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~The "Glass Shatterers!" series focuses on sopranos who sustain High F, or sing higher.

THE SONGBIRD: Adrienne Miglietti (1918 - 2013) was a Swiss coloratura soprano born to an Italian family in Geneva. She studied with Anna-Maria Guglielmetti among others, making her her debut In 1948 and singing until 1970. She lived in Geneva and sang most regularly there -- and also appeared in the opera houses of Lausanne, Zurich, Basel, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Rouen, Strasbourg, Lille, Liege, Cologne, and Bonn, as well as Tunis and Algiers. Roles included Queen of the Night, Zerlina, Konstanze, Norina, Adina, Lucia, Rosina, Gluck's Amor, Gilda, Violetta, Olympia, Philine, Lakmé, Ophelia, and Sophie.

THE MUSIC: Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" is one of the most popular operas in the world and has been since soon after its premiere in Rome in 1816. It is based on the first of three plays by Pierre Beaumarchais about Figaro, the sly barber in the title. The music of the opera is believed to have been composed in about three weeks. This showy aria "Una voce poco fa" introduces the clever character of Rosina in Act One and has become a touchstone for florid sopranos and mezzos.