Top Ten: Most Powerful High Note
OperaPulse fans, you have created our Top Ten list! We’ve compiled your comments from Facebook, Twitter and interviews to provide the answer to last week’s question:
What is the most powerful high note in any given “aria”?
10. Samson and Dalilah – Act IV “Finale”
9. Die tote Stadt – “Pierrot’s Tanzlied”
8. Die Entfürung aus dem Serail – “Martern aller Arten”
7. La Traviata – “Sempre libera”
6. Il Trovatore – “Di quella pira”
5. Faust – “Salut! demeure chaste et pure”
4. Romeo et Juliette – “Poison Aria”
3. Rigoletto – “Della vendetta alfin…Chi è mai”
2. La Fille du Regiment – “Ah! mes amis.. Pour mon âme”
1. Turandot – “Nessun Dorma”






One aria. A multitude of legendary performances.