Tenor Hymel soars to highs in both voice and career

With a voice that soars to startling highs and an ease in taking new roles, tenor Bryan Hymel has quickly found himself in the league of top opera stars -- and is pushing full speed ahead. Hymel demonstrates the power of his instrument on "Heroique" with his mastery of high Cs -- the prized note at the top of a tenor's range, which was famously associated with the late Luciano Pavarotti. Over a 73-minute album, Hymel hits no fewer than 19 high Cs -- and goes even further with two high C-sharps and, on Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine," a high D. The album, released by Warner Classics, marks a bold prediction that Hymel can prove to be a hit outside the doors of opera houses as few opera singers --and even fewer of them Americans --achieve commercial success through CD sales.

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