Maria Callas - 'Casta Diva', 'Ecco, respiro ancella

Ponselle - 'O nume tutelar', 'When I have sung my songs', 'Amuri, amuri', 'The nightengale and the Rose'

Caruso - 'una furtiva lagrima'

Tebaldi - 'Ave Maria' from Otello

Ruffo - 'Ah Pescator!', 'Allerta marinar'

Destinn - 'Tu, tu, tu!!'

Nilsson - 'Mild und leise'

Tom LoMonaco - 'Pagliaccio non so'

There are many more by each of these artists. Caruso and Tebaldi in those particular recordings are beyond this world.

Two more favourites for my top three:

Wagner's 'Du Bist der Lenz,' sung by Gandula Janowicz

and

Puccini's 'E Lucevan le Stelle,' sung by Alfredo Coccoza.

;^)

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Daniel, yes, they did a lot of that. But do you remember that particular one? I know it happened, but I don't remember where or when...and it's going to bug me all night now...

They actually did a huge number of cartoons centered around classical pieces, and one of them may very well have had that aria in it somwhere. Most memorable among those cartoons, of course, was their absolute skewering of Herr Wagner; I'll never forget Elmer Fudd's "spear and magic helmet."

"La Spehhhhhheranca."

Why does that sound like something I heard on LOONEY TUNES? (Seriously, I think I heard that in a Bugs Bunny cartoon...anyone else know what I'm talking about?)

One of Vince's. Must be PAL. I just watched & it's definitely running a tad fast. Spectacular top note, though, huh? Just nails it with the aspirate! "La SpeHHHHHHeranza." Naughty boy that he was.

I saw it on YouTube right here.

Well, thankfully I still fall short of Linz's standards. And since when was that part of the deal? I don't recall reading anything about high C in any user agreement

Whaddaya think this is? Some kind of panty-waist place where people believe in rights, contracts & all the rest of that precious paraphernalia?!

P.S. It most definitely is a C sharp, or at least much closer to C sharp than to C. He sings the whole aria a half-step up from the normal in the TGC scene.

I can assure you it wasn't recorded that way. What he sang was a C, in the original key. In what format are you seeing it? All PAL videos run half a tone fast.

Linz

Well, thankfully I still fall short of Linz's standards. And since when was that part of the deal? I don't recall reading anything about high C in any user agreement

P.S. It most definitely is a C sharp, or at least much closer to C sharp than to C. He sings the whole aria a half-step up from the normal in the TGC scene.

Daniel, if you're lucky, you'll have neighbors who prevent the progression beyond b flat...

You don't have to get mad at Mario. That's only a High C, not C-sharp!! Maybe you have one of those videos that runs half a tone fast?! Actually, his 1949 commercial recording of Che Gelida is the best by anyone ever. It's my funeral piece. Well, one of them. And of course, Mario's E Lucevan is out of this world also. Along with the Vesti you mention. Callas' Vissi is right up there to be sure. As is Moffo's!

Linz

PS—Ask Cresswell how he arrived at the particular version of the Liebestod that he cites!

PPS—You do realise that if you achieve your High C you'll have to marry me? Maurone was spared this unhappy fate by failure to progress beyond B-Flat. Maybe you should quit at B-Natural?

Liebestod. 'Tristan and Isolde.' Leontyne Price.

But the other ones you mention aren't half bad either.

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