Victory on the High C’s

The lead tenor role in Donizetti’s comic opera “Daughter of the Regiment,” which made a star of Luciano Pavarotti in the 1970′s, is known for its plethora of high C’s. Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez as the lovesick Tonio brought the Metropolitan Opera crowd to its feet late in Act 1 on Monday night by sailing through the nine high Cs in the aria, “Pour mon ame.”

He then did it a second time as an immediate encore.

That’s eighteen high C’s – an amazing feat of vocal control and mastery.

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