Monday, July 18, 2011

The Most Treacherous Aria Ever Written

That's how a music professor decsribed this in college - from the Mozart opera The Magic Flute. Using a whistle voice and reaching F6, this ain't for amateurs. Here, Diana Damrau performs exquisitely. Treacherous indeed. Don't try this at home, kids.



7 comments:

Mom said...

Scary!!

cb said...

I prefer "glitter and be gay" from Candide

Jo said...

Beautiful!

Matt said...

CB - of course you do. ;)

Will said...

I've seen her in Strauss (The Egyptian Helen), a Rossini comedi (Barber of Seville) and a Rossini sex farce (Count Ory) at the MET. She's a sensational actress and within roles for her vocal type, I don't think anything she can't do. And she always seems to be having the time of her life whatever she does.

Curtis said...

Mozart was a mad genius! One of my very favorites.

Dale said...

I loves me some treacherous art! I could do that (if I was her).