I went to three of the five Lucias she sang in Vancouver in 1967. A the time I owned her first recording and a vocal score (which she autographed) so I can say with some authority there was not a single 16th note out of place! And the size of her voice soaring above the rest of the cast, chorus and orchestra! Indeed stupendous!
Fun fact: I worked at the Sydney Opera House from 1986-1998 appearing for the Sydney Theatre Company and in 1988 Joan was giving her final performances as Lucia. Sweeping through the Green Room on the way to the stage to deliver the Mad Scene, she stopped, turned to her dresser and said “Make sure there’s no lippy on my teeth darl will you?” She was the real deal on and off stage
@@mturkicI met her and Richard twice. I remarked that theaters were still begging her to sing her old bel canto roles. She replied, “Dearie, I’d be just as happy to dispense with all the agility!”
I heard three performances in 1985 London, also life changing… imagine that longevity… it was simply unbelievable, I expected to be disappointed in that huge dry space, like on most occasions I had there… it was otherworldly…
I became an opera fan in my teens, in the early 70s. Callas and Sutherland were my 2 favorites, and still are to this day!! Especially their Lucia and their Norma! Both were amazing in these 2 roles! La Divina and La Stupenda are forever missed! Thank God for their recordings!
Have you ever listened Eugenia Miroshnichenko? She was a Ukrainian singer, but she studied in La Scala with the same teacher as Maria Callas: th-cam.com/video/tJoOYNL5bcs/w-d-xo.html
Their is a reason why she was called "La Stupenda" by the Italians folks. We most likely won't ever have someone with her vocal gift grace an opera stage again. She was that special. God bless Joan and thank you.
This is truly out of this world. I’ve loved her for so long, but have been off in the world listening to other things. There’s something about coming back to this that helps feel the full effect of her brilliance how there truly is nothing like her, nothing will ever compare and that makes me sad. At least we are blessed with these recordings.
I discovered Dame Joan during the pandemic. I had a depressive episode this year, which is over since a short time now. I am listening to this and i am simply blown away by this woman. This voice is unique and so intense. Especially after a depressive episode. Thank you for this. Wow.
Congratulations for getting to the other side! You have a lot of great singing to look forward to with Joan Sutherland. She recorded prolifically and there is a remarkable amount of video available to watch here. Be sure to catch her appearance on the Dinah Shore. The other guest was Ella Fitzgerald, and all three ladies sang a Gilbert & Sullivan trio and other things. Bad video quality but great performances. Wishing you all the best!
a voice bigger than the universe, way more agile than a gazelle, so warm and full of life even whilst portraying a mad scene, still makes me smile RIP dame joan
Stimmediva! As I grow older I appreciate Dame Sutherland´s genius more and more. And in this fabulous video offering (thank you!) I must commend the geniuses who dressed her, choreographed her, coached her, and performed with her. Were it not for such a document as this, future generations would simply not believe what can be said of La Stupenda.
Ja beslis, en sy's op 'n heel ander vlak van haar eie wat niemand ooit sal kan behaal nie. Daar sal nooit ooit weer 'n ander Joan of Pavarott wees nie!!
She had, next to Flagstad, the most complete voice of the last century. And I don't talk about style, diction, interpretation, expression. I just talk about the voice. Phonation, intonation, projection, beauty and evenness of tone, volume, dynamical control, accuracy, agility, stability, reliability, acoustic qualities, radiance, vocal line, breath control, longevity, all that. Vocally, Sutherland was outstanding even among the outstanding ones. And in my humble opinion the only other female opera singer who reached the same degree of vocal perfection is Flagstad. Maybe also Ferrier. But with full confidence I only count Sutherland and Flagstad. Many others were glorious as well. For similar or completely different reasons. But those two were the absolute grand masters of absolutely perfect sound and voice emission.
Re: her performance vocally, completely unbeatable!! Dramatically speaking though, I still prefer Callas's Lucia. Especially from her early career. But both are amazing, and my favorite Lucias.
Yes. Sutherland doing the same in a real, live opera production, not in the contrived atmosphere of a television studio. Only in a large, naturally reverberant theatre acoustic could the full power, projection and glory of that voice be heard. You will find any body as old a me who heard heard her sing this live will agree.
Meravigliosa Joan Sutherland con la Sills è la migliore Lucia del secolo, per trovare rivali bisogna immaginare di aver ascoltato l'opera completa con la Tetrazzini, la Melba, la Sembrich per arrivare fino alla prima interprete, Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani!
I saw Sills as Lucia in 1976, Sutherland as Lucia in 1982. Both beyond description - Sutherland with the more plush voice, Sills with more insights. Both were amazing.
Hello! Thanks for sharing! Could you please share the name of the song we hear DJS sing during the closing titles in the end of the video? It’s beautiful ! ❤️
That's a lovely irony. In Zeffirelli's original direction of Sutherland's debut in this role at CG in 1959, Lucia emerged from the murder with less blood than here smeared on her costume, and even that was considered by some critics be excessive and in poor taste. 😊
@@mystique592Well, she DID have a very extensive American career, probably third in line to her work in London and Sydney. When I was in college, she gave a recital and it was a big event. That was 1977; a lot has changed for the worse.
Hahaha ....you think opera is or should be like real life? You must be amazed at such scenes as Rudolfo and Mimi falling desperately in love in milliseconds, and countless other absurd situations in all opera. 😂
I went to three of the five Lucias she sang in Vancouver in 1967. A the time I owned her first recording and a vocal score (which she autographed) so I can say with some authority there was not a single 16th note out of place! And the size of her voice soaring above the rest of the cast, chorus and orchestra! Indeed stupendous!
Fun fact: I worked at the Sydney Opera House from 1986-1998 appearing for the Sydney Theatre Company and in 1988 Joan was giving her final performances as Lucia. Sweeping through the Green Room on the way to the stage to deliver the Mad Scene, she stopped, turned to her dresser and said “Make sure there’s no lippy on my teeth darl will you?” She was the real deal on and off stage
@@mturkicI met her and Richard twice. I remarked that theaters were still begging her to sing her old bel canto roles. She replied, “Dearie, I’d be just as happy to dispense with all the agility!”
To see this performance of this greatest of all mad scenes is a dream come true. Thank you to all who made it possible.
Oh my God!… That’s the greatest of the greatest…
Absolutely magnificent!…. Thank you for the sharing…
I witnessed and heard the live performance in 1964 at the Fox theater in Atlanta when the Met was on tour.
Life altering.........
I heard three performances in 1985 London, also life changing… imagine that longevity… it was simply unbelievable, I expected to be disappointed in that huge dry space, like on most occasions I had there… it was otherworldly…
I became an opera fan in my teens, in the early 70s. Callas and Sutherland were my 2 favorites, and still are to this day!! Especially their Lucia and their Norma! Both were amazing in these 2 roles! La Divina and La Stupenda are forever missed! Thank God for their recordings!
Have you ever listened Eugenia Miroshnichenko? She was a Ukrainian singer, but she studied in La Scala with the same teacher as Maria Callas: th-cam.com/video/tJoOYNL5bcs/w-d-xo.html
@fedorkanukhin2381 Thank you for this. I had never heard of her before, and am anxious to hear her. Much appreciated! 😁👍
Their is a reason why she was called "La Stupenda" by the Italians folks. We most likely won't ever have someone with her vocal gift grace an opera stage again. She was that special. God bless Joan and thank you.
This is truly out of this world. I’ve loved her for so long, but have been off in the world listening to other things. There’s something about coming back to this that helps feel the full effect of her brilliance how there truly is nothing like her, nothing will ever compare and that makes me sad. At least we are blessed with these recordings.
I discovered Dame Joan during the pandemic. I had a depressive episode this year, which is over since a short time now. I am listening to this and i am simply blown away by this woman. This voice is unique and so intense. Especially after a depressive episode. Thank you for this. Wow.
Congratulations for getting to the other side! You have a lot of great singing to look forward to with Joan Sutherland. She recorded prolifically and there is a remarkable amount of video available to watch here. Be sure to catch her appearance on the Dinah Shore. The other guest was Ella Fitzgerald, and all three ladies sang a Gilbert & Sullivan trio and other things. Bad video quality but great performances. Wishing you all the best!
a voice bigger than the universe, way more agile than a gazelle, so warm and full of life even whilst portraying a mad scene, still makes me smile
RIP dame joan
Stimmediva! As I grow older I appreciate Dame Sutherland´s genius more and more. And in this fabulous video offering (thank you!) I must commend the geniuses who dressed her, choreographed her, coached her, and performed with her. Were it not for such a document as this, future generations would simply not believe what can be said of La Stupenda.
Zo vaak al beluisterd en steeds krijg ik tranen in mijn ogen. Wat een Gouden stem. Voor altijd jouw Fan Joan
Ja beslis, en sy's op 'n heel ander vlak van haar eie wat niemand ooit sal kan behaal nie. Daar sal nooit ooit weer 'n ander Joan of Pavarott wees nie!!
I saw her in Lucia in 1960. Staccatti like star bursts in the night sky!
Absolutely unbelievable!!!! There will never be another singer like her. She is the Secretariat of opera. Unbeatable in every sense of the word!!!
Secretariat?....
Can't agree more with you...Lucia IS Joan Sutherland...no one else🎉❤
Wow. Just wow.
Amazing, simply amazing
Without words is not even enough to describe this artistc excellence
Relax… there is voice, words, everything…
What artistry! Zeffirelli's direction with Joan Sutherland singing in top form: an incredible treasure.
She had, next to Flagstad, the most complete voice of the last century.
And I don't talk about style, diction, interpretation, expression.
I just talk about the voice. Phonation, intonation, projection, beauty and evenness of tone, volume, dynamical control, accuracy, agility, stability, reliability, acoustic qualities, radiance, vocal line, breath control, longevity, all that.
Vocally, Sutherland was outstanding even among the outstanding ones.
And in my humble opinion the only other female opera singer who reached the same degree of vocal perfection is Flagstad.
Maybe also Ferrier. But with full confidence I only count Sutherland and Flagstad.
Many others were glorious as well. For similar or completely different reasons.
But those two were the absolute grand masters of absolutely perfect sound and voice emission.
I saw her onstage as Lucia in 1982 at the Met. The tix were so hard to get; I had to enroll in a local college music class that included performances.
Lovely to have an early video. Thank you.
Great dagger throwing. Standing upright! Exquisite mad scene … near perfection. Thank you Dame Joan..
Not near perfection but probably actually better than the perfection Donizetti imagined when he wrote it.
Non ha eguali!....
La Stupenda is only one, for ever.
Watching, listening, crying my eyes out. Beyond words.
Única!!!! Maravillosa!!!
Probablemente la mejor Luccia que se haya cantado e interpretado.Para mi INMEJORABLE.
Re: her performance vocally, completely unbeatable!! Dramatically speaking though, I still prefer Callas's Lucia. Especially from her early career. But both are amazing, and my favorite Lucias.
preciosamente........................alucinante.........................
La voz de soprano más hermosa de la lírica.
Cumbre.Sublime
My favorite opera singer, then Shirley and Leontyne 👌👌😌😌
Which Shirley? Verrett or George? 🧐
Superb vocal technique!
Eifach: genienial!
Diese Stimme Musikalität!!!
Is there anything better in the world?
Thank youuuuuu
Yes. Sutherland doing the same in a real, live opera production, not in the contrived atmosphere of a television studio. Only in a large, naturally reverberant theatre acoustic could the full power, projection and glory of that voice be heard. You will find any body as old a me who heard heard her sing this live will agree.
Davvero eccezionale!😊
Meravigliosa Joan Sutherland con la Sills è la migliore Lucia del secolo, per trovare rivali bisogna immaginare di aver ascoltato l'opera completa con la Tetrazzini, la Melba, la Sembrich per arrivare fino alla prima interprete, Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani!
I saw Sills as Lucia in 1976, Sutherland as Lucia in 1982. Both beyond description - Sutherland with the more plush voice, Sills with more insights. Both were amazing.
Wow! This is amazing! Where did you find the footage? So much clearer than the copy floating around TH-cam, and without the annoying watermark.
It's been released on a DVD in Australia called 'Joan Sutherland In Performance'.
Is her voice real? 😍
@AN Feuerstahl Certainly, her voice is not human.
😇
Is real and is just awesome 😊😊 outlandish 👌👌
Not really… from another world!
Es la voz más hermosa que ha existido
From Heaven❤
Très beau, .. c'est probablement mon maître de flûte Henri Lebon à la flûte... Son plein, intervalles parfaits... Ça chante!!!!...
Невероятная!!!!!!!!!!!
Вот сколько слушала исполнителей, только здесь мне понравился голос. Передана вся тоска и печаль её.
does anyone know the song thats playing in the credits?
Hello! Thanks for sharing! Could you please share the name of the song we hear DJS sing during the closing titles in the end of the video? It’s beautiful ! ❤️
It's called 'Tre giorni son che Nina' and it has been attributed to Pergolesi and recently to Ciampi
Как прекрасно ❤❤❤❤
Is there a complete recording of her rendition of tre giorni son che Nina played at the end?
Yes, It is sung over the closing credits.
oh, I would have hoped there was a complete one, not just an extract
Until I heard her sing this role, I did not like opera. After this, I was a fan. Performing the flute part of this was challenging.
What show was this from? Was it telephone bell hour? Or Covent Garden special?
It was from a TV special recorded in 1962 in England.
Shame and disrespectful of youtube to insert propaganda anywhere on this historic event
where was realised this ?
It was from a TV special that was recorded in 1962.
Nowadays, sopranos who sing Lucia have excessive amounts of fake blood all over their costumes for the mad scene.
That's a lovely irony. In Zeffirelli's original direction of Sutherland's debut in this role at CG in 1959, Lucia emerged from the murder with less blood than here smeared on her costume, and even that was considered by some critics be excessive and in poor taste. 😊
True. The latest production at the Met was well-sung. But it was in modern dress and looked like NCIS after a grisly murder. Disgusting.
Unsurpassable.
Backwhen the U.S. recognized culture and not ghetto garbage.
" ghetto garbage." such a good phrase
What does it have to do with the US? Australian singer, Italian music and a British orchestra. Do all Americans think there is no life outside of USA?
@@mystique592 Ppl always cry about that. lol.
@@jdjones3317 I guess because it's true, LOL.
@@mystique592Well, she DID have a very extensive American career, probably third in line to her work in London and Sydney. When I was in college, she gave a recital and it was a big event. That was 1977; a lot has changed for the worse.
It is so sad !
10:29 MonDieu!!
Bella voz pero mi versión de Lucía fue la mejor que hice en el Teatro Colon de Argentina
Bloodless - the costume, not the singing!
This is not Lucia it is Hamlet. 👍
hahahaha in real life, would dagger stand in a stone?
She is just THAT powerful!
Hahaha ....you think opera is or should be like real life?
You must be amazed at such scenes as Rudolfo and Mimi falling desperately in love in milliseconds, and countless other absurd situations in all opera. 😂
Even madder than Sutherland are those steps. Can ANY of them possibly lead ANY place?