Listen to the insane coloratura towards the end! Not a hint of the modern ha-ha-ha style of singing. This is fluid yet precise, as well as being strong and beautiful. What a singer!
@@beatnikdiva4422 That's however not the right way of doing coloraturas. This is something invented by the so-called "baroque movement" back in the 1950-1960. Lily Pons doesn't execute her coloraturas with an H like nowadays, it sounds like that because she's got the right mechanisms linked to a very good breathing support, and that's the belcanto way.
This is kind of a musical miracle that you can only believe exists because you're actually seeing it being performed from her own mouth. This level of accuracy and musicality right to the tiniest and trickiest details of the score was always extremely extraordinary and definitely unheard of since her time.
Another aspect of this early documentation of Sutherland is that her diction is completely clear in this performance. Those who complain that she did not have good diction should listen to this. In particular, when she comes to the "But when brazen trumpets soar" she is spectacular. Her diction was never as bad as people claimed. How many peopled listened with speaking knowledge of the languages she sang. I speak both French [taught to be by my mother beginning when I was four years old] and Italian [from living in Italy and having an Italian grandmother-in-law with whom I conversed in Italian for years] and I can generally understand most of Sutherland's singing. There was a very short period in the late 70's as her voice darkened when the diction was not so clear but in general she was as good as most sopranos in this type of music.
Joan was a spectacular singer, but mostly it was unclear in what language she was singing. So, it’s not about what people say about this- anyone can hear it. The fact that you mention one phrase that sounds spectacular to you , confirms that it was an exception. I do enjoy her singing, but I know what to expect: fantastic coloratura and wonderful belcanto. For emotions I shop somewhere else. And I don’t blame her at all. I’m sure she did all she could to please us. Bless her👍
I love the idea of casting her as Elizabeth Billington and she certainly enters into the spirit of performing in the 18th century with her commanding presence. I adore the music of Arne - definitely worth everyone's time to investigate this composer.
Favolosi! La grande Joan Sutherland, INCOMPARABILE, INDIMENTICABILE, IMMORTALE! Fabulous! Great Joan Sutherland, MATCHLESS, UNFORGETTABLE, IMMORTAL! Fabuleux! La grande Joan Sutherland, INCOMPARABLE, INOUBLIABLE, IMMORTELLE!
I watched this for the first time when it was first broadcast in1963 [I was 14] and it ignited my life long love of opera [I am now 71]. I went the next day to Tower Records in Chicago and bought two of her LPs [no digital music in those days] and the sales person also told me to buy two of Maria Callas' albums. Needless to say this provided me with a great start. Also, as a 14 year old, I found great fun when, as I played Callas, my father would yell at me to "turn that screaming woman down" so I did not have to play loud rock music to annoy him like many of my friends.
I saw the original television airing of this on PBS when I was a teenager. I had already discovered opera when Ed Sullivan had Sutherland on his show immediately after her Covent Garden Lucia. Now, after 59 years of opera going she still is one of the forces of nature in that rarefied world of vocal perfection.
The most interesting aspect of all of these early Baroque performances of Sutherland is how they contradict the vibratoless, pallid, wimpy approach that the modern conductors of "the actual Baroque style" encouraged. Certainly, no composer of any age would prefer those white voiced singers to Sutherland's extraordinary musicianship and the human sense of emotion that she brings to this music.
INMORTAL COMO NEFERTITI......DURA DE ROERRRRRRRRRRR......VIVA ETERNA A LA ULTIMA GRAN DIVA DEL CANTO....LA HISTORIA ....ESTA YA ESCRITA Y CANTADA....UN REGALO PARA LAS GENERACIONES VENIDERAS....40 AÑOS CANTANDO COMO UN ANGEL.......ESO NO LO HA ECHO NADIE COMO DIVA Y PROTAGONISTA.......LA VOZ CELESTE DEL SIGLO......
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Listen to the insane coloratura towards the end! Not a hint of the modern ha-ha-ha style of singing. This is fluid yet precise, as well as being strong and beautiful. What a singer!
Knappa22 There's nothing wrong with aspirating. You might want to look up Lily Pons. Not modern. Aspirated. You're welcome.
@@beatnikdiva4422 That's however not the right way of doing coloraturas. This is something invented by the so-called "baroque movement" back in the 1950-1960. Lily Pons doesn't execute her coloraturas with an H like nowadays, it sounds like that because she's got the right mechanisms linked to a very good breathing support, and that's the belcanto way.
This is kind of a musical miracle that you can only believe exists because you're actually seeing it being performed from her own mouth. This level of accuracy and musicality right to the tiniest and trickiest details of the score was always extremely extraordinary and definitely unheard of since her time.
Phenomenal agility and breath control. Joan Sutherland is one of a kind!
Another aspect of this early documentation of Sutherland is that her diction is completely clear in this performance. Those who complain that she did not have good diction should listen to this. In particular, when she comes to the "But when brazen trumpets soar" she is spectacular. Her diction was never as bad as people claimed. How many peopled listened with speaking knowledge of the languages she sang. I speak both French [taught to be by my mother beginning when I was four years old] and Italian [from living in Italy and having an Italian grandmother-in-law with whom I conversed in Italian for years] and I can generally understand most of Sutherland's singing. There was a very short period in the late 70's as her voice darkened when the diction was not so clear but in general she was as good as most sopranos in this type of music.
Joan was a spectacular singer, but mostly it was unclear in what language she was singing. So, it’s not about what people say about this- anyone can hear it. The fact that you mention one phrase that sounds spectacular to you , confirms that it was an exception. I do enjoy her singing, but I know what to expect: fantastic coloratura and wonderful belcanto. For emotions I shop somewhere else. And I don’t blame her at all. I’m sure she did all she could to please us. Bless her👍
I love the idea of casting her as Elizabeth Billington and she certainly enters into the spirit of performing in the 18th century with her commanding presence. I adore the music of Arne - definitely worth everyone's time to investigate this composer.
Favolosi!
La grande Joan Sutherland, INCOMPARABILE, INDIMENTICABILE, IMMORTALE!
Fabulous!
Great Joan Sutherland, MATCHLESS, UNFORGETTABLE, IMMORTAL!
Fabuleux!
La grande Joan Sutherland, INCOMPARABLE, INOUBLIABLE, IMMORTELLE!
Magnificent, beyond belief singing of all time!
Rest in peace. Dame Joan, and God bless you forever.
I watched first time in 2012!! So nostalgic to watch again... Joan lover.
I watched this for the first time when it was first broadcast in1963 [I was 14] and it ignited my life long love of opera [I am now 71]. I went the next day to Tower Records in Chicago and bought two of her LPs [no digital music in those days] and the sales person also told me to buy two of Maria Callas' albums. Needless to say this provided me with a great start. Also, as a 14 year old, I found great fun when, as I played Callas, my father would yell at me to "turn that screaming woman down" so I did not have to play loud rock music to annoy him like many of my friends.
I saw the original television airing of this on PBS when I was a teenager. I had already discovered opera when Ed Sullivan had Sutherland on his show immediately after her Covent Garden Lucia. Now, after 59 years of opera going she still is one of the forces of nature in that rarefied world of vocal perfection.
divina, favolosa, suprema Dama Joan.
l love her slow trills here
Addio ,signora della lirica , insuperabile nella tecnica e nei voli acrobatici.
The most interesting aspect of all of these early Baroque performances of Sutherland is how they contradict the vibratoless, pallid, wimpy approach that the modern conductors of "the actual Baroque style" encouraged. Certainly, no composer of any age would prefer those white voiced singers to Sutherland's extraordinary musicianship and the human sense of emotion that she brings to this music.
I heard her sing this in a concert here in Vancouver - at the end of the run of her first Normas
Fantastic
always amazing is she in this!
Ahhhhh, Joan, the incomparable!!
- UNICA !!! ... -
Did anyone ever have better support and controooolllll....Joan forever
INMORTAL COMO NEFERTITI......DURA DE ROERRRRRRRRRRR......VIVA ETERNA A LA ULTIMA GRAN DIVA DEL CANTO....LA HISTORIA ....ESTA YA ESCRITA Y CANTADA....UN REGALO PARA LAS GENERACIONES VENIDERAS....40 AÑOS CANTANDO COMO UN ANGEL.......ESO NO LO HA ECHO NADIE COMO DIVA Y PROTAGONISTA.......LA VOZ CELESTE DEL SIGLO......
Prima donna assoluta!
Que triste que nunca visitó México, estos artistas son iconos del mundo
Naturalmente non è Handel ma Arne...
Fantastica Joan :)
Paix à vous Madame ...
Merci Giampaolo .
Françoise
@olaig100 Prego! :) Viva Joan!
@senesino83
Grazie. Ho provveduto a correggere
Olaig (Giampaolo)
Does anyone remember her singing this in a staged performance of Artaxerxes in St Pancras Town Hall in the early sixties?
Caster Semenya.
Well, this certainly separates the men from the boys!
Did anyone ever have better support and controooolllll....Joan forever