# Can opera singers shatter glass with their high notes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 13, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-opera-singers-shatter-glass-with-their-high-notes/567425 "2011-01-13T05:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RearEchelon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RearEchelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RearEchelon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-opera-singers-shatter-glass-with-their-high-notes/567425/1 "2011-01-13T05:27:21Z")
I stumbled on this Classic today ([Can opera singers shatter glass with their high notes?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/801/can-opera-singers-shatter-glass-with-their-high-notes)) and just wanted to toss in my two cents for an update. On an episode of Mythbusters, the guys brought on vocal coach Jamie Vendera who proceeded to shatter a wine goblet with his unamplified voice. You can see a video [here (A Mythbuster’s Glass Shattering Montage](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZD8ffPwXRo)), posted by Vendera himself. The break occurs at 2:09 with a slow-motion replay at 2:24. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-opera-singers-shatter-glass-with-their-high-notes/567425/2 "2011-01-13T10:01:08Z")
> **[Vocals shattering glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428569)** > > I come to your aid! Whilst reading your artical about sound waves breaking glass, I was remiss to read about someone claiming it was impossable to do so with just the larynx \[inset whomever you credit such things to\] gave us. Not so! I admit a...