Rachele Gilmore is an American

coloratura Coloratura is an elaborate melody with runs, trills, wide leaps, or similar virtuoso-like material,''Oxford American Dictionaries''.Apel (1969), p. 184. or a passage of such music. Operatic roles in which such music plays a prominent part, an ...

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

, originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her bachelor degree from Indiana University and continued with graduate studies at Boston University. After her unscheduled major debut, she was compared to Mado Robin.

Career

She made her debut performing in the Metropolitan Opera on 23 December 2009 as cover for

Kathleen Kim Kathleen Kim is an American operatic coloratura soprano. Her repertoire includes roles in operas by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi and Offenbach, among others, as well as in oratorios such as the '' Messiah'' and sacred works such as Mozart' ...

in the role of Olympia in the opera '' The Tales of Hoffmann''. She had less than four hours' notice that she would sing that night, and the curtain was even briefly held past 20:00 to allow her to walk the stage. She interpolated a high A-flat ( A♭₆) into Olympia's aria, which, at the time, was conjectured to be the highest note to have ever been sung on the stage of the Met.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmore, Rachele Living people Musicians from Atlanta Singers from Georgia (U.S. state) American operatic sopranos Operalia, The World Opera Competition prize-winners Indiana University alumni Boston University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Classical musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) 21st-century American women opera singers