Bel raggio lusinghier - Joan Sutherland, Perth 1982 - Score animation

Maestro Bonynge is as the piano. This was the last item prior to the encore. AMAZING singing! Every note is in it's place. The performance is in Ab major, treating us to a rare high E flat in recital!

[@crisha721]

I love this recital. She was fantastic. It was really entertaining to watch alongside the score

[@nwdixieboy]

Her voice was so rich and full att his stage of her career, moreso than earlier when the E's were more glorous She sang this years later at the Met Gala and her transposed top note was amazing. Someone there said the two biggest voices of the evening ( all the big singers of the day were there) were Nilsson and Sutherland.

[@magicmonkichi]

This recital was truly great! If I recall Tebaldi was in attendance in the audience. Sutherland was as always brilliant. I love hearing her with 'just' piano. Bonynge accompaniment a perfect match!

[@magicmonkichi]

@@SymphonyBrahms I am not sure though I do wonder!

[@cadoh8143]

Tebaldi was in the audience in Venice. This recital was in Perth, Australia

[@magicmonkichi]

@@cadoh8143 Ah! Too right! Thank you for correcting me :)

[@trucoalaspardasalaspardas30]

Lo que tiene que haber sido verla y escucharla.. ud tuvo una bendición, un regalo infinito de la vida!

[@LumiShiko]

I always wanted to sing this aria half a tone lower too...:.) But no one would let me.Sutherland often changed the tone to suit her voice to make it comfortable. I think it's the right thing to do.

[@niconico7281]

Un canto fantástico!!

[@wotan10950]

I hadn't read your summary at first, so I just followed the score and was shocked that Sutherland sang a high-E in 1982. Then I realized that it was transposed down a semi-tone. But the Eb in that cadenza is no joke either, and she's clearly uncomfortable. I saw Dame Joan onstage in 1982 as Lucia, and she transposed the first part of the mad scene down a full-tone, I think. The second half was in the traditional key, but somehow the approach to that Eb is easier.

[@acitipo]

Ah! La Stupenda!!!!!!

[@fbbomber]

Meravigliosa

[@hannakarska705]

Maybe we’ll finally agree that every voice is unique and stop typecasting singers. Does it really matter if we name her a soprano or mezzo-soprano. She is absolutely perfect in the repertoire she sings, has beautiful timbre of voice for this role and her technique is brilliant.

[@MG-fv2cn]

who would name her a mezzo ??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zadighamroune]

A mezzo? You must be joking. Soprano drammatico d’agilitá

[@fernandodc5146]

I would love to hear the whole recital, she is so Stupenda !!

[@magicmonkichi]

You can view the entire recital here ^_^ th-cam.com/video/8-VI1d0NlT0/w-d-xo.html

[@fernandodc5146]

@@magicmonkichi Thank you very much !!

[@isaballaserrano4991]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@edoardoaiello435]

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[@esraguzelce]

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[@ahogbin2644]

Not one of her best Eflats but still superb

[@lastupendajoansutherland]

She avoided the E flat when she sang the recital in Venice the same year (Tebaldi was in the audience)! She sang the E flat an octave lower.

[@ahogbin2644]

@@lastupendajoansutherland Indeed. Also I’ve heard a concert performance of Lucrezia Borgia from Stockholm where the final Eflat was curtailed. 1982 was possibly not her greatest year and yet in 1983 her Esclarmonde at Covent Garden was
impressive and the 1985 Lucias magnificent with splendid prolonged
high notes. She was a vocal miracle!

[@rosslarkin6742]

So is this transposed to Ab major from A major?

[@lastupendajoansutherland]

Correct

[@rosslarkin6742]

My apologies, I realize you already addressed this in the description which I failed to read. Thank you!

[@Bacchusmbt]

She does not look happy at the end.

[@salvatorecollura2692]

It seems she wasn’t thrilled with the Eb. It’s a bit short and not very resonant by her standards. Or she was simply tired at the end of a demanding recital. Ricky seems a bit imprecise too from fatigue I would guess.
You certainly can tell by Sutherland’s expressions that she knows when she’s struck gold. That unbelievably fabulous rendition of Bella Figlia in 1987 for example, when her face is transcendent, though she stays in character. Or her crushing bash at O Beau Pays in 1981 where she couldn’t suppress a radiant smile.