The story of the High C – Opera Documentary

How became the high C famous and who were the protagonists?

An entertaining documentary about the high C of tenors with audio samples of famous tenors like Pavarotti etc.

The sections of the documentary

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:22 The birth of high C
• 01:40 Guillaume Tell / Bryn Hymel
• 03:14 The legend begins with a suicide
• 03:50 What is high C
• 04:37 Verdi and the high C
• 06:35 The opera scandal in Milan
• 07:03 Franco Corelli’s di quella pira
• 08:04 The aria with the 9 high Cs
• 08:36 Luciano Pavarotti’s high C
• 09:48 Florez famous encore
• 10:16 The French ut en poitrine
• 10:43 Björling sings from Faust
• 11:27 And Richard Wagner?

More information

You can find more information about the mentioned operas in the links of the ONLINE OPERA GUIDE:

GUILLAUME TELL

https://opera-inside.com/guillaume-tell-by-gioacchino-rossini-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT

https://opera-inside.com/la-fille-du-regiment-by-gaetano-donizetti-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

FAUST

https://opera-inside.com/faust-by-charles-gounod-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

IL TROVATORE

https://opera-inside.com/il-trovatore-by-giuseppe-verdi/

SIEGFRIED

https://opera-inside.com/siegfried-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/