Elphaba3: Depends on what high note you mean in "Aiutami"; Patti hits a D6 during the "Bravi" but at the end Sarah hits an E6 (that's probably what you were referring to, right?)
Anyway, I have soooo many of these! Here are a few I can think of offhand:
- "No One Has Ever Loved Me" in the Passion OBC, at the instrumental part near the end when he carries her to the bed, she seems to weak, then she suddenly gets a burst of strength, pulls him down to her, and the orchestra just SWELLS. It is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.
- "If I Didn't Believe in You" on the L5Y recording: "I wouldn't be standing here nooow" when the piano and strings pick up. Also "The Next Ten Minutes"--"And if you, in turn, agree..." and "I Can Do Better Than That" when it goes to the "You don't have to get a haircut," part.
- The Secret Garden OBC - "Wick": "You clear away the dead parts" etc when the pace picks up and "Winter's on the Wing": "Spring, I say!" Also "The Girl in the Valley" near the end when Mandy and Rebecca sing together with the high notes and the harmony... just BEAUTIFUL.
- Floyd Collins OOBC - also "How Glory Goes" but a different part: "I can see soooo faaaaar" when the orchestra picks up. OMG. Also "The Riddle Song" when they reminisce and the music becomes very face-paced. I can't stop from dancing.
- Parade OBC - "All the Wasted Time" - the beginning and the end: "I never knew anything at aaaall!" when the music just swells and then eventually dims down to that gorgeous little piano. Also "The Old Red Hills of Home" - "Praaay on this daaay, as I journey beyond them." And the fiddling at the beginning of "People of Atlanta" with the chorus joining in. And the end of "Come Up to My Office" where the factory girls come in and the two parts--Leo's and the girls'--just meld together PERFECTLY. Maybe I should just say all of Parade.
- Les Mis OBC "There are ways that a people can fight! We shall overcome their power!" That's actually the only time I prefer that Enjolras.
- The Light in the Piazza OBC - the vocalizing at the end of "Say It Somehow." Also the strings at the beginning of the title song (and the overture, I suppose.)
- Sweeney Todd OBC - "And my Lucy lies in ashes!" with the strings. And "Ladies in Their Sensitivities": "I loved you ever since I saw you, even as it does matter that I still don't know your name"
... and I'll stop now because this is getting bad.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
Updated On: 10/26/06 at 11:40 AM