Classical and Operatic Singers Range Thread (6,456 views)

[kaji]

Hello,

In this thread I will be cataloguing both classical and operatic singers' vocal ranges as I am slowly getting through Michael Scott's five volumes of the Record of Singing. 

In the spreadsheet below are all the completed and updated threads will be linked. Relevant information is also going to be provided. Singers with lesser amount of recordings will be posted in this very thread. Singers are listed by both their natural voice and also by the repertoire they chose to perform, hence why someone like Louise Homer is both in the contralto and mezzo-soprano section. Feel free to discuss any things operatic voice in this thread as well.

[kaji]

Sigrid Arnoldson (20 March 1861 - 7 February 1943)
Voice Type: Dramatic coloratura soprano
Vocal Range: B3-C♯6

Significant High Notes:

C♯6 ("Mercè, dilette amiche", "Una voce poco fa")
B5 ("Ah, fors' e lui", "Mercè, dilette amiche", "Près des remparts de Séville", "Una voce poco fa", "Un bouquet! … O Dieu! Que de bijoux!")
B♭5 ("Adieu, notre petite table", "Echolied", "N'est-ce plus ma main")
A5 ("Addio, del passato", "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto", "N'est-ce plus ma main", "Oui, c'est toi! je t'aime!", "Un bouquet! … O Dieu! Que de bijoux!")
G♯5 ("Ah, fors' e lui", "Echolied", "Einsam in truben Tagen hab' ich zu Gott gefleht", "Fjorton ar", "Mercè, dilette amiche", "Oui, c'est toi! je t'aime!", "Una voce poco fa", "Un bouquet! … O Dieu! Que de bijoux!")
G5 ("Adieu, notre petite table", "Ah, fors' e lui", "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto", "N'est-ce plus ma main", "Serenade", "Voyons, Manon, plus de chimères!")
F♯5 ("Addio, del passato", "Echolied", "Einsam in truben Tagen hab' ich zu Gott gefleht", "Fjorton ar", "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", "Leise, leise, fromme Weise", "Mercè, dilette amiche", "N'est-ce plus ma main", "Un bouquet! … O Dieu! Que de bijoux!", "Voyons, Manon, plus de chimères!", "Wiegenlied")
F5 ("Adieu, notre petite table", "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto", "Connais-tu le pays?", "Echolied", "N'est-ce plus ma main", "Oui, c'est toi! je t'aime!", "Près des remparts de Séville", "Serenade", "Voi che sapete", "Voyons, Manon, plus de chimères!")
E5 ("Addio, del passato", "Ah, fors' e lui", "Einsam in truben Tagen hab' ich zu Gott gefleht", "Fjorton ar", "Il était un roi de Thulé", "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", "Leise, leise, fromme Weise", "Mercè, dilette amiche", "Un bouquet! … O Dieu! Que de bijoux!", "Voyons, Manon, plus de chimères!")

Significant Low Notes:

D4 ("Adieu, notre petite table", "Connais-tu le pays?", "Einsam in truben Tagen hab' ich zu Gott gefleht", "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", "Voi che sapete")
C♯4 ("Echolied", "Fjorton ar", "Mercè, dilette amiche", "N'est-ce plus ma main", "Près des remparts de Séville", "Una voce poco fa", "Wiegenlied")
C4 ("Batti, batti, o bel Masetto", "Serenade")
B3 ("Près des remparts de Séville", "Una voce poco fa", "Un bouquet! … O Dieu! Que de bijoux!")
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Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

[kaji]

Rosa Olitzka (6 September 1873 - 29 September 1949)
Voice Type: Contralto
Vocal Range: F♯3-A5

Significant High Notes:

A5 ("Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux")
G♯5 ("Ah, mon fils, soit bénit", "All'udir del sistro il suon", "Già i Sacerdoti adunansi", "Oh jeunes filles")
G5 ("Agnus Dei", "Il segreto per esser felice", "Nobles seigneurs, salut!", "Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux", "Stride la vampa", "Voce di donna o d'angelo", "Voi lo sapete")
F♯5 ("Agnus Dei", "All'udir del sistro il suon", "Già i Sacerdoti adunansi", "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix” "Oh jeunes filles")
F5 ("Ah, mon fils, soit bénit", "Che farò senza Eurydice", "Faites-lui mes aveux", "Frau Holda kam aus dem Berg hervor", "Ich liebe dich", "Il segreto per esser felice", "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix”, "Ombra mai fu", "Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux", "Voce di donna o d'angelo")
E5 ("Agnus Dei", "All'udir del sistro il suon", "Che farò senza Eurydice", "Faites-lui mes aveux", "Frau Holda kam aus dem Berg hervor", "Già i Sacerdoti adunansi", "Ich liebe dich", "Il segreto per esser felice", "Nobles seigneurs, salut!", "Ombra mai fu", "Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux", "Stride la vampa", "Voi lo sapete")
E♭5 ("Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix”, "Oh jeunes filles", "Voce di donna o d'angelo")
D5 ("Agnus Dei", "Ah, mon fils, soit bénit", "Che farò senza Eurydice", "Faites-lui mes aveux", "Frau Holda kam aus dem Berg hervor", "Ich liebe dich", "Il segreto per esser felice", "Nobles seigneurs, salut!", "Ombra mai fu", "Stride la vampa", "Voi lo sapete")

Significant Low Notes:

C♯4 ("Ah, mon fils, soit bénit", "All'udir del sistro il suon", "Già i Sacerdoti adunansi", "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix”, "Nobles seigneurs, salut!")
C4 ("Faites-lui mes aveux", "Il segreto per esser felice", "Ombra mai fu", "Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux", "Voce di donna o d'angelo")
B3 ("Agnus Dei", "Ah, mon fils, soit bénit", "All'udir del sistro il suon", "Che farò senza Eurydice", "Nobles seigneurs, salut!", "Stride la vampa")
B♭3 ("Già i Sacerdoti adunansi", "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix”, "Voce di donna o d'angelo")
A3 ("Il segreto per esser felice", "Oh jeunes filles")
G♯3 ("Voce di donna o d'angelo")
G3 ("Nobles seigneurs, salut!")
F♯3 ("Ah, mon fils, soit bénit")
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Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

[kaji]

Edyth Walker (27 March 1867 - 19 February 1950)
Voice Type: Dramatic soprano
Vocal Range: G♯3-C♯6

Significant High Notes:

C#6 ("Gefängnisszene")
C6 ("Hojotoho! Hojotoho!", "Um stets heiter und glücklich zu sein")
B5 ("Dich, teure Halle, grüß´ ich wieder", "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!")
B♭5 ("Entweihte Götter, helft jetzt meiner Rache!")
A5 ("Dich, teure Halle, grüß´ ich wieder", "Um stets heiter und glücklich zu sein", "Wollet Boten mir sein, ihr Blümelein")
G♯5 ("Gefängnisszene")
G5 ("Der Schmied", "Dich, teure Halle, grüß´ ich wieder", "Die Allmacht", "Gerechter Gott", "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!", "Um stets heiter und glücklich zu sein")
F♯5 ("Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen!", "Dich, teure Halle, grüß´ ich wieder", "Entweihte Götter, helft jetzt meiner Rache!", "Frühlingsnacht", "O schöne Jugendtage", "Rastlose Liebe", "Wollet Boten mir sein, ihr Blümelein")
F5 ("Der Schmied", "Die Allmacht", "Gefängnisszene", "Gerechter Gott", "The Lost Chord")
E5 ("Der Kreuzzug", "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!", "Love's Old Sweet Song", "Rastlose Liebe", "Um stets heiter und glücklich zu sein", "Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh' des Ringes Fluch!", "Wollet Boten mir sein, ihr Blümelein")
E♭5 ("Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen!", "Der Kreuzzug", "Der Schmied", "Frühlingsnacht", "Gefängnisszene", "Gerechter Gott", "Just a song at twilight")
D5 ("Am Meer", "Dich, teure Halle, grüß´ ich wieder", "Gerechter Gott", "O schöne Jugendtage", "The Lost Chord", "Um stets heiter und glücklich zu sein", "Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh' des Ringes Fluch!", "Wollet Boten mir sein, ihr Blümelein")

Significant Low Notes:

D4 ("Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen!", "Die Allmacht", "Ombra mai fu", "O schöne Jugendtage", "The Lost Chord", "Wollet Boten mir sein, ihr Blümelein")
C♯4 ("Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen!", "Love's Old Sweet Song", "Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh' des Ringes Fluch!")
C4 ("Gefängnisszene", "Gerechter Gott", "Just a song at twilight", "The Lost Chord")
B3 ("Am Meer", "Der Kreuzzug", "Um stets heiter und glücklich zu sein")
B♭3 ( "Gerechter Gott", "Love's Old Sweet Song", "Ombra mai fu")
A3 ("Die Allmacht", "Just a song at twilight")
G♯3 ("Gefängnisszene", "O schöne Jugendtage")
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Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

[kaji]

Sophie Braslau (16 August 1892 - 22 December 1935)
Voice Type: Contralto
Vocal Range: E♭3-G5

Significant High Notes:

G5 ("Il segreto per esser felici", "La girometta", "Tutti i fior")
F♯5 ("Chant juif", "Cradle song", "Eili, Eili", "Habanera", "Just a little house of love", "Romance", "Swedish love song", "The jasmine door", "Yahrzeit")
F5 ("Chant juif", "Come to me, o beloved", "Il segreto per esser felici", "La girometta", "Last night", "My lady Chlo", "Somebody loves me!", "Tutti i fior")
E5 ("Baby Mine", "Birds in the night", "Cradle song", "Der Erlkönig", "Der tod und das Mädchen", "Die junge Nonne", "Eili, Eili", "Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming", "Habanera", "I love you truly", "Il segreto per esser felici", "Just a little house of love", "Oh dry those tears", "Pirate dreams", "Romance", "Some day you will miss me", "The jasmine door", "The sweetest story ever told", "Villanella", "Yahrzeit")
E♭5 ("Chant juif", "Croon, croon, underneat' de moon", "Die junge Nonne", "Eili, Eili", "La girometta", "Last night", "Mah Lindy Lou", "Ma li'l batteau", "My laddie boy", "Same old, dear old place", "Somebody loves me!", "Some day you will miss me", "Swingin' vine", "The jasmine door", "The sweetest story ever told", "Thy beaming eyes", "Tutti i fior", "Yahrzeit")
D5 ("Birds in the night", "Come to me, o beloved", "Cradle song", "Croon, croon, underneat' de moon", "Der Erlkönig", "Die Forelle", "Greatest miracle of all", "Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming", "Habanera", "Heidenröslein", "Il segreto per esser felici", "I'm a-longin' fo' you", "Just a little house of love", "My Jesus, as thou wilt", "My lady Chlo", "Oh dry those tears", "Swedish love song", "The man I love", "Thy beaming eyes", "Villanella")

Significant Low Notes:

C♯4 ("Baby Mine", "Bid me goodbye", "Come to me, o beloved", "Die Forelle", "I love you truly", "Just a little house of love", "Just a-wearyin' for you", "Last night", "Ma li'l batteau", "Old folks at home", "Pirate dreams", "Same old, dear old place", "Somebody loves me!", "Some day you will miss me", "Swedish love song", "The jasmine door", "The man I love", "The sweetest story ever told", "Yahrzeit")
C4 ("Carry me back to old Virginny", "Croon, croon, underneat' de moon", "Der Erlkönig", "Greatest miracle of all", "Il segreto per esser felici", "Love's old sweet song", "Oh dry those tears", "Thy beaming eyes")
B3 ("Baby Mine", "Birds in the night", "Cradle song", "Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming", "I love you truly", "I'm a-longin' fo' you", "Mah Lindy Lou", "Ma li'l batteau", "My laddie boy", "Pirate dreams", "Romance", "The jasmine door", "The sweetest story ever told")
B♭3 ("Der tod und das Mädchen", "Ma li'l batteau", "Thy beaming eyes")
A3 ("Birds in the night", "Der Erlkönig", "Il segreto per esser felici", "Love's old sweet song", "My lady Chlo")
F3 ("Carry me back to old Virginny")
E♭3 ("Der tod und das Mädchen")
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[kaji]

Adam Didur (24 December 1874 - 7 January 1946)
Voice Type: Bass-baritone
Vocal Range: E2-B4

Significant High Notes:

B4 ("La calunnia é un venticello")
A4 ("Udite, udite, o rustici")
G4 ("Ecco il mondo", "La calunnia é un venticello", "Piff-paff", "Un giorno a Versaglia", "Vivea nel tempo antico")
F♯4 ("Diabelska pieśń o pchle", "Dzieci czy mnie nie poznajecie", "Flohlied", "Le rovine son queste", "Le veau d’or", "Stary król", "Viva Bachus, Bachus lebe")
F4 ("Ave Signor", "Ballada o Florianie Szarym", "Ecco il mondo", "Se all'egual", "Son quarant' anni", "Vi ravviso, oluoghi ameni")
E4 ("Dzieci czy mnie nie poznajecie", "Infelice e tuo credevi", "La calunnia é un venticello", "Nasi górale", "Nella la bionda", "No! nessun salvar ti può", "O matko moja", "Skryta miłość", "Starość", "Udite, udite, o rustici", "Un giorno a Versaglia", "Viva Bachus, Bachus lebe", "Vivea nel tempo antico")
E♭4 ("Ad ogni etade amor s'apprende", "Ballada o Florianie Szarym", "Die verzauberte Königstochter", "Dio dell'or, del mondo Signor!", "Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal", "Le veau d’or", "No! nessun salvar ti può", "Non piu andrai", "Pieśń flisaków", "Piff-paff", "Son lo spirito che nega", "Stary król", "Tu che fai l’addormentata" , "Wróżba znachora", "Zaczarowana królewna")
D4 ("Ave Signor", "Del suo cor calmai le pene", "Diabelska pieśń o pchle", "Die verzauberte Königstochter", "Dio dell'or, del mondo Signor!", "Dzieci czy mnie nie poznajecie", "Ecco il mondo", "Flohlied", "Le rovine son queste", "Le veau d’or", "Nasi górale", "Nella la bionda", "No! nessun salvar ti può", "O aniele mój", "O matko moja", "Piff-paff", "Piosnka Dudarza", "Polonez (Halka)", "Se all'egual", "Starość", "Tu che fai l’addormentata" , "Un giorno a Versaglia", "Voi che del Dio vivente")
C♯4 ("Ad ogni etade amor s'apprende", "Ballada o Florianie Szarym", "Dzieci czy mnie nie poznajecie", "Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal", "Fin da stanotte", "Infelice e tuo credevi", "Le rovine son queste", "Non piu andrai", "Polonez (Halka)", "Si tu voulais", "Starość", "Udite, udite, o rustici", "Vi ravviso, oluoghi ameni", "Viva Bachus, Bachus lebe", "Voici donc les débris du monastère antique", "Wróżba znachora")
C4 ("Ave Signor", "Dio dell'or, del mondo Signor!", "Fin da stanotte", "La calunnia é un venticello", "Le veau d’or", "Nasi górale", "O aniele mój", "O matko moja", "Pieśń flisaków", "Piff-paff", "Piosnka Dudarza", "Polonez Sterwacego", "Se all'egual", "Son lo spirito che nega", "Son quarant' anni", "Skryta miłość", "Tu che fai l’addormentata" , "Vi ravviso, oluoghi ameni", "Vivea nel tempo antico", "Voi che del Dio vivente")

Significant Low Notes:

B2 ("Le rovine son queste", "Nasi górale", "Non piu andrai", "O matko moja", "Polonez Sterwacego", "Si tu voulais", "Son quarant' anni", "Skryta miłość", "Un giorno a Versaglia", "Viva Bachus, Bachus lebe", "Voici donc les débris du monastère antique")
B♭2 ("Ave Signor", "Diabelska pieśń o pchle", "Die verzauberte Königstochter", "Ecco il mondo", "Pieśń flisaków", "Un giorno a Versaglia", "Voi che del Dio vivente", "Wróżba znachora", "Zaczarowana królewna")
A2 ("Del suo cor calmai le pene", "Gdym przy wieczerzy patrzył w jej oczy", "Infelice e tuo credevi", "Le veau d’or", "Nella la bionda", "No! nessun salvar ti può", "Piosnka Dudarza", "Tu che fai l’addormentata", "Udite, udite, o rustici")
G♯2 ("Ballada o Florianie Szarym", "Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal")
G2 ("Piff-paff", "Polonez Sterwacego", "Son lo spirito che nega", "Voi che del Dio vivente")
F♯2 ("Dzieci czy mnie nie poznajecie", "Viva Bachus, Bachus lebe")
E2 ("Piff-paff" 1906 recording)
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{Questionable notes}E5 ("Tu che fai l’addormentata" ^[3])
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[kaji]

Steingrim Might interest you.

[Steingrim]

Jul 4, 2023 20:05:48 GMT kaji said:

Steingrim Might interest you.

Yeah. He sings reoccurring E2s in the video that you linked elsewhere. Range expansion ? That B4 sounds like an M2 note.

[kaji]

Jul 4, 2023 20:13:43 GMT Steingrim said:

Jul 4, 2023 20:05:48 GMT kaji said:

Steingrim Might interest you.

Yeah. He sings reoccurring E2s in the video that you linked elsewhere. Range expansion ? That B4 sounds like an M2 note.

Wait, which video? I don't recall hearing an E2 from him. 

[Steingrim]

Jul 4, 2023 20:14:50 GMT kaji said:

Jul 4, 2023 20:13:43 GMT Steingrim said:

Yeah. He sings reoccurring E2s in the video that you linked elsewhere. Range expansion ? That B4 sounds like an M2 note.

Wait, which video? I don't recall hearing an E2 from him. 

No, those are A2s. Not sure how I came up with that. Maybe I heard a really dark E3 somewhere.

[kaji]

Jul 4, 2023 20:40:04 GMT Steingrim said:

Jul 4, 2023 20:14:50 GMT kaji said:

Wait, which video? I don't recall hearing an E2 from him. 

No, those are A2s. Not sure how I came up with that. Maybe I heard a really dark E3 somewhere.

Makes sense. That being said, he definitely had a low E. I read his range was from a low C to a high A. 

[Steingrim]

Jul 4, 2023 21:04:16 GMT kaji said:

Jul 4, 2023 20:40:04 GMT Steingrim said:

No, those are A2s. Not sure how I came up with that. Maybe I heard a really dark E3 somewhere.

Makes sense. That being said, he definitely had a low E. I read his range was from a low C to a high A. 

He has some crazy E4s through G4s. They have the color of a bass, but they don't sound as if he's reaching for them.

[kaji]

Jul 4, 2023 21:42:13 GMT Steingrim said:

Jul 4, 2023 21:04:16 GMT kaji said:

Makes sense. That being said, he definitely had a low E. I read his range was from a low C to a high A. 

He has some crazy E4s through G4s. They have the color of a bass, but they don't sound as if he's reaching for them.

That's why I called him a bass-baritone. His tessitura doesn't really say bass to me.

[kaji]

Range expansion for Didur with an E2 youtu.be/LHJb-qlgQYA?t=79

[Steingrim]

Jul 7, 2023 0:34:22 GMT kaji said:

Range expansion for Didur with an E2 youtu.be/LHJb-qlgQYA?t=79

He can certainly go lower than that. He may not have had the power for Ds or Cs in the opera, though. Even at F2 operatic basses differ a lot, when it comes to power. This one has plenty : youtu.be/8-WUgg8Coik?t=220

[kaji]

Emma Calvé (15 August 1858 - 6 January 1942)
Voice Type: Soprano grand lyrique
Vocal Range: A3-C♯6

Significant High Notes:

C♯6 ("Ma Lisette")
C6 ("Charmant oiseau", "La perle du Brésil", "Seguidilla")
B5 ("Non! tu ne m'aimes pas... Là-bas dans la montagne")
B♭5 ("Casta diva", "Charmant oiseau", "Il est doux, il est bon")
A5 ("Casta diva", "Charmant oiseau", "La calesera", "La perle du Brésil", "O Magali", "Voi lo sapete")
G♯5 ("Au printemps", "Chanson bohème", "Ma Lisette", "Où voulez vous aller", "Viens avec nous, petit")
G5 ("Charmant oiseau", "Enchantement", "Habanera", "Il est doux, il est bon", "La calesera", "La perle du Brésil", "Non! tu ne m'aimes pas... Là-bas dans la montagne", "Pendant un an je fus ta femme", "Seguidilla", "Trois chansons pour les tout-petits", "Voi, che sapete che cosa é amor")
F♯5 ("Au printemps", "Chanson bohème", "Chantez, riez, dormez", "Enchantement", "La Marseillaise", "O Magali", "Où voulez vous aller", "Viens avec nous, petit", "Voi lo sapete")
F5 ("Au printemps", "Casta diva", "Charmant oiseau", "Habanera", "Il est doux, il est bon", "La perle du Brésil", "Ma Lisette", "Non! tu ne m'aimes pas... Là-bas dans la montagne", "Où voulez vous aller", "Pendant un an je fus ta femme", "Plaisir d'amour", "Trois chansons pour les tout-petits")
E5 ("Chanson bohème", "Chantez, riez, dormez", "Enchantement", "In questa tomba oscura", "La Marseillaise", "O Magali", "Pendant un an je fus ta femme", "Plaisir d'amour", "Voi, che sapete che cosa é amor", "Voi lo sapete")

Significant Low Notes:

D4 ("Enchantement", "Non! tu ne m'aimes pas... Là-bas dans la montagne", "O mon cher amant", "Plaisir d'amour", "Trois chansons pour les tout-petits")
C♯4 ("Au printemps", "Chanson bohème", "Chantez, riez, dormez", "Viens avec nous, petit")
C4 ("Casta diva", "Charmant oiseau", "La calesera", "La perle du Brésil", "Non! tu ne m'aimes pas... Là-bas dans la montagne", "Plaisir d'amour", "Seguidilla")
B3 ("Chanson bohème", "Chantez, riez, dormez", "Trois chansons pour les tout-petits")
B♭3 ("O mon cher amant")
A3 ("O Magali")
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[kaji]

Emma Calve is one of the only sopranos who made a great usage of the flute register or the upper head voice or the 'fourth voice' register in classical soprano repertoire that was not of coloratura nature. It allowed her to float very easily above the staff, a feat she could not have accomplished in her normal head register due to her lower than average tessitura.

[Steingrim]

Jul 7, 2023 20:41:24 GMT kaji said:

Emma Calve is one of the only sopranos who made a great usage of the flute register or the upper head voice or the 'fourth voice' register in classical soprano repertoire that was not of coloratura nature. It allowed her to float very easily above the staff, a feat she could not have accomplished in her normal head register due to her lower than average tessitura.

That C#6 sounds hollow and devoid of character to me, almost like a sinus wave.

[kaji]

Jul 7, 2023 21:10:09 GMT Steingrim said:

Jul 7, 2023 20:41:24 GMT kaji said:

Emma Calve is one of the only sopranos who made a great usage of the flute register or the upper head voice or the 'fourth voice' register in classical soprano repertoire that was not of coloratura nature. It allowed her to float very easily above the staff, a feat she could not have accomplished in her normal head register due to her lower than average tessitura.

That C#6 sounds hollow and devoid of character to me, almost like a sinus wave.

It is a flute register (some also call it upper head voice - although it does not have anything to do with the range it is used in). A form of M2 that a lot of people use to get above the staff, very notable with a lot of coloraturas. It is also naturally connected to the flageolet whistle register. 

You can hear Lily Pons use it quite a lot - youtu.be/DZjwRN6v9bE?t=107 At 3:11 you can hear it again, everything except the E is in normal head register, for E she transitions. 

In pop voice you can hear it for example with Cleo Laine - youtu.be/XYbAmUsFFDI?t=180 Or... Dimash actually. Or pretty much most singers who sing effortlessly in the sixth. This register can actually pack quite a punch and project a lot but it's never going to be as punchy as a normal head register. 

Coloraturas such as Hallstein ( youtu.be/3lKC3z6PGcI?t=85 ) or Erna Sack or really anyone who really SOARS up there use it a lot. 

Calve uses it for more of a floaty pianissimo - youtu.be/gDIR3H9GjAQ?t=88

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Aino Ackté (23 April 1876 - 8 August 1944)
Voice Type: Dramatic soprano
Vocal Range: B3-D6

Significant High Notes:

D6 ("Si j'avais vos ailes")
C6 ("Si j'avais vos ailes")
B5 ("Ah! Je ris de me voir")
B♭5 ("O Salce! Salce! Salce! ... Piangea cantando nell'erma landa", "Si j'avais vos ailes", "Stridono lassu, liberamente")
A5 ("Ariette", "Ecoutez, c'est le chant de cigales", "Le baiser", "Si j'avais vos ailes")
G♯5 ("Ah! Je ris de me voir", "Einsam in truben Tagen", "Stridono lassu, liberamente")
G5 ("Ariette", "Ecoutez, c'est le chant de cigales", "Jeg elsker dig", "Le baiser", "Si j'avais vos ailes")
F♯5 ("Ah! Je ris de me voir", "Einsam in truben Tagen", "Fruhlingsnacht", "Jeg elsker dig", "Le baiser", "O Salce! Salce! Salce! ... Piangea cantando nell'erma landa", "Stridono lassu, liberamente")
F5 ("Ariette", "Ecoutez, c'est le chant de cigales", "Fruhlingsnacht", "Si j'avais vos ailes", "Widmung")
E5 ("Ah! Je ris de me voir", "Ariette", "Einsam in truben Tagen", "Il était un roi de Thulé", "Jeg elsker dig", "Le baiser", "O Salce! Salce! Salce! ... Piangea cantando nell'erma landa", "Pai, pai, paitaressu", "Stridono lassu, liberamente")

Significant Low Notes:

E♭4 ("Ariette", "Einsam in truben Tagen", "Fruhlingsnacht")
D4 ("Le baiser")
C♯4 ("O Salce! Salce! Salce! ... Piangea cantando nell'erma landa", "Stridono lassu, liberamente", "Widmung")
C4 ("Le baiser")
B3 ("Ah! Je ris de me voir", "Pai, pai, paitaressu", "Widmung")
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Mary Garden (20 February 1874 - 3 January 1967)
Voice Type: Lyric soprano
Vocal Range: B♭3-C♯6

Significant High Notes:

C♯6 ("Quel trouble... Folie! Folie!.... Sempre libera")
C6 ("Chant Vénitien", "Quel trouble... Folie! Folie!.... Sempre libera")
B5 ("Depuis le jour" 1912 recording, "Dieu de grâce")
B♭5 ("Il est doux, il est bon", "L'amour est une vertu rare", "L’ombres des arbres dans la rivière")
A5 ("Depuis le jour", "O liberté, m'amie")
G♯5 ("Across the steppe", "Chant Vénitien", "Green (Acquarelle n. 1)", "Il est doux, il est bon", "Il pleure dans mon coeur")
G5 ("Across the steppe", "Clair de lune", "Comin' thro' the rye", "Depuis le jour", "Dieu de grâce", "Il est doux, il est bon", "Irish love song", "L'amour est une vertu rare", "L’ombres des arbres dans la rivière", "Mes longs cheveux descendent", "O liberté, m'amie", "Que l trouble... Folie! Folie!.... Sempre libera")
F♯5 ("Afton water", "At parting", "Beau soir", "Clair de lune", "Comin' thro' the rye", "Dieu de grâce", "Il pleure dans mon coeur", "L’ombres des arbres dans la rivière", "O liberté, m'amie")
F5 ("Afton water", "At dawning (I love you)", "Chant Vénitien", "En vain pour éviter", "Green (Acquarelle n. 1)", "Il est doux, il est bon", "Irish love song", "John Anderson, my Jo", "L'amour est une vertu rare", "O liberté, m'amie", "Quel trouble... Folie! Folie!.... Sempre libera")
E5 ("Across the steppe", "Afton water", "Annie Laurie", "Beau soir", "Blue bells of Scotland", "Clair de lune", "Comin' thro' the rye", "Depuis le jour", "Dieu de grâce", "Il pleure dans mon coeur", "Jock o' Hazeldean", "L'amour est une vertu rare", "Mes longs cheveux descendent")

Significant Low Notes:

D4 ("Across the steppe", "Afton water", "Annie Laurie", "Beau soir", "Comin' thro' the rye", "Depuis le jour", "Dieu de grâce", "En vain pour éviter", "Irish love song", "John Anderson, my Jo")
C♯4 ("At dawning (I love you)", "At parting", "Il pleure dans mon coeur", "L'amour est une vertu rare")
C4 ("Annie Laurie", "Beau soir", "Depuis le jour" 1926/7 recording, "En vain pour éviter", "Irish love song", "Quel trouble... Folie! Folie!.... Sempre libera")
B3 ("Dieu de grâce", "Jock o' Hazeldean")
B♭3 ("Green (Acquarelle n. 1)")
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[kaji]

A new thread on the 'king of baritones'! therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/3131/mattia-battistini

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Zélie de Lussan (21 December 1861 - 18 December 1949)
Voice Type: Mezzo-soprano Galli-Marié
Vocal Range: B3-G♯5

Significant High Notes:

G♯5 ("Habanera")
F♯5 ("Garde de la Couronne", "Habanera", "Lili", "Rosy morn")
F5 ("La paloma")
E5 ("Connais-tu le pays?", "Garde de la Couronne", "Habanera", "Lili", "Rosy morn")
E♭5 ("La paloma")
D5 ("Connais-tu le pays?", "Garde de la Couronne", "Lili", "Rosy morn")

Significant Low Notes:

D4 ("Connais-tu le pays?", "Lili", "Rosy morn")
C♯4 ("Garde de la Couronne", "La paloma")
B3 ("Connais-tu le pays?")
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Irene Abendroth (14 July 1872 - 1 September 1932)
Voice Type: Dramatischer koloratursopran
Vocal Range: C4-D6

Significant High Notes:

D6 ("Una voce poco fa")
C♯6 ("Bel raggio lusinghier")
C6 ("Ein unnennbares Sehnen", "Je suis Titania", "O glucklich land", "Una voce poco fa")
B5 ("Bel raggio lusinghier", "O glucklich land")
B♭5 ("Ein unnennbares Sehnen", "Je suis Titania", "O säume nicht länger nicht")
A5 ("O säume nicht länger nicht", "Una voce poco fa")
G♯5 ("Bel raggio lusinghier", "Ein unnennbares Sehnen")
G5 ("Je suis Titania", "O glucklich land", "Una voce poco fa")
F♯5 ("Bel raggio lusinghier", "Vergebliches Ständchen")
F5 ("Auf Flügeln des Gesanges", "Ein unnennbares Sehnen", "Je suis Titania", "O säume nicht länger nicht")
E5 ("Bel raggio lusinghier", "O glucklich land", "O säume nicht länger nicht", "Vergebliches Ständchen")

Significant Low Notes:

E♭4 ("Auf Flügeln des Gesanges", "Ein unnennbares Sehnen")
D4 ("O glucklich land", "O säume nicht länger nicht")
C♯4 ("Bel raggio lusinghier")
C4 ("Je suis Titania", "O säume nicht länger nicht", "Una voce poco fa")
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[Goober]

C4 lows :very_sad: