Whoa. Big interval!

[amethyst73]

I've just started learning "Mein Herr Marquis" from Die Fledermaus, aka Adele's Laughing Song.  (Story background: Adele is a chambermaid, to the wife of the Marquis.  On New Year's Eve, they all three of them end up at the same costume ball - Adele knows the Marquis and his wife are there, the Marquis and his wife don't know she's there.  But the Marquis thinks he recognizes her; this song is her rebuttal.  Basically, "Look how aristocratic I am, how could I possibly be a chambermaid, how funny the thought is!") 

Here is a YouTube link to someone who's much better than I am singing the piece (auf Deutsch.  I will be singing it auf English, which will make things a little easier). 

In my edition, near the end, there's a leap from D above middle C (just below the treble staff) to high C - the one waaaaaay up above the staff, just shy of two octaves above the D just before.  (The singer I linked to CHEATS, by putting a bit of cadenza-y stuff in between the two.)  Two octaves... well, a challenge is a good thing, right? 

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[nezumiko.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've always loved that one, and can't wait to hear you sing it. Strauss was probably high on something when he wrote that leap.