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29-12-2004
First of all I'd like to apologize for my VERY BAD english, secondly
I would love to thank you for the great work you've been doing,
I find your website is full of very interesting information on
octaves and voice ranges. I'm from Italy and I've seen another
italian guy named Dario Marchiori, posting a feedback on your
website. Since you seem a professionist i would LOVE to know
which notes our "beloved" Giuni Russo (passed away
in september aged 53) is actually hitting. Thereby I enclose
two small clips from her songs "L'addio" (The Farewell)
and "La zingara" (Gypsy Lady) the latter one sang live
in a church. Hoping you'll find the time to answer me and provide
me with any information you can. I wish you best seasonal greetings.
Alex
Dear Alex,
With your English is nothing wrong, we understand each other
and that's sufficient for me. I listened to the samples and about
La zingara, she sang there a beautiful and strong a3-flat. The
other song is more difficult to say something that makes sense.
Those short staccato notes are for me to difficult to determine.
But about La zingara I'm sure.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
15-12-2004
Dear friends,
This is Siiri Siimer, the director of the NYYD Ensemble in
Tallinn writing to you.
We have a little emergency here,
We would like to perform Mauricio Kagel's "24.12.1931"
in Tallinn on the 22.01.2004 and therefore would like to find
the contacts with Mr.Lieuwe Visser.
Could it is possible to help us concerning the contacts of Lieuwe
Visser?
I look forward to hearing from you ASAP,
Thank you in advance,
Siiri Siimer
NYYD Ensemble
Süda 3a-5
Tallinn 10118
Estonia
L.S.
I will send your request to Lieuwe Visser,
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
03-12-2004
Great Website! Regarding Callas's 'f ' in alt, you cite the Bell
song...another example is in the Rossini variations from Armida
"D'Amore al dolce impero (27 XII, 1954, San Remo) - A little
more
sustained and therefore perhaps a bit clearer, although the recording
quality is lacking. Great stuff on Deutekom...she is one of my
early favorites, and I've always found it difficult to locate
anything
other than Zauberflote and Attila; your blurb on her with all
the info will be a big help! Thanks,
Dustin
Dustin,
thanks for the compliments, nice to hear that
you enjoyed it.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
02-12-2004
Dear Sir:
I find your site fascinating, and wonder if it would be possible
to obtain any knowledge about one Maria van Dongen? An acquaintance
of mine said he met, and knew her well forty some years ago,
while she was performing with the Zurich State Opera? I would
like to surprise him with one of her recordings, and perhaps
an address where he may be able to be in touch with her once
again?
Any help you may be able to give will be most graciously accepted,
and appreciated.
If you do manage to find something, and I do understand how many
other request you must have, but perhaps if you do have an itsy
bitsy second, it would not inconvenience you to e-mail any information
back to this address?
Cordially,
Jacqui Hoffman
Dear Mrs Hoffman,
This is accidental, just a few days ago I wrote an article -
in Dutch - on my site about Maria van Dongen, meanwhile also
translated in English. I even added a soundsample. So you can
make your friend happy. He can hear her again. But there is more.
This evening I phoned with Maria van Dongen and it was okay to
her that I gave you her address:
Mrs M. van Dongen
[ ...... ]
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
26-11-2004
Please help. Wo kan ich Aafje Heynis kaufen auf c.d. 'Dank sei
diehr Herr'. møchte ich sehr gerne kaufen. Wie ist das
møglich?
Hildegard Ihlemann
Try this address:
http://www.kuijperklassiek.nl/
and the title is Dank sei dir Herr
success,
Joop Lindeijer
09-11-2004
Dear Mr Lindeijer
I was surfing the net looking for pieces of information about
singers who can produce high notes and found, during this search,
your site (which I am pretty much enjoying).
I am no professional nor singer, just a mere music lover, my
understanding of notes is fairly low especially when using an
"a,b,c, ..." scale (I am used, perhaps because I am
Italian, to "do, re mi ..a.s.o).
However I am most curious about particular voices, and remember
seen on TV, while in Australia, a male singer producing a note
beyond the piano range and demonstrating, live on stage, his
6 octaves+ voice range. I am quite sure that he appears in the
Guinness Book of Records, but
honestly I can't remember his name and believe he's not even
a singer. However I wrote you because I am interested in finding
out how high 2 of my favourite Italian singers can go: Antonella
Ruggiero (Matia Bazar), and Giuni Russo (who has sadly just passed
away).
IN a few of their performances (Matia Bazar: "il tempo del
sole" and "C'e' tutto un mondo intorno" and Giuni
Russo: "Un'estate al mare" and "L'addio")
they have been able to reach quite high notes.
I have 3 of those 4 songs on mp3, and I am currently looking
for the 4th one, so if needed I can forward them to you (e-mail
permitting), any additional comments will be also most appreciated.
I know your site is about Dutch singers and it's not my mean
to interfere with it or disturb anyhow, I will be awaiting for
your answer.
With kind regards,
Marchiori Dario
Dear Mr. Dario,
I know do, re, mi, etc. I learned it probably
at school - years ago -, so I believe it's not restricted to
Italy but international! Concerning the two singers you mentioned,
I don't know them, but that says
nothing about their qualities. Thanks for your offer to send
me the mp3's, but for the site it's only for interest if they
are higher then the magnificent notes - d2 - of Nicolai Gedda.
I'm waiting for a 'good'
recording of a singer with higher notes in full voice, not falset/
headvoice. If you think that the samples you have are those f's,
then I'm very much interested.
By the way ... the Italian language, is for my ears the most
beautiful language of the world.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
07-11-2004
Dear Mr. Lindeijer,
I'm a Danish music student, who absolutely adore Cristina
Deutekom. Would you happen to know of an adress where I could
write her?
Sincerely,
Maria Lakomska
Dear Mrs. Lakomska,
I will send a copy of your e-mail to Cristina
Deutekom. She will be pleased by your adoration.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
Dear Mr. Lindeijer,
Thank you so much, that is most kind of you!
I heard Deutekom's voice the first time when I was 14 - I had
bought a box of Mozart cd's and she was singing the Queen of
the night - I was absolutely thrilled. So shortly after I bought
her complete recording of "Diew
Zauberflöte" and I am now the happy owner of several
of her recordings, which I cherish very much - her style is so
personal and her voice is like no other soprano I hav heard!
Sincerely,
(Miss) Maria Lakomska
04-11-2004
Dear Mr Lindeijer,
I'm french so please excuse my english.
your biography about Cristina Deutekom is well done and truly
interesting.
Concerning your "high C" section, I would like to make
some observations. Some composers wrote, as Mozart, a g3 : Gretry,
Massenet (Esclarmonde), and recently Petitgirard for "John
Merrick the story of Elephant man" (the recording is avalaible
in France). I believe Charles Chaynes for his "Poèmes
de Sapho" and the stratospheric voice of Mady Mesplé
wrote a g3sharp (this recording is breathtaking as the voice
of Mady is always extremely high).
Mado Robin, another amazing french coloratura could sung up to
d4 (once in a live concert in Vichy) and her c4 is well known.
You can hear it in a new cd and it's strong and powerful.
I have rare recordings of coloraturas soprano who could reach
a3 or b3 : Mina Foley, Susanna Foster; Ellen Beach Yaw a3flat
: Elisabeth Vidal, Ruth Welting, Mady Mesplé, Beverly
Hoch, Bogna Sokorska, Miliza Korjus, Natalie Dessay and g3 :
Luciana Serra, Edita Gruberova,the wonderful Kathryn Grayson,
Edda Moser etc...
I have also recordings of pop-divas who could reach g3 and even
higher notes : Maureen McGovern, Cleo Laine and Minnie Ripperton
(up to c4 I guess in the song "adventures in paradise").
I don't like the high notes of Mariah Carey which seem artificials
and really weaks.
Regarding the male voice, do you know the sopranist Cristof Christopellis
who could sang up to e3 ? I like the high F of Pavarotti in the
recording of I Puritani. I heard Juan Diego Florez 2 weeks ago
during a concert in Paris. His High register is wonderful.
I 'm looking for recordings of Maria Remola, a cuban coloratura
soprano, do you know her ?
Best regards
Olivier Ojzerowicz
Dear Mr.Ojzerowicz
Thanks for your detailed e-mail. But did you noticed that Mado
Robin in the fragment on my site sings a b3! And that's higher
than Mady Desplé's stratospheric g3 sharp.
The pop artist I don't follow. As somebody wrote me a time ago,
it's a mess there. And I agree your opininion about Mariah Carey.
I don't like her voice and what she sings. It's just for the
record that I placed her.
About male voices, a singer wrote me ... " When I have been
training for a year, I will send you a copy of my High G and
A and then you can give me an opinion". So let's waite.
By the way ... your English looks very good to me.
best rgards,
Joop Lindeijer
14-10-2004
Joop,
My wife, Alexandra is from Holland and is a singer. A while
ago her father gave her a CD by Aafje Heynis. Shortly afterwards,
Alexandra's father died and my wife sung 'Ave Maria' at her dad's
wedding. My wife would very much like to write a letter to Aafje,
as she has been a real influence. Is it possible to forward her
address so that she can write to her?
All the best,
Mike Charalambous
Hello Mike,
Here is her address:
[ ... ]
By the way, you aren't the first one to ask for her address.
She obviously is still beloved.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
31-08-2004
Dear Joop,
We have just received the Joseph Schmidt CD in the mail today.
Thank you so much! You have made my Mother very happy and I appreciate
it. She cried when I played it for her. She used to listen to
him on the radio with her Father when she was growing up in Melbourne
and she said she never thought she would find that song again.
He was her favourite tenor.
Once again, many thanks for your kindness,
Julie
29-08-2004
Hello.
I'd like to know the region code and NTSC or PAL of the DVD "To
the Heart of Art Song with Elly Ameling in Masterclass".
I live in Japan and Japanese DVD player is region code 2 and
NTSC.
Hello Mr. Tsutomo Tanaka,
I looked for you, the DVD is PAL and region
free. However, my ordinary DVD player, a Panasonic plays PAL
as well as NTSC! I presume most players can handle both types.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
16-08-2004
I wonder if any bass has managed the low B flat in Mahler's 8th
symphony,would anyone here provide us a version as a reference?
or how can we be convinced that there is such a note in this
work?
looking forward to your answer, thank you!
I will place your reaction to the 'reaction
page'. Perhaps there comes an answer/reaction to your question.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
12-08-2004
Hello from the States,
My name is Corry Bell. My mom's name (maiden) is Cornelia Brouwenstijn,
niece to Gre Brouwenstijn. We were wondering if Tante Gre's album,
"Gre Brouwenstijn Zingt Beethoven (Fidelio), Verdi en Puccini"
(EMI) is available on CD. It was published in 1971 as her farewell
compilation.
If you have any information, we would really appreciate it!
Thank you,
Corry Bell
Hello Corry,
I believe the cd-set (EMI 7243 5 65823 2 3) is still available,
but has nothing to do with her farewell. The recordings are from
1966. Philips also re-released a record as a farewell tribute,
recordings with the Wiener Symphoniker (not Philharmoniker!)
under Rudolf Moralt. Also older recordings.
Her 1971 live recordings are a Fidelio (Febr.1971) with Anton
de Ridder and her final concerto on Juni 25th under Haitink.
She sang seven aria's: Wagner, Mascagni, Verdi, Puccini and Giordano.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
06-08-2004
Hi, I love the sight, and as I am a massive fan of Mariah Carey,
I am so glad that she is receiving the recognition she deserved.
But the reason I wanted to leave a message is that you recognise
that the 19th centurt singer Rubini hit a High F in his head
voice. I am also a male singer, the reason this intrigued me
is that you find this amazing which I'm sure it is, but I regularly
hit a High G, a note above this, and at my best have even managed
a High A (!) and I have only recently began singing lessons (obviously
I possessed this ability before hand). I was just wondering if
this really is a unique talent? Thanks and well done again with
the excellent work on your site
A. Early
Hello Gabriel,
A high F by a tenor on stage, without microphone and with a volume
that even the audience at the chairs at the back in the theatre
could here them is unique. As example the B of Mado Robin, that's
unique. I received samples of singers with their high notes,
but no one could convince me. So your high G , even high A, I
have my doubts.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
21-06-2004
Hello,
First of all congratulations on your wonderfull site, it's really
great and interesting. I learned a lot about low and high notes,
and also about german singers. I your section of high C' you
don't mention the famous spanish tenor Alfredo Kraus, who could
perfectly sing high c and above, at his 70 years.
I have a song where you can listen to this, if you are interested
I could send it to you.
Thanks for your compliments and kind offer.
But I know Alfredo Kraus and have several recordings of him.
By the way: not German singers but Dutch singers!
best regards
Joop Lindeijer
01-06-2004
Dear Joop Lindeijer,
I have heard CÉCILE VAN DE SANT last week in Göttingen
during RINALDO at the Göttinger Händel Festspiele and
would like to ask her to be the Medea in our Teseo-production.
Please could you bring me in contact with her or her agency?
Thank you and best wishes
Dörte reisener from the Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt
Dear Dörte Reisener,
I was also very enthusiastic about Cécile van de Sant's voice the
first time I heard here. I will send this e-mail also to her.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
09-05-2004
We did a search on Maartje Offers (my grand mothers aunt) and
found you site. My dad was very touched as he could still recall
he voice very well, and she sounded the same as her sister who
was very close to my father.
Thanks
Rick de Boer
Perth Western Australia
Dear Rick,
Glad to hear that my site and especially the pages about Maartje
Offers enjoyed your dad! Maartje Offers is one of my favorites
and surely one of the greatest Dutch contraltos of the past.
I'm still working to promote her and other Dutch singers and
the coming month I will introduce, in cooperation with a German
record company, 10 cd's. Concerning my part on no profit base.
Among them one of Maartje Offers. Several of the 78 RPM records
have never released on cd before.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
09-05-2004
Hello,
I have enjoyed visiting your informative website! I am an
admirer of the voice and artistry of Cristina Deutekom and have
most of her commercial issues - as well as some live performances.
Can you please advise how I might obtain those performances listed
from the private archive of Jacob H. Deutekom?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Brian
Hello Brian,
Thanks for your compliments about my site. I will send your e-mail
to Mr. Deutekom. He has all the mentioned recordings and more.
Enjoy listening to Cristina's voice!
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
19-04-2004
I am trying to contact Charlotte Margiono. Can you tell me how
to reach her?
Thank you.
(Ms.) Alix Barthelmes
General Manager
Opera Orchestra of New York
I will send on your request to Charlotte Margiono.
Joop Lindeijer
31-03-2004
Hello Joop Lindeijer,
perhaps you might help me: I'm interested in buying following
CD from Cristina Deutekom:
Henry Vm
Cristina Deutekom (Catarina van Aragon)
Sheril Milnes (Henry VIII), Brenda Boozen (Anna Boleyn)
San Diego Opera
Die Stimme der Primadonna - Cristina Deutekom Bellini, Rossini
& Verdi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana
/ Carlo Franci
Orchester der Oper Monte Carlo /Carlo Franci
Philips 6747 012
Regina ( January 5-12, 1997) Movieplay MPC 1O1.851.- her last
recording! The three Donizetti queens.
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda 'Anna! Qui piu sommessi favellate' -
Anna Bolena 'Chi puo vederla' - Roberto Devereux 'E Sara in questi
orribili momenti'.
Cristina Deutekom, Ljoedmila Hadzjieva (soprano), Petia Petrova
(alto), Amand Hekkers (tenor), Niko Issakov (baritone), Svetozar
Rangelov (bass), Bulgarian National Philharmonic Choir 'Svetoslav
Obretenov', Symphony-orchestra Sofia conducted by Ivan Mantinov.
Do you know, how I can get these CDs?
Alexander Finé (from Berlin, Germany)
Hello Alexander,
The first cd Henry VIII - not Vm, also wrong on my site - is
available via J.Deutekom, Cristina's husband. I will send your
request to him.
The second and certainly the third cd should be available at
any good classic cd shop. You can try: Kuiperklassiek, the Netherlands.
http://www.kuijperklassiek.nl/
success,
Joop Lindeijer
16-03-2004
Thank you so much for such a wonderful site. I will come back
again and again. Also, thanks for the information on Joseph Schmidt--I
am a big fan. LDO
Thanks for your enthusiastic compliments!
And I like returning visitors.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
28-02-2004
Greetings,
Could you possibly tell me how/where to get Elly Ameling's master
class CD on The Art Song?
Can it be purchased in the United States, or perhaps through
your website with payment in American dollars?
I have not been able to locate it except as it is on your website
in Ms. Ameling's biography.
My name is Roger Bryant. You may reply to the email address on
this email, or write me at my office email address, which is:
....
Thank you.
The DVD can be ordered through Kuiperklassiek,
Amsterdam:
http://www.kuijperklassiek.nl/ , the Netherlands.
Enjoy the DVD, I did!
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
26-02-2004
Dear Mr Lindeijer
Love your site, very interesting reading and excellent photos.
Do you have an address (e-mail or otherwise) for Aafje Heynis?
I would like to let her know what pleasure her recordings (of
which I think I have most) have given over the last half century.She
was a jewel of singer.
thanks Peter Nauta
Dear Mr Nauta,
Thanks for the compliments. I agree in your opinion about Aafje
Heynis, she is one of my favorites. Pity she was such a modest
person, she was really of outstanding class and deserved more
international acknowledgement.
Her address: ....
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
04-02-2004
Have you any information on the Dutch soprano, Gerda Pons, who sang pre- and post- World
War 2?
Thank you.
Stephanie Hayman
Dear Stephanie,
There exists very little information about
her. The last I read about here was a performance of Rigoletto
on March 31th 1946. She sang Gilda. And that is the last sign
of live of her so far. I can write a small page about her on
my site. I often get reactions of family afterwards.
But what is the reason for your special interest in Gerda Pons?
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
22-01-2004
Dear Mr. Lindeijer,
thank you for all the information, especially for the audio-files.
Unfortunately Cristina Deutekom is lost in oktaves. Maybe she
reaches the A 110 Hz in rehearsal, for voice-training.
So do I (As (half a note below the A 110 Hz) to g´´´
(6 notes higher then a´´880 Hz), for training. On
stage for me it is f to b´´).
But no conducter would have aloud her, to do this in the role
of Amelia. The lowest note in Amelia is a 220 Hz, which is very
low for a soprano on stage. Even the lowest opera-role for women
(Gäa in R.Strauß: Daphne, which is a dramatic alto
role) goes just down to d (below the 220 Hz a).
Yours sincecerely
Claudia Gorzalka
Dear Mrs. Gorzalka,
Thanks for your reaction and explanation.
I already had my doubts, and I agree completely with your remark:
"But no conductor would have aloud her, to do this in the
role of Amelia."
So 4 octaves as reach for Christina, yes, but as you stated not
on stage during an opera performance. So I will make a few changes
to the page.
best regards,
Joop Lindeijer
7-01-2004
Dear Joop.
Greetings from Sweden.
My name is Oscar and I have with great interest read your article
about singers with extraordinary ranges, heights and depths.
I would however like to add a few notes on the tenor text. There
are several high d's written in operas. A few examples: "Le
postillon de Lonjumeau" is one of them, "Zelmira"
by Rossini (and a few others), "Il Pirata" and "I
Puritani" by Bellini is some others. AND, in "I Puritani"
Bellini actually did WRITE the infamous high f especially for
the tenor you have mentioned in your text, Giovanni Batista Rubini.
The world record for a tenor is held by tenor Stefan Zucker
who sang a high a! in a performance of "I Capuleti e I Montecchi"
by Bellini. (Although I have read that he uses the same "head
voice technique" as the above mentioned Rubini. AND I have
actually heard him sing and it isn't pretty. He
actually sounds like something out a cartoon.)
I myself have recordings of two singers making a high f in
full voice:
William Matteuzzi: In live performances of "I Puritani"
by Bellini and "L'italiana in Algeri" as well as "La
scala di seta" by Rossini.
Gregory Kunde: In a live performance of "Bianca e Fernando"
by Bellini. If you'd like, I could send you the songs by e-mail.
Tell me how you'd like them.
I guess we shouldn't mention pop singers in this case (it's
a jungle out there), although it's simply fantastic to hear Mariah
Carey produce the incredibly high notes on your site.
Thanks for for your time and an interesting site. (I have
actually bought recordings of Erna Sack and Mado Robin thanks
to you!)
Best regards,
Oscar
Dear Oscar,
Thanks for your compliments. Without any doubt,
the page highC is the most visited page on my site, and with
the most reactions. Some of them very interesting and very detailed.
I'm very interested in the arias by the the two tenors you mention.
I will put a sample of them on the page and of course this will
led to more reactions. A high f in full voice, it sounds unbelievable.
Of Mariah Carey I have got more samples, but the number of reactions
- pro and contra - were so great, that I limited the part of
her on my site.
She was for instance placed in the Guinness Book of Records,
but afterwards, removed again. As you stated, it's a jungle there.
If you will send me the arias as mp3 or mp3pro, this would be
fine. But
any other format I also can handle.
best regards from Holland,
Joop
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