How to sing the Queen of the Night aria while hanging bat-like upside down
mainA few contemporary directors might be interested in this versatile soprano.
Her name is Rainelle Krause and she’s from Bloomington, Indiana.
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Strictly speaking, according to logical Regietheater, also the music should be sung in inversion.
And backwards, with every 12th note the “correct” one!
Then it wouldn’t matter that she doesn’t quite make the top Fs! (Though to be fair if I was in that position I’d also be in an ambulance ten minutes later…)
Coming soon to countless productions in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hannover etc
What kind of “Suspense” do you want?
waiting for the next one singing two melodies at the same time (harmonized), with closed mouth & fingers in the nose, a plastic pocket on the head, hanging upside down on a tree, eaten by mosquitoes and various bugs, while it’s storming, snowing, raining, flooding, etc….. but why?
Already been done in Berlin…
“It doesn’t mean you should just because you can”… or something. She does rush a bit though.
Perhaps for Fledermaus?
Here’s something even more impressive. Imagine trying to sing while….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqJPsLb9t6U&t=100s
That’s Aage Haugland! A short man, but built like a house. He died much too soon, and is still missed.