1962 original pitch Joan Sutherland Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen

Joan Sutherland as the Queen of the Night Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Covent Garden Orchestra Chorus Otto Klemperer CDs have pitched Joan Sutherland s performances of the Queen of the Night s aria at Bflat major Csharp minor (original keys Bflat major D minor), but a biography of Sutherland and Bonynge mentions that Bonynge transposed the arias into A major and C minor. I transposed the recordings down a half step accordingly and behold it sounds a lot more like Joan Sutherland