Joan Sutherland - High Es & Fs (July 28, 2011)

Yet another update. This time with a brief extra E from the 1960 Semiramide excerpt and a brief E from a 1983 performance of La Fille du régiment.

Here is what I hope is a complete collection of Joan Sutherland's recorded high Es and high Fs. The notes are left in their musical context to provide something of a breather between all those amazing high notes.

The High E:
[1955 broadcast] Mozart: No, no che non sei capace, K. 419
[1959 studio] Verdi: I vespri siciliani - Merce, dilette amiche (Bolero)
[1960 studio] Rossini: Semiramide - Bel raggio lusinghier
[1960 studio] Gounod: Roméo et Juliette - Je veux vivre
[1960 studio] Thomas: Hamlet - A vos jeux, mes amis
[1960 studio] Delibes: Lakmé: Ah! Où va la jeune Indouse (Bell Song)
[1961 live] Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda: Act I Finale
[1962 live] Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn
[1962 live] Bel raggio lusinghier
[1962 studio] Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio - Came tacer... Vorrei spiegarvi il giubilo
[1966 studio] Gounod: Faust - Act IV Finale: Seigneur, daignez permettre
[1966 studio] Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda - Ah! la pena in lor piombo
[1966 studio] Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda - Act 1 Finale
[1967 studio] Donizetti: La Fille du régiment - Le jour naissait dans le bocage (Lesson Scene)
[1969 studio] Lecocq: Le Coeur et la main - Un soir Perez le capitaine
[1971 studio] Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Se tradirmi tu potrai (with Sherrill Milnes)
[1975 studio] Massenet: Esclarmonde: Ah! Roland
[1983 live] Donizetti: La Fille du régiment - Le jour naissait dans le bocage (Lesson Scene)

The High F:
[1957 broadcast] Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor - Trio: Ich bin die erste Sängerin
[1963 studio] Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn

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