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Date sent: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 21:24:20 EST
Subject: Re: Aida (no mean feat?)
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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.