Holy Crap. This video is Juan Diego Flórez singing the famous Ah! Mes Amis from “Fille du Régiment” at the Metropolitan Opera. Those repeated high notes he’s hitting are high C’s. That, friends, is a stretch for any singer. This guy makes it seem like child’s play. Amazing. A worthy watch.
From a related article in the New York Times:
After the tenor Juan Diego Flórez popped out his nine shining high C’s in “La Fille du Régiment” at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night, the crowd rose and cheered. Mr. Flórez obliged with something not heard on the Met stage since 1994: a solo encore.
He sang the aria “Ah! Mes Amis” again, nailing the difficult note — a kind of tenor’s macho proving ground — nine more times. It was one of those thrilling moments that opera impresarios live for.