Christina Johnston - Io non chiedo - Mozart's Highest Coloratura Concert Aria
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Christina Johnston singing Mozart's famous aria, Popoli di Tessaglia! - Io non chiedo, eterni Dei. This is the highest coloratura concert aria written and is a challenge for any soprano.
Popoli di Tessaglia!, K. 316, for soprano, with its two famous G6's (i.e., the G above high C, or 1568 Hz by modern concert pitch - according to the Guinness Book of Records, the highest musical note ever scored for the human voice) that come shortly before the end. This aria was composed in order to be inserted into Gluck's opera, Alceste, and also specifically to showcase the superlative vocal skills of Mozart's sister-in-law, Aloysia Weber, who was only 18 at the time. However sopranos who are able to cope with the aria's demands have been few and far between, and the aria is usually omitted from performances of Alceste. It has been therefore redesignated a concert aria, to be presented in concerts by such rare singers as are able to deliver its fiendishly difficult coloratura.
LYRICS:
Io non chiedo, eterni Dei,
tutto il ciel per me sereno,
ma il mio duol consoli almeno
qualche raggio di pietà.
Non comprende i mali miei,
né il terror che m'empie il petto,
chi di moglie il vivo affetto,
chi di madre il cor non ha.
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This is a delight to the ears! Best rendition since Natalie Dessay.
Not only is the High G magnificent, but the High C interpolated at the end was open free and clear with an ease that most sopranos could only have a third lower. This is an amazingly high voice very finely trained. Amazing job.
Daaaaaaamn
These are the best G6’s I’ve heard from an opera singer from today’s standard.
Even Sabine sounded a little pinched on her G6 notes, and I LOVE Sabine.
It just goes to show that the most famous isn’t always the best.
Love your voice and style Christina!!!!! Slay some more people soon🤯🖤🖤🖤
🙄
She's wearing a dress the same color as the aria.... how fitting :-D #chromosynesthesia
hmmm I'd say more an iridescent pale yellow
Not the dress again
Practice aside, the discipline to perform this is amazing.
Dang. Can you imagine her in her 30’s? A bright career is an understatement. A lot of sopranos just aren’t pretty or pleasant sounding anymore. She has a gorgeous tone. With the train wrecks we have today, this gives me hope!
Thank you so much xx
I so appreciate your acknowledgement of coloratura sopranos in their 30s. As someone who is getting into my 30s and feeling too old to be taken seriously again.
P.s. this is absolutely beautiful
@@kailyjamessokame.6028 I’m not sure if you know this, but Dame Joan Sutherland was 33 in 1959 when her career STARTED…AND she arguably became the greatest coloratura soprano that has ever lived. La Stupenda! Her “prime” was through her 30’s and the beginning of her 40’s. That being said, many people, including myself (and my 21 year old son who doesn’t even “love” opera) prefer Joan in her later years. - Fast forward to 1990. Joan is retiring at age 63. She was effortlessly popping D’s with a voice that sounded like warm liquid gold. - and not just concerts and recitals… full out operas.
I’m a singer as well as a voice instructor. I’d love to hear you! Thirty, my dear, is when your voice will find itself. 😉
I think she's over 30 already? But I agree she's wonderful!
Beautiful rendition and voice. I hope you have the career you deserve :)
I wish I can sing and find a suitable place to practice rather than my home.It's quite burdensome to the other people at home.#run4freedom
Nascha Lecter Good Lord I feel your pain.
Same
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Yeah, I thought so.
Popoli di Tessaglia!, K. 316, for soprano, with its two famous G6's (i.e., the G above high C, or 1568 Hz by modern concert pitch - according to the Guinness Book of Records, the highest musical note ever scored for the human voice) that come shortly before the end. This aria was composed in order to be inserted into Gluck's opera, Alceste, and also specifically to showcase the superlative vocal skills of Mozart's sister-in-law, Aloysia Weber, who was only 18 at the time. However sopranos who are able to cope with the aria's demands have been few and far between, and the aria is usually omitted from performances of Alceste. It has been therefore redesignated a concert aria, to be presented in concerts by such rare singers as are able to deliver its fiendishly difficult coloratura.
Even the hallowed (in my book) Roberta Peters stumbles on the second high G in her recording of this, which is here somewhere.
Some notes are missing and others flying everywhere. Phrasing is not that good. But good hit for the two G's.
Quite simply my absolute favourite rendition of this beast of an aria. The control alone is staggering, but coupled with a voice of that sheer quality it's simply breathtaking. I would love to hear a more recent version.
I've only listened, haven't read any of the music, but is G really the highest note Mozart ever wrote for an aria?
Yes, G6. The aria was written for his sister-in-law Aloysia Lange nèe Weber, who had acquired an enviable coloratura technique and possessed a three octave range. The arias written for Mrs Lange are peppered with D6s, Eb6s, E6s and F6s, but the two G6s in Io non chiedo, eterni Dei are the highest note Mozart ever wrote in a vocal composition.
@@jasonhurd4379 Mozart was in love with Aloysia at the time. I'm reading Jan Swafford's wonderful biography of Mozart right now.
Okay, I'm dumbfounded. I don't think any words I could say would do your performance justice, so I'll limit myself to say this: yours was THE ONLY version I've listened to in which the high G's were full and round. Brava!
Diamond sparkling high notes as always!
I hope this video is always available🖤
Thank you so so much 😘🥰
2:57 absolutely beautiful
wow I'm soooo amazed!!! so controlled high notes!!!! congratulations, you've got it! I'm taking voice lessons for a year(I'm a soprano too) and I hope one day to be so good! for how long have you been taking voice lessons? :-D :-D
Voce dolce, sublime....brava!!!
I just found my newest favorite singer! I love this so much; i am practically crying with joy. How beautiful!
Thank you so much for your kind comment! 😘🎶😘
Che splendore! Peccato che la qualità dell'audio sia bassa.
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As a coloratura soprano I have to say I feel ashamed of my voice after listening to this. Just... WOW
The best video I have heard in AGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️🔥❤️🩹❣️💝
Some of the coloratura riffs remind me a bit of the Doll Aria.
It would be a good idea for this young singer's teacher to listen to LUISA TETRAZZINI; MADO ROBIN and LINA PAGLIUGHI
oh yeah those are good references but my favorite version is definitly Natalie DESSAY's one :-)
and ingeborg hallstein
Crazy Impressive!
Love the cadenza at 2:27!
WOW!!
El color de la voz nace, por más técnica vocal que se pueda tener la belleza de la voz es algo que nace.
Woow for 23 y.o your technique is impressive ! Very well done really ! I'm curious to see the evolution in ur career !
5:33
Amazing Coloratura Soprano!!! Wow!!!!!! Sangggggg!!!!!!
excellent job!!!! congratulations!!
Why is not she famous? Really amazing the pianos and the air control!!!
It's not true that G6 is the highest musical note of a human voice. Erna Sack and Mado Robin demonstrate it! Check out the spectacular Mado Robin's Bb6 and Erna Sack's C7!
Yes, hier is not the highhest note of voice. Hier is the highest and difficults arie wrote by Mozart. that's what it says. This singer also has a B6 n C7. I sang this aria too. And also used to have B6 and C7. This is soprano acuto sfogato.
Glorious.
The accompanist sounds like one.
I found out I'm a soprano Coloratura too. :3
+Lauren De Estrada I am a Light Lyric Coloratura Soprano, myself. Coloraturas unite!
+icomeandgobybubble87 yayyy! unite!
I am a light lyric Coloratura Soprano myself. But I sing musical theatre, and am constantly compared to Kristin Chenoweth who is a light lyric coloratura who is a trained opera singer and Broadway actress, and my idol!
Add me in! I'm a dramatic coloratura soprano! 💕
i honestly have no clue what i'm doing here i'm a contralto
MARAVILLOSA
Absolutely beautiful! Only thing is the breathing specially in the beginning, you seem extremely comfortable with the colourtura sections which is what is being showcased, so beautiful!
Is the Popoli di Tessaglia? with out the recit? or 1st half?
Bravissimo! Very well done, indeed!
BravissimA*
Thank you for your constructive comments xxx
Stupendous! Such control and accuracy in an extreme register!
Beautiful what a talent a gift money cant buy
Brava tutti🎉
beautiful voice , 6th octave gs amazing
Could you please post the "lyrics" to this piece? I am having difficulty finding it in web searches.
Io non chiedo, eterni dei
tutto il ciel per me sereno.
Ma il mio duol consoli almeno,
qualche raggio di pietà.
Non comprende mali miei
né il terror che m’empie il petto,
chi di moglie il vivo affetto,
chi di madre il cor non ha.
just astounding !
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where did you get the piano/vocal sheet music for this? I love your voice! please share :)
www.scoreexchange.com/scores/156354.html
Gorgeous!
Fantastic performance!!!!!!
Beautiful!
wow... outstanding....
Brava!!
adorooooo
Wonderful!!!!
Bravo!!!! Such articulation. The flexibility in her voice is remarkable. Sailing through the higher range is hard enough. Christina is spot on in her coloratura high notes, runs, jumps, etc. PLEASE down load more of you on youtube singing more coloratura arias. You get from me 4 ****. Practically flawless. You make it look so damned easy; which of course by no means is. You should leave on here, your studying with. Also where are you performing at. Leave your bio and schedule on here. Yes, I am now a loyal fan. Thank you for leaving me with major goosebumps. Your voice is stunning. If you don't make it to the Met and opera companies through out the world, this talent won't be heard or cherished. Thank you Christina. Taylor
Thank you so much for you constructive comments! I certainly will add some more soon ;)
Best wishes to you. Your talent is remarkable. Can't wait to hear more about you. and more youtube videos of you doing coloratura.
+belcantospecialist thank you so much!! Today I recorded more so will upload more 😄 you can find me on Facebook under Christina Johnston and Twitter @christinaljm. Thank you so much again and hope to hear more from you ;)
She is amazing!
If I can ask a very rude question, how old were you when you sang this? Most lyric sopranos lose their highest notes once they reach 'full' adulthood (I think?) so if you were over 22 when you did this, TRIPLE kudos to you!
Hi! Thank you for your comment! I was 23 here and now I can actually sing higher than then so I will try and upload a new version and some others ;) x
sianne79 where did you get that from? Luciana Serra was 50 when she sang this
Well... i'm not Sianne and I don't know where "she got that from", but "most singers lose their highest notes" doesn't mean the same that "singers over 22 can't sing this song". Especially when on this video a singer over 22 is singing this song, AND she says she sings higher now, and there's no reason to question that claim. As we have all heard amazing "adult" sopranos singing this :-D
So - presenting a singer over 22 who sings this song is not evidence against the thesis. Perhaps you could ask the question nicely if you want an answer.
It is right that your voice get lower as you get older for women but it also depends on the nature of your voice. Nathalie Dessay for instance kept singing till more than 50 y.o.
As you get more technic and practice you also develop your agility and high notes
So there are no general rules...
In reality this is not the highest note written for a voice! I found higher in some music manuscripts
sonqualnave it is in the Guinness World Records for highest scored note - but I am sure there are higher used - just like I sing up to C7 in some arias I sing -
Do let me know any scores that go higher as I would love to sing them ;)
Christina Johnston
Best reply ever!
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COOL!
Bravooooooo!!!!!
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I have to say, the high C at the end is highly stylistically inappropriate, that would be expected in a bel canto aria, not Mozart.
+skitzo429 You're right, Mozart wrote Mozart wrong, silly Mozart.
+Reace McDonnell She added it, Mozart didn't write the high C at the end.
skitzo429 The philistine!
+skitzo429 Actually, cadenzas and interpolated high notes were common practice of this time. What we think of as the "bel canto" era, or style of singing, wasn't coined such until after the so called era had ended. This approach to sectionalizing the evolution of operatic literature would call Verdi a "verismo" composer, when he in fact was anything but. Within this era of music, "Aloysia Weber", singers also used vibrato as an embellishment.
+Emile Weeks No offense, but you don't know what you're talking about, and I have a masters degree in music. Bel canto never refers to Mozart, it's chiefly Rossini/Donizetti/Bellini era music. Classical era music (Mozart) is characterized by NOT interpolating high notes that aren't written, good luck even finding another recording with a high C at the very end. Wikipedia has failed you, I'm afriad.
This is certainly not the highest soprano coloratura aria M. has ever composed ... The voice is quite fresh, very lovely tone, good musicality but the breathing should be firmer to allow a rounder sound in the higher sphere of the instrument. Very good! Keep it up and best wishes.
operabilia Could you tell me which Mozart's aria is composed with the highest note? I'm so curious to hear it.
Can't tell right now out of memory. "Popoli di Tessaglia" is one.
operabilia But this is the second part of Popoli di Tessaglia
Good. Not perfect (a very "thin" voice), but good enough... Just sing some more (and more) Mozart... its' good for your voice...
+MisterSoprano Look, there's no need to get nasty. Her voice has quite a bit of mask resonance. But is lacking some depth due to a very strengthened head voice. This allows her to float quite easily as well as be quite agile. However, the nature of her voice is a light one. Natalie Dessay comes to mind. Remember, brightness is what cuts the orchestra and what allows longevity.
@@josepheweeks absolutely reminded of Natalie Dessay
That's amazing! Your singing is so wonderful!