Glass Shatterers! Maria Remola's Violetta hits the highest heights

~The "Glass Shatterers!" series focuses on sopranos who sustain High F, or sing higher.
THE SONGBIRD: The soprano Maria Remola (1930 - 2021) is known to coloratura insiders and "high note freaks" because of her astounding survey of stratospheric notes. It is easy to think of Remola as Cuban, but she was actually born in Barcelona and moved to Cuba in 1952. Her professional debut came in Havana in "Dona Francisquita." She became a local star, but also toured to Japan and Europe. It has been said by the daughter or Remola's accompanist that she would sing Lucia's mad scene in the higher key and her cadenza included trills up the scale from High D6 to High D7, and that she would sing the famous staccato figures in "Der Hölle Rache" an octave higher than written, so High F7s!? (No recordings exist of these dubious feats.) You can find more info on her career, her politics, and these firsthand accounts on the Diva Legacy site in the miscellaneous section of singer appreciations: divalegacy.com
THE MUSIC: Verdi's "La traviata" is the most popular opera in the world. According to Operabase statistics (www.operabase.com/statistics/en), since 1996 it's had 3,805 productions, more than any other opera. It was not a success at its premiere in Venice in 1853, due to the audience reactions to the singers, however productions in the following few years began to take hold (Madrid, Vienna, London, New York, and in a French translation in Paris) and this masterpiece been a part of the core repertoire ever since. Violetta, the principal soprano role and title character is a long, very challenging and rewarding role with consistently brilliant music and a compelling story arc. Her aria in Act One ends with highly florid cabaletta "Sempre libera," where she vows to continue living the carefree lifestyle of a courtesan, often capped by a final High E-flat -- her taken even higher to Ab6.

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