00a0pivotal aria, \u201cO patria mia\u201d in this stunning performance, complete with a pearly high C (even at the end of her career!). Quite the masterclass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IaV6sqFUTQ4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Thomas Allen\u2014Act IV, sc. iv (<i>P<\/i>e<i>ll<\/i><i>\u00e9<\/i><i>as et M<\/i>\u00e9<i>lisande\u2014<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Debussy)<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes the most exciting and moving aspects\u00a0of high notes come from the thrill of hearing artists stretch their vocal limitations. In Debussy\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pell<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as et M<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lisande<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Pell<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as\u2019s final encounter with M<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lisande before his death features Pell<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as overcome with passion and desire. His part rises to a high G#, at the top of a baritone\u2019s range, right at the climax of the opera. Listen to Thomas Allen sing the role in this live Covent Garden performance. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2CdKiuQWKjg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><b>For more LISZTS, click\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/liszts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u><b>HERE<\/b><\/u><\/a><\/span><b>.<\/b><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend isn&#8217;t over until you hear these sky-high finishers! 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