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Did Joan Sutherland ever sing the Queen of the Night aria from Mozarts The Magic Flute?

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Did Joan Sutherland ever sing the Queen of the Night aria from Mozarts The Magic Flute?

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Genevieve Heely Posted

Yes. Although it is not one of her more memorable roles, she did sing several performances of the Queen of the Night during the early part of her career. However, Sutherland had a little trouble singing the notoriously difficult F6’s. Consequently, she had sing Der Holle Rache a half a step lower than the original key. She did, however, sing O Zittre Nicht in the original key.

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It is important to remember that in the three London performances she sang the first aria transposed down a semi-tone and the second aria down a full time. The commercial recording og ‘O zittre nicht’ is at pitch.