Opera Singers - The Soprano B-flat (Bb5) - High Notes Battle

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  • Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
  • Enjoy! Comment what you think about this battle!
    My Opinion:
    01- Montserrat Caballé
    02- Anneliese Rothenberger
    03- Rosa Ponselle
    04- Maria Callas
    05- Joan Sutherland
    06- Beverly Sills
    07- Birgit Nilsson
    08- Kathleen Battle
    09- Jessye Norman
    10- Galina Vishnevskaya
    11- Geraldine Farrar
    12- Anna Moffo
    13- Eva Turner
    14- Gundula Janowitz
    15- Sabine Devieilhe
    16- Renée Fleming
    17- Elisabeth Rethberg
    18- Leontyne Price
    19- Lisa Della Casa
    20- Margaret Price
    21- Natalia Aurea
    22- Lucia Popp
    23- Natalie Dessay
    24- Renata Tebaldi
    25- Elisabeth Grummer
    26- Beverly Hoch
    27- Luciana Serra
    28- Victoria de los Ángeles
    29- Diana Damrau
    30- Hilde Gueden
    31- Virginia Zeani
    32- Ileana Cotrubas
    33- Ingeborg Hallstein
    34- Elisabeth Schumann
    35- Eva Marton
    36- Sena Jurinac
    37- Kiri Te Kanawa
    38- Cristina Deutekom
    39- Erika Miklosa
    40- Carol Vaness
    41- Ghena Dimitrova
    42- Regine Crespin
    43- Amelita Galli-Curci
    44- Mirella Freni
    45- Angela Gheorghiu
    46- Karita Mattila
    47- Zinka Milanov
    48- Elizabeth Vidal
    49- Cheryl Studer
    50- Pumeza Matshikiza
    Intro: Amen - Jessye Norman
    Outro: Vissi d´Arte - Angela Gheorghiu
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Комментарии • 142

  • @rafa456o
    @rafa456o  6 лет назад +23

    Amelita Galli-Curci (2:49)
    Angela Gheorghiu (1:57)
    Anna Moffo (5:32)
    Anneliese Rothenberger (9:47)
    Beverly Hoch (9:55)
    Beverly Sills (8:05)
    Birgit Nilsson (7:35)
    Carol Vaness (3:45)
    Cheryl Studer (0:39)
    Cristina Deutekom (4:46)
    Diana Damrau (8:41)
    Elisabeth Grummer (0:22)
    Elisabeth Rethberg (3:13)
    Elisabeth Schumann (6:39)
    Elizabeth Vidal (0:54)
    Erika Miklosa (4:19)
    Eva Marton (6:14)
    Eva Turner (5:06)
    Galina Vishnevskaya (6:22)
    Geraldine Farrar (5:55)
    Ghena Dimitrova (3:21)
    Gundula Janowitz (4:38)
    Hilde Gueden (8:20)
    Ileana Cotrubas (7:24)
    Ingeborg Hallstein (6:58)
    Jessye Norman (6:50)
    Joan Sutherland (8:27)
    Karita Mattila (1:29)
    Kathleen Battle (7:06)
    Kiri Te Kanawa (5:15)
    Leontyne Price (2:57)
    Lisa Della Casa (2:32)
    Luciana Serra (9:36)
    Lucia Popp (1:19)
    Margaret Price (2:06)
    Maria Callas (8:55)
    Mirella Freni (2:15)
    Montserrat Caballé (10:05)
    Natalia Aurea (1:39)
    Natalie Dessay (1:03
    Pumeza Matshikiza (0:13)
    Regine Crespin (3:08)
    Renata Tebaldi (0:45)
    Renée Fleming (3:31)
    Rosa Ponselle (9:20)
    Sabine Devieilhe (3:59)
    Sena Jurinac (5:47)
    Victoria de los Ángeles (9:13)
    Virginia Zeani (7:48)
    Zinka Milanov (1:13)

  •  6 лет назад +37

    1:03 was amazing because of the volume control

  • @beachfanatic2010
    @beachfanatic2010 6 лет назад +60

    The Bb5 is I believe the most important note in a female Opera singer. I comes more often than any other high note. It is a beautiful note!

    • @sophieedwards978
      @sophieedwards978 2 года назад +1

      no it’s not. it’s very easy actually. 🙄

    • @Pachinanonim
      @Pachinanonim Год назад

      @@sophieedwards978 Tu hermana es facil

    • @anonymous-cq7wj
      @anonymous-cq7wj 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@sophieedwards978yes, and? That makes it no less important or beautiful!

  • @natlisan
    @natlisan 6 лет назад +30

    I've always loved Montserrat! In my opinion she is one of the Greats along with Callas and Sutherland. Her breath control is what she's known for but her volume control in this particular clip was also outstanding!!!

    • @flav2689
      @flav2689 Год назад

      Agreed - except I don’t love Callas. 😅 Never got why she is seen the best ever…impressive she was, sure. But the best? I just don’t see it…there is just something that I don’t like with her voice. Sutherland I like and Caballé I just adore.

    • @toddmurphy523
      @toddmurphy523 Месяц назад +1

      Caballe has been my life long favorite.

  • @pasqualeperrone1560
    @pasqualeperrone1560 5 лет назад +5

    I can pick Moffo's voice out of a compilation anywhere! Her voice is so beautifully warm.

  • @ef7952
    @ef7952 6 лет назад +8

    WOW! The High B-flat really is the money note! Great job!

  • @crisha721
    @crisha721 6 лет назад +9

    my favorites are Ponselle, Sutherland, Nilsson, Callas , Tebaldi ,Price and Galli Curci

  • @bobturnley2787
    @bobturnley2787 2 года назад +3

    Lots of wonderful high notes here - Caballe, Callas, Deutekom, Vaness, Norman, Sutherland and Freni all made an impact with that one note.

  • @NLidar
    @NLidar 6 лет назад +24

    Im just gonna say that you chose a note of Callas when she was SICK AS A DOG. But anyways, great compilation, I appreciate the hard work. Thank you.

    • @rafa456o
      @rafa456o  6 лет назад +2

      N. Lidar Oh, I didn't know

    • @NLidar
      @NLidar 6 лет назад +9

      Rafael Araújo It's totally fine! She was really scared before the performance (Hamburg '58) because she knew something bad was gonna happen.. But after all, it was a good performance. I recommend you listen to her 1953 Medea in Firenze, or any performance from the 1949 - 1955 period.

    • @stephenbeale4765
      @stephenbeale4765 5 лет назад

      it was still a brilliant note...

    • @jmiller05
      @jmiller05 4 года назад +1

      @@stephenbeale4765 Agreed, it sounded absolutely beautiful.

    • @jeffreymiller4814
      @jeffreymiller4814 4 года назад +2

      By 1958 Callas could no longer sing a steady high Bb even when she wasn’t sick.

  • @Vanderamaro
    @Vanderamaro 4 года назад +5

    Montserrat Caballé ❤

  • @elvisarmoneking9255
    @elvisarmoneking9255 6 лет назад +3

    😍😍😍 Finally he is back with another amazing work... Excellente as usually... That's the music of soul O. P.E.R.A bellissima

  • @fiddler927
    @fiddler927 Год назад +1

    I couldn’t pick a favorite - they’re all so good! I had once dreamed of being an opera singer, but life took me in another direction. I’m not sure I was good enough anyway. But oh to sing like that again!

    • @izabellezammit
      @izabellezammit 9 месяцев назад

      I’m sure you were great! You should continue and sing again, I am studying to become one and it gives me so much joy! You should experience that joy again as well🤗

  • @sharonstromley9350
    @sharonstromley9350 3 года назад +3

    Montserrat sounded as though she could float that B flat forever. Her breath control going from a fortissimo to pianissimo rivaled the best of them. Even Callas admired her.

  • @user-yd1ye4cq5h
    @user-yd1ye4cq5h 6 лет назад +3

    I was waiting so long for this ❤️

  • @THEE.apples
    @THEE.apples 6 лет назад +5

    Birgit Nilsson 7:35
    Erika Miklosa 4:19
    Were my favs.
    Edit: and 5:19
    CABALLE
    was excellent

  • @mrturtle1128
    @mrturtle1128 6 лет назад +12

    Do a higher note please, so we could all spare ourselves from seeing comments about how a pop singer is able to belt the note better

    • @resurgingflame
      @resurgingflame 6 лет назад +5

      This isn't even belting. They all did it in operatic headvoice lol.

  • @grantes4969
    @grantes4969 4 года назад +7

    Too many of them just throw the voice up and land on the note (mostly on pitch) but are far from in control of it. Marton, Nilsson, Zeani, Sutherland, Rothenberger, Cotrubas, Caballe are in control of their instrument and make it sound easy!

  • @GarageStudio7
    @GarageStudio7 6 лет назад +8

    Wow I love how comfortable this note is for them; quite effortless and beautiful!
    It's amazing that *Sohyang* can belt this out in a balanced mix!

  • @munequitodeebano3920
    @munequitodeebano3920 5 лет назад +2

    Sills, Caballé and Te Kanawa are my favorite

  • @ilicaadelina5936
    @ilicaadelina5936 3 года назад +1

    Minunat Exceptional

  • @fabriziodiberardino3448
    @fabriziodiberardino3448 6 лет назад

    Niente da togliere a nessuno, tutto questo bel canto non esiste più, erano la completezza totale❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤✋✋✋

  • @CallasAfrica
    @CallasAfrica 4 года назад +1

    Callas.... Just that one note acquires soo many colors even in isolation from the entire performance.... not in any was one dimensional.... love it

  • @jmiller05
    @jmiller05 4 года назад +3

    1. Very constricted and unbridled.
    2. Beautifully controlled
    3. A bit wild towards the end but decently produced
    4. Natural squillo, but a bit tense
    5. A bit of a mess
    6. Ethereally exquisite
    7. A bit open, not enough squillo
    8. Lovely, throbbing vibrato.
    9. A tad screamy
    10. Could be cleaner, feel like the sound is a bit too metallic
    11. Not bad at all
    12. Good intonation
    13. A bit forced but decently managed
    14. Too thin for my liking
    15. Beautiful use of dynamics
    16. Could've done without the scooping
    17. Too much vibrato, sounds unsteady
    18. Great attack on the High Bb5
    19. Another slight scoop but very dramatic, reverberating sound
    20. Gorgeously full upper register so i can ignore the scoop.
    21. Not as smooth as others, but very passionate
    22. Attempts a messa di voce that isn't quite successful
    23. Sounds like someone stood on the dog
    24. Gentle and gorgeous
    25. Strident but powerful
    26. Terrific squillo
    27. Takes a while to take off but impressive when it does
    28. Very creamy
    29. Too flat and thin, doesn't sound supported
    30. Not exactly the most beautiful timbre, but excellently produced
    31. I can feel the voice about to wobble
    32. Meh
    33. Spot on
    34. Sounds excruciatingly flat to my ears
    35. Not her best
    36. Bit of a glitch but otherwise nice
    37. Again, good attack on the note
    38. Laser-like accuracy
    39. Sounds a bit uncomfortable
    40. Divine
    41. Nice agility up to the Bb5
    42. Stupendous
    43. Too much vibrato, too much tension, not enough control
    44. Transcendent use of dynamics and terrific intonation
    45. Very bright sound, but a tad pinched
    46. Great, full, ringing High Bb5
    47. Acidic upper register perfect for this role
    48. Very feminine but wish she had refined the dynamics a little. Feels rushed.
    49. Not good
    50. Close to perfection
    Just a bit of fun guys ;)

  • @Shamsithaca
    @Shamsithaca 2 года назад +3

    wish you had added Julie Andrews b-flats too! The most famous soprano on film. She did high b-flats in The Boy Friend, Poppins, Sound of Music, Star!, Victor Victoria, and live on TV as well. She was also a coloratura child prodigy in England even before she made it to Hollywood and took her away from furthering her studies in Opera in Italy. A lot of the b-flats were spectacular, and the sound forever etched in our minds.

    • @bbnffgvbnn8860
      @bbnffgvbnn8860 2 года назад

      Julie andrews is not an opera singer

    • @Shamsithaca
      @Shamsithaca 2 года назад

      @@bbnffgvbnn8860 um shes 100 percent classically trained. Have u heard her sing the polanise from mignon or rigeletto....she was a child prodigy and dubbed the youngest primma donna in Europe, toured l over. Just because u only saw her singing in 2 films doesnt mean that she didnt have a career before that. ;)

    • @bbnffgvbnn8860
      @bbnffgvbnn8860 2 года назад

      @@Shamsithaca I know she had classical training and heavily used it throughout her entire career but that still doesn't make her a professional opera singer , she never performed opera with a professional company therefore not an opera singer sure she's sung operatic arias ( same as Yma sumac ) that still doesn't make her an opera singer

    • @bbnffgvbnn8860
      @bbnffgvbnn8860 2 года назад

      @@Shamsithaca Ohh and I haven't just seen Julie Andrews in 2 films I know she had a career before she hit film , im guessing by your statement you don't know anything and just know her as Mary poppins and Maria rainer , bye saweetie

    • @Shamsithaca
      @Shamsithaca 2 года назад

      @@bbnffgvbnn8860 I wasnt stating she did operas on stage per se. But she did excerpts from it throughout her career including with Bass Gorgio Tozzi at the MET Opera, Placido Domingo on stage and television among others.

  • @flav2689
    @flav2689 11 месяцев назад

    My all time favorite is easily Montse - for me, she’s always the best. The most beautiful voice of all - and that pianissimo, feeling and ultimate control ❤
    The others that I especially liked (the order is just chronological):
    M. Price
    Crespin
    Deutekom
    Hoch
    Moffo
    Battle
    Nilsson
    Zeani
    Sills
    Sutherland

  • @catarinaleal7781
    @catarinaleal7781 24 дня назад

    Minhas queridinhas Galina Vishnevskaya e Renée Fleming ❤❤

  • @khanggia2505
    @khanggia2505 3 года назад +2

    Madam Cabelle 👸🏻

  • @sarahthomas8321
    @sarahthomas8321 4 года назад +1

    i couldn't read the second name but Ghena!!!! The fullness of the note!!!! wow

    • @danielng7795
      @danielng7795 4 года назад

      Yes. Ghena Dimitrova. She is a dramatic soprano

  • @fd3517
    @fd3517 4 года назад +5

    Definitely Tebaldi's at my number 1, full of power and squillo.

  • @anbinh8367
    @anbinh8367 6 лет назад +5

    Can Sohyang's fanatics just stop? Sohyang can't even be heard next to Sumi Jo; the lightest lyric soprano l've ever heard

  • @ren2600
    @ren2600 5 лет назад +1

    I sang a B flat (apparently idk notes I can’t sight read at all) and my vocal teacher was so impressed but lmao I didn’t know why

  • @ilovemymomandmydad123
    @ilovemymomandmydad123 2 месяца назад

    1:57 is what Darwin watterson is singing from the master (s6 e32) (tawog)

  • @calvinjenkins6900
    @calvinjenkins6900 4 года назад +1

    1: Cristina Deutekom for accuracy and emotion
    2: Lisa Della Casa for the purest note with little vibrato
    3: Leontyne Price for dramatic voice
    Hon. Mention of Sabine because that volume control was impressive

    • @itis4865
      @itis4865 4 года назад

      Price is a lyric soprano, she herself said so

    • @calvinjenkins6900
      @calvinjenkins6900 4 года назад

      It Is Still has plenty of power, which I very much enjoy!

  • @ubedajils
    @ubedajils 3 года назад +1

    Es difícil comparar cuando las emisiones de la supuesta misma nota musical se hacen de diferente modo en forte o piano.

  • @pszl19
    @pszl19 6 лет назад

    Please make another video with Eb6 battle

  • @PADARM
    @PADARM 5 лет назад +4

    Luciana Serra Queen!! and Where is Edita Gruberova!!!

  • @gustavotbf
    @gustavotbf 6 лет назад +16

    0:45 Renata Tebaldi's High B flat's were really a force of nature. A huge wall of sound. Ravishing! Please listen to her recordings of Pace Pace Dio Mio from La Forza del destino. There's really nothing like that!

  • @mathiasboucher8061
    @mathiasboucher8061 7 месяцев назад

    la meilleur pour la fin

  • @dependsonwhosasking
    @dependsonwhosasking 6 лет назад +4

    Is this going to be a series? If not, I'd like to request at least an E6 one.

  • @Feisenbach
    @Feisenbach 5 лет назад

    My favourites are Lucia Popp and Gundula Janowitz.

  • @apngeram
    @apngeram Год назад +1

    Queen tebaldi :X

  • @supertimmyboy3262
    @supertimmyboy3262 2 года назад

    What song is it from Diana? 8:41

  • @el-zu5qq
    @el-zu5qq 6 лет назад +5

    Natalie Dessay ❤

  • @azkagianza1604
    @azkagianza1604 6 лет назад +3

    8.40 DIANA DAMRAU . 😍😍😍

  • @user-xk3ij8wy4q
    @user-xk3ij8wy4q 6 лет назад +3

    Rafael, inclua nos próximos vídeos Mado Robin e Erna Sack por favor. Ótimo vídeo o/

    • @rafa456o
      @rafa456o  6 лет назад +1

      Baruch Spinoza Elas estarão, mas nas notas mais agudas. Por enquanto não.

    • @user-xk3ij8wy4q
      @user-xk3ij8wy4q 6 лет назад

      Rafael Araújo Entendi, esperarei o/

  • @debbiewoodburn6786
    @debbiewoodburn6786 4 года назад +2

    Joan Sutherland was indeed La Stupenda.

  • @gayoperadude63
    @gayoperadude63 5 лет назад +1

    I'm pretty sure that wasn't Beverly Hoch singing Tosca, nor did following artist sound like Te Kanawa.

  • @NessieJazz
    @NessieJazz 5 лет назад +4

    I really don't think you can compare contemporary singers with operasingers. The goals of The styles, The sound that is wished to achieve, The techniques required to get it are completely difffrent. Mariah Carey is a Great singer, Birgit Nilsson also- within their own genre.

  • @BaroneVitellioScarpia1
    @BaroneVitellioScarpia1 3 года назад

    Maria Callas, Rosa Ponselle, Virginia Zeani.

  • @JoanSutherlandFan
    @JoanSutherlandFan 6 лет назад +4

    Joan ganha qualquer batalha vocal haha Em seguida Nilsson com sua voz capaz de tremer uma montanha. Senti falta da Flagstad, não atingia muitos Bb's, B's e C's, mas os já registrados são realmente a força da natureza como dizem. Ótima compilação. Crie um com minha frequência favorita 1300hz (E6)? Please ❤?!

    • @rafa456o
      @rafa456o  6 лет назад +2

      Flagstad vai estar no B5. Eu vou até o G6 pelo menos.

    • @phillipyrhodes7685
      @phillipyrhodes7685 6 лет назад

      Rafael Araújo Eu TB sou contratenor. Também vou até um G6. Minha extensão pega do A2 até o G#6 quando minha voz tá mais aquecida vai até no máximo um A6. E minha área de domínio que eu seguro muito é C6. E a nota que eu mais uso em minhas composições. Sua extensão é alta em? Parabéns

  • @toddmurphy523
    @toddmurphy523 Месяц назад

    Eleanor Steber had a mighty powerful Bb5.....!!!!

  • @iomediastudio
    @iomediastudio 5 лет назад

    The numbered list under the video does not match the order of opera names playing in the video.

  • @toddmurphy523
    @toddmurphy523 Месяц назад

    No battle would be complete without Battle....Kathleen that is...!

  • @claudiobatistaskylines2615
    @claudiobatistaskylines2615 4 года назад

    Leontyne ❤❤❤

  • @eternalmariacallas2283
    @eternalmariacallas2283 4 года назад

    Anna Moffo and Maria Callas!!!!!

  • @dogkank4237
    @dogkank4237 3 года назад

    0.00 one.

  • @marylambcarter
    @marylambcarter 6 лет назад +5

    CABALLÉ wins this Battle ! thanks for the video

  • @user-hg3iv5hy3s
    @user-hg3iv5hy3s 6 месяцев назад

    6:22-6:39
    Around 6:33 she sounds like a violin

  • @fares-kj4qm
    @fares-kj4qm 5 лет назад +1

    montserat slays

  • @jondavwal13
    @jondavwal13 3 месяца назад

    Sutherland, L. Price. The rest are also rans.

  • @mozartfan1629
    @mozartfan1629 2 года назад

    What aria is Mrs price singing it’s driving me crazy

    • @omarsomehow69
      @omarsomehow69 2 года назад

      Pace Pace Mio Dio ruclips.net/video/cOSj8J6JxGE/видео.html&ab_channel=ESMTheory

  • @toddmurphy523
    @toddmurphy523 Месяц назад

    Benita Valente also.....

  • @marianabotelho3043
    @marianabotelho3043 6 лет назад

    Angela Gheorghiu

  • @markdarenvillanueva7740
    @markdarenvillanueva7740 4 года назад

    M A R I A C A L L A S

  • @matheustavares4038
    @matheustavares4038 6 лет назад +2

    Natália Aurea ♥️

  • @ransomcoates546
    @ransomcoates546 2 года назад

    Tebaldi blows them all away.

  • @francoisvoerman8896
    @francoisvoerman8896 3 года назад

    Pumeza Matshikiza number 50? come on

  • @AbieFaz
    @AbieFaz 6 лет назад +9

    When sohyang can sing this note in a mixed voice

    • @pziolk
      @pziolk 6 лет назад +5

      Abie Faz What are you comparing? That's a different technique allowing singers to project over orchestra without amplification. Do you really think that a pop singer could even compete?

    • @Urfav4444
      @Urfav4444 6 лет назад +4

      Paweł Ziółkowski they said exactly what they meant. Get out of your feelings.

    • @Tkimba2
      @Tkimba2 6 лет назад +3

      Abie Faz looooool what a dumb comment.
      Please you should go hide yourself, this called "figura di merda" in Italy.
      Oh, and take your Soyang with you

    • @Tkimba2
      @Tkimba2 6 лет назад +1

      Paweł Ziółkowski never mind. he doesn't even know what you're talking about

    • @Urfav4444
      @Urfav4444 6 лет назад

      Tomba 2 half of these singers had either mics or were in a studio...so they can’t really speak for all the singers.

  • @lamb4mc
    @lamb4mc 5 лет назад +1

    the song from Rusalka is a B5

  • @ilovereginevelasquez954
    @ilovereginevelasquez954 6 лет назад +1

    Natalie Dessay and Montserrat

  • @pleaseenteraname4824
    @pleaseenteraname4824 5 лет назад +1

    Dimitrova's was HUUUUGE

  • @vivaavida300
    @vivaavida300 5 лет назад

    Mude essa ordem das sopranos, você está louco? Renata tebaldi: 24? Não se julga uma apresentação e sim o conjunto da obra. Montserrat em primeiro lugar é pra morrer né?

  • @markanthonyalferezcabanog1986
    @markanthonyalferezcabanog1986 6 лет назад

    Where is Nina Hagen?

  • @ittipatlehnsherr5442
    @ittipatlehnsherr5442 6 лет назад +3

    Pretty low for them lol

  • @stephenbeale4765
    @stephenbeale4765 5 лет назад +1

    montserrat and callas had best piano,
    montserrat also my favourite forte (nilsson is a close second - tebaldi and ponselle also great, and i would add eileen farrell - ruclips.net/video/TCbJEZ8-7OA/видео.html 1:27)

  • @athossophia5635
    @athossophia5635 5 лет назад

    Forse ne hai scordata una : Clara Polito cerca fra i suoi video e troverai altre chicche

  • @juanbernardomedinaportillo931
    @juanbernardomedinaportillo931 5 лет назад +4

    My opinion:
    1) Renée Fleming
    2) I don’t really care about the other ones
    (Just kidding)

  • @MrRaiRay
    @MrRaiRay 5 лет назад

    yma sumac??

  • @davideferrari5702
    @davideferrari5702 5 лет назад +1

    Tebaldi... Ponselle... Le voci migliori....

  • @Mohamedmifxal
    @Mohamedmifxal 5 лет назад +2

    Tebaldi slayed this

  • @michaelhouston8336
    @michaelhouston8336 3 года назад

    Most of them have no core, only few have..