| Date sent: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 21:24:20 EST Subject: Re: Aida (no mean feat?) To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
In a message dated 1/22/00 3:28:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, Cailin12-at-aol.com writes:
<< Callas could pull something like that off... she spent a lot of her career popping High E's above large orchestration and chorus combined. However, most Aidas that I have heard (with the exception of Nilsson, Price, and their like) have been rather heavy-chested (vocally) and can pop the high notes easily... but back off vocally when they reach the extreme of the higher range. >>
A well known fact is that Nilsson used to warm up in her dressing room for her opera performances with the Queen of Nights' "Der Holle Rache" in the original key singing all the Fs.
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