49 Sopranos Hits High Eb in ''Spargi D'amaro Pianto'' Lucia Di Lammermoor

[@jiminygerry]

Sutherland est inégalable, technique en béton, notes et aigus justes, homogénéité, rend justice à l’œuvre. Chapeau bas !

[@VivaColoratura]

The subtitles during the Scotto segment is priceless..... si, me ti, te, no, si, non, me, mi

[@Paddy818]

Can’t believe I made it through all 49! Very interesting to see the different stagings and how long the note gets held! Anderson was the winner for most game with regard to staging! What a pro!!

[@SilfredoSerrano]

Wait, I had to skip around. Where is she?

[@SilfredoSerrano]

Never mind. #46

[@melmario6145]

I can hold the note for 12 seconds.

[@tuttosopra3191]

Devia has perfect technique!!!!She is destined to be a Opera star ⭐️

[@melmario6145]

I am an opera star.

[@melmario6145]

@Ono T I sing high notes.

[@juancarlosdejesus1687]

Callas forever! Her singing was pure acting, not showing off. I remember an interview in which she said "I believe that in the theatre, one goes to see and feel something better than one usually has in life (...) I think that is our main porpuse. Now, how we go about that? I don't care as long as we succeed in that..." I can feel and hear how she actually applied this on her singing and acting dispite the price she paid for that, but she lived for it, for art, to give the audience all she had. That's why I love her so much!

[@mdseaCP]

What a wonderful compilation! Thank you so much.

[@WongAndrew_]

I dont understand why every clip of Callas shown is post 1953. Her high notes of Lucia in 1952 blows everyone away here

[@scataplaft]

I agree.

[@onigbajamo]

they never choose her best recordings in compilations like this lol

[@melmario6145]

I can sing high notes in head voice.

[@hsg2012]

@@melmario6145that’s what they’re doing. You mean falsetto?

[@lrdeb1689]

Callas, soprano sfogato, pour le drame inscrit y compris dans l'extrême aigu, fulgurant et son timbre inimitable et qui respire le pathos( il aurait été intéressant de faire écouter ses Lucias d'avant 1955) , puis Sutherland , sa grande voix , sa technique insensée et sa facilité à darder ses javelots de lumière , Gencer bien sûr, une des vraies seules héritières du belcanto du XIX ème , ... Scotto et Sills sans discuter ... la grande Devia qui fut une immense Lucia avec une science incroyable du bel canto et des aigus et suraigus faciles ... aprés ces très grandes dames, belcantistes accomplies , techniciennes hors pairs , dramaturges vocales et diseuses aux grandes voix sans limites , il y aurait aussi Anderson et Alberti, Gruberova Massis ... le reste n'est qu'anecdote, que produit médiatique ou espoirs sans lendemain ...

[@MichaelDG2023]

I have such a high note fetish. I could listen to this shit all day. 😂 What better way to spend a shelter in place?

[@Bacchusmbt]

I know, right? lol

[@illogicmath]

Hey, I have that same dysfunctionality as you. We could start a coloratura soprano fan club

[@austriaco4132]

so would I

[@ir3356]

SAME HERE HAHAHAHA

[@gianluca3674]

so could i...

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

La Stupenda.

[@laprimmadonna2341]

Para empezar hay que agradecerle a María Callas el haber resucitado este rol. Sinceramente la Lucia es mucho más que notas altas. Se necesita una voz que caracterize el proceso mental de una mujer que va camino a la locura. Es un personaje que agoniza de principio a fin. Es una obra maestra de Donizzeti…es una creación terrible en el drama y espectacularmente bella en la música. Es una pieza de arte grandiosa. Muchas gracias. Saludos cordiales ❤❤❤

[@wotan10950]

My favorites are the two I actually saw in theater: Sutherland and Sills. Very different, but equally valid, and sung at the height of virtuosity. Oops, I forgot that I also saw June Anderson as Lucia. Fantastic!

[@hefei4310]

U've seen the masters 💕

[@davidsimmons654]

True Divas!

[@pureffm]

Massis is incredible.

[@rodolfolomelig8349]

I truly envy you 😉

[@miguelantoniofaundezrojas2826]

June Anderson? Con qué voz?

[@gooddogpeedee141]

This is officially my favorite EVER!!!! High Eb

[@moirbasso7051]

This compilation makes the Verdi Tuning (A=432Hz) make so much more sense. The high 'Eb' would be @ a High D or thereabouts- much easier to both sing, and to listen to.

[@gooddogpeedee141]

Whoever put this together is the BEST? Many thanks

[@Cuteo05]

Who else would you put in the list?

[@andreagazza7611]

La Stupenda e La Divina meravigliose

[@danielng7795]

Anna Moffo will always be my favourite 😍

[@chloerichardson26]

Mine too

[@koosriedijk3872]

We should be thankful for all, but in this case Anna Moffo was almost my favourite and she still is !

[@xqatrez]

Mine too, for sheer musicality

[@koosriedijk3872]

read : always instead of almost, sorry.

[@Dianaemanuel]

How amazing was Joan in 1982! La Superba!

[@caitlinmaher3676]

Sutherland's "Bark and Park" work is fine for the ear in concert or CD but NOT in a theatrically staged opera. Opera on stage is an eye/ear event. Btw all the coloratura's of the past can step aside... Lisette Oropesa is prowling the bloody Lammermoor now. Check out the YT vid of her Madrid performance. Cheers

[@Dianaemanuel]

I think she really committed herself to the drama in her opera performances - knowing she wasn't the world's best actress. And I find her performances (on film at least) very moving.

[@wotan10950]

And I attended one of her 1982 Lucias! I actually had to register for an opera appreciation class at Ramapo College to snag a ticket, because everything was sold out. It’s hard to describe the impact of hearing Sutherland in the theater. But I have to add that I also saw Sills’s Lucia at the Met in 1976, and she was quite astonishing too, with a much more vivid characterization.

[@mrb8993]

@@caitlinmaher3676 piss off

[@dasingaman1]

I think she stopped performing the role around 1985

[@tobiasherrmann4719]

That's why I love KZbin 😁

[@KristinePaseka]

Mariella Devia Forever!!!!!!! It’s just perfect! PERFECT!

[@shodanart]

I agree she was the best, although few will give her credit over Callas and Sutherland’s reputation and well-earned diva status, still, if one removes sentimental expectations of the historically accepted Callas and Sutherland, Devia’s ornament ration was more precise, and her E flat sustained and had more beauty to it

[@alecvillavilla9978]

Devia had great technique but sadly nothing else. A not at all memorable voice and a dull singing style.

[@chloerichardson26]

anna moffo sumi jo youongok shin natalie dessay roberta peters and anna netrebko are my favorites they're voices are incredible!

[@theoperazone3862]

They are all excellent. Why does everything need to be a competition?

[@mariobarbasanchez8089]

I deeply admire most of the phenomenal singers featured in this video, who have excelled at this role (arguably one of the most challenging ones in the operatic repertoire for soprano). Having said that, I would like to suggest you to add to this compilation Lisette Oropesa's rendition (Teatro Real, Madrid, 2018). I feel the compilation is not complete without her, as she is a singer who not only has an extraordinary command of her voice, both technically as well as dramatically, but also brings opera to a whole new level due to her up-to-date approach (which, in my humble opinion, is sorely needed nowadays) 😉

[@melmario6145]

I am the most phenomenal singer ever. I have an operatic head voice. I am soprano.

[@ilinamitrevska3268]

100% agreed.

[@hollym3258]

oh Joan Sutherland, a gift to music

[@mariaruskova6054]

Sutherland, Devia, Moffo, Sills, Damrau, Dessay, Serra, Pendatchanska, Mosuc, Massis, Pratt, Machaidze, Sierra.

[@icypeanutpolo]

I'm sorry, did Natalie Dessay just get dragged off the stage while nailing an eb6? that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life, and I love it.

[@ggboot1]

LOVE Dessay. She is quite the actress.

[@PaulHaigh072]

Better actress and singer than Callas but that can get you short around here.

[@PaulHaigh072]

And someone responds with class and intelligence. QED.

[@robertmwoodley1502]

@@ggboot1 hope she can act because she can't sing!

[@ggboot1]

@Parker930 There are MUCH better singers than Maria Callas.

[@joebloggs619]

As far as true Coloraturas go, Australia's Joan Sutherland is the best. Her voice sparkles and shines like polished crystal. Callas is my favourite lyrico spinto soprano. She can do coloratura but the warmth of her soprano that flows like honey, so smooth, not as bright and sparkly as Dame Joan Sutherland, is what makes her voice so special. I also like American Italian Anna Moffo who was a very well university educated beautiful lyric soprano who coulddo high coloratura, too, but lyric somgs suited her voice best. She was also anaccomplished sports woman. And, of course there are many other excellent Italian andothe nationality ones, including British, German and Scandinavian ones.All beautiful but some are really spectacular.

[@shodanart]

Nice commentary!

[@moonlightelf591]

Callas wasn't a lyrico spinto or whatever lmao.

[@delibeslakme6451]

La Stupenda for ever!!!!!

[@SR-jx8yu]

I don’t like Dessay’s ornamentation before her final phrase... but she was s great soprano

[@emmystarlight]

Devia ist the best here,she doesnt even breathe before the E flat,she takes it as a legato jump from the b flat before,techniqually very clever,so no strain is on the hight note and she can hold it forever.

[@theon9575]

I like it too, and thanks for the technical explanation of the 'sliding' into the Eb without breathing. But the cost of that is reduced power of the Eb, isn't it? Also, if you listen carefully to all 3 of Sutherland, she doesn't breathe either before the Eb, but hits it within the same breath, staccato-like. Sutherland's whole singing technique was based on perfect breathing technique, as she said herself and as everything she recorded shows.

[@jimbuxton2187]

@@theon9575 they do the slide for freedom. It actually makes for more power. Sometimes stoping and hitting the note will make it come out in a lighter register because the eb is one of those either or notes. If you slide you are trying to bring freedom and vocal weight from the bottom up.... when it's this high you just try for freedom and sustainability, never power or it could come out a scream or even worse a cracked note.

[@oliviertrostanatomie-freea4376]

La plupart des interprètes sont excellentes. Gruberova a des facilités extraordinaires dans les suraigus. J’aime aussi beaucoup Devia et Sutherland bien évidemment.

[@MAGGIETA1]

**La Stupendaaaaaaaaa!!!!**

[@zzzut]

I’m a huge Moffo fan but I love Sutherland as well. Mado Robin sang the Bb above that Eb but it was a little freakish.

[@illogicmath]

Mado had a magnificent and delicate voice but lacked the power to sustain a full opera.

[@scataplaft]

I consider Mado's voice to be an acquired taste, like fermented soy or something. Lol. And tbh I feel it's much more appropriate for vaudeville than opera.

[@melmario6145]

I can't sing Bb6 in head voice, but I can sing Bb5 in head voice instead right before hitting an Eb6 in head voice.

[@siegfriedenea]

except one (obviously I won't say who) they are all exceptional singers … i worked with a lot of them (Serra, Rancatore, Jo, Bonfadelli, Pratt, Devia, Anderson and more) they are simply amazing

[@matthewtravisano1097]

Mariella Devia, Anna Moffo, Alexandrina Pendatchanksa, Annick Massis - those are the winners.

[@ransomcoates546]

Scotto in her correct Fach for once. She was an impressive Lucia if you heard her early enough. The note is much more exciting if the singer can reach it without portamento.

[@tonio7367]

I agree her voice was amazing but when she got into heavy roles unfortunately her voice was not the same...it reminds me of Macbeth definitely not a role for her...….

[@williammaddox3339]

Not in this video -she is near the bottom

[@SR-jx8yu]

Sutherland, Callas, Devia, Gencer and Sills - the greatest ever!!!

[@caitlinmaher3676]

Step aside folks... Lisette Oropesa is walking the moors now.

[@SR-jx8yu]

+Caitlin Maher Totally agree ... as well as Nadine Sierra. I think Jessica Pratt and Sarah Coburn are also fine contemporary coloratura.... don’t like Elena Mosuc ... her wobble is painful

[@SR-jx8yu]

I should also have mentioned Gruberova and Anderson

[@caitlinmaher3676]

For me, it would be difficult for anyone to beat the LUCIA Oropesa presented in Madrid. (I absolutely LOVED director, David Alden's, work on that libretto. Wow! every single performance was complex and compleat I thought.) Esp. Lisette's entire performance was so novel and pure (both sound and sight) and heartbreakingly engaging. I've only seen excepts of Nadine's LUCIA but they were pretty good, as you point out. I do not know anything about Pratt or Coburn; never seen the name Mosuc anywhere. Vaguely aware of Gruberova and Anderson = A very picky opera friend has mentioned them in passing. Can you say more? I enjoy our exchanges. So if you have time.... "Can we talk?"

[@artdanks]

@@caitlinmaher3676 The singing was magnificent. Especially from Oropesa. But the staging was DISGUSTING.

[@stefanoferrari8781]

Who is the best Lucia or which is the best Eb ??? Nei 55 anni di mie frequentazioni teatrali europee, ne ho sentiti tantissimi di questi 49 soprani: purtroppo mi manca THE BEST LUCIA, Maria Callas . Certo che quando hai la fortuna di sentire una Sutherland, una Gencer, una Sills, una Gruberova, una Devia, una Scotto, una Damrau dal vivo, capisci come la riproduzione in video sia fallace, nel bene o nel male: gli Eb della Sutherland mi sono sembrati nettamente più facili e squillanti di tutti gli altri, ma in questo bel video, a mio giudizio, emergono quelli veramente stupendi della Massis: io l'ho sentita soltanto una volta nel Conte Ory e ho subito capito di trovarmi di fronte ad una artista di primissima qualità, ma non pensavo che avesse in repertorio Lucia di Lammermoor ! Bravissima !!! Grazie per aver postato queste meraviglie che ci distaccano dalla misera routine quotidiana e ci avvicinano all'eternità !

[@stefanoferrari8781]

Dimenticavo: ho sentito recentemente un soprano olandese veramente da tenere d'occhio: Lenneke Ruiten, bella, espressiva, una vera artista !

[@angelabender8132]

Bravo

[@alecvillavilla9978]

@@Mandolino82 Falsetto? Ridicolo, voce piena, potentissima e di ampio volume. Devia enorme tecnica ma imbarazzante presenza scenica, timbro anonimo e stile canoro opaco.

[@pekenjos]

Sutherland by far the best! Technical superiority at its best!

[@juliareadscottishpiperandh4861]

so many fine performances. I particularly liked Steffania Bonfadelli and Natalie Dessay

[@Paulsonof]

Natalie Dessay was extraordinary at this role... Look for all her performances of the aria through the years and you will be amazed how incredible she was.

[@siegfriedenea]

She’s also the most gifted actress of all Opera History

[@jondavwal13]

I saw her at the Met in this. It was OVER THE TOP. I also saw her in La Fille du Regiment. The voice was never the most beautiful but she as Lucia was batshit crazy. I think she must be in real life. LOL. I enjoyed her immensely although I will always prefer the sheer vocal superiority of Sutherland, which even she acknowledges, as do most of the other sopranos.

[@johnpickford4222]

Paul S. In the example included here she sounds like screaming not singing but to each his own.

[@JLucBrunet]

Dont''t forget the beauriful Annick Massis ! ♫♪♫

[@robertdonkers]

Thanks for that, I missed a few and name some: Ruth Welting, Marisa Galvany, Cristina Deutekom, Ruth Ann Swenson, Pretty Yende, Arleen Randazzo, Lenneke Ruiten, Andrea Rost, Lily Pons, Renee Doria, Mado Robin, Mady Mesple etc For me they are all great but the ones you showed: Callas, Moffo, Sills, Anderson, Sutherland, Angela Mead, Laura Claycomb, Christina Poulitsi, Inva Mula, Kathleen Cassello, Lisette Oropesa, Roberta Peters, Louise Frazier, Angela Kloc, Gianna Rolandi, Rachel Gilmore, Nelly Miricioiu, Sarah Tynan, Vina Bovy, Patrizia Ciofi, Amelita Galli-Curci, Anna Christy, Erna Sack, and then some who did not sing the high notes, Katia Ricciarelli and Montserrat Caballe.

[@qofu2]

Sutherland! Hits it and holds it!

[@josecanjungo708]

So Does Mariella Devia

[@Eiswirth1]

Sutherland has always been the greatest exponent of the bel canto repertoire; nothing here changes that. Devia's high notes were exceptional as well.

[@SilfredoSerrano]

Sutherland is not the only one. There are many!

[@freackjhonny]

Well but she was a terrible actress

[@ransomcoates546]

There is Callas, and then there is Callas...

[@ransomcoates546]

@@SilfredoSerrano From the start there was a funny flap in Sutherland's E flat. Hardly ruins her reputation, but nobody remarks on it.

[@MrLuis85698]

Ransom Coates and again ... Callas .. Jesus it has become impossible to match that creature after so many years

[@benschroth7717]

This is collection of truly horrifying wigs.

[@Cuteo05]

Hahahaha 😂

[@cesarcamacho1]

True

[@luisvillalobos3452]

Hahahahahahahahaha😂😂

[@icypeanutpolo]

Amen

[@iestynovich]

LMAO! Thank you.

[@yurorega1548]

Sumi Jo...voce dolce...Devia...meravigliosa. La Serra; il Soprano più veloce dalla storia; splendida.... Callas...è fuori serie!!

[@ilicaadelina5936]

Excepțional Fantastic

[@munequitodeebano3920]

Beverly Sills is my favorite ❤❤❤

[@aworysse]

I love the high soprano register, but half an hour of final cadences? 😳

[@nikipopov97]

😁😁😁

[@Lotus-u2q]

Falto mi mib ! Gracias por postear este video Magda Nieves, soprano Lucia di Lammermoor!!

[@MiguelArcangel-zi7xd]

Ni comparación : JOAN SUTHERLAND, La Stupenda!!!!

[@hefei4310]

Please include the magnificent Roberta Peters in your future Coloratura soprano selections 💙

[@melmario6145]

I am a coloratura soprano.

[@johnpickford4222]

@@melmario6145 That and $1.50 will get you a cup off coffee. And your point is?

[@ladygloria9494]

My favorite Lucias are Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Lisette Oropesa, Nadine Sierra and Diana Damrau! Diana Damrau not only has an amzing voice, she is also the best actress!

[@cesarezappa7574]

Nadine serra la sola erede della Callas

[@j.j.schlachtfeld9325]

Sutherland and Callas are the best Lucias. I also love Devia singing the mad scene in the original key. Maybe others had better Eb6s, but Lucia is much more than that

[@caitlinmaher3676]

Sutherland's "Bark and Park" work is fine for the ear in concert or CD but NOT in a theatrically staged opera. Opera is an eye/ear event. Btw all the coloratura's of the past can step aside... Lisette Oropesa is prowling the bloody Lammermoor now. Check out the YT vid of her Madrid performance.

[@j.j.schlachtfeld9325]

I believe what Devia did with Lucia when sung in the original key is close to unmatchable. I mentioned Sutherland because nobody has ever had an easier coloratura than she. I also believe that people should not live in the past because the brain distorts the past and tricks us into thinking it was way better than it really was. I'm a fan of supporting new talent when it moves me, when I really think it's something special. That's why I have not only seen the video of Miss Oropesa in Madrid. I went there to see it live because it was bound to be astounding. It really was

[@caitlinmaher3676]

Yes it was wasn't it i.e. Lisette's LUCIA. How I wish I (in California) could have been sitting next to you in Madrid. The video which I am watching for the 4th time is impact-full too and gets better with each viewing, as I have viewings' beauties I've noted before, plus nuances and details I'd missed the other times. This is my way when I find something that takes my breath way... books, films, operas, etc. I agree totally with your evaluation that "people should not live in the past" and why. And yet so many folks insist on "the good ol' days" gilded illusion. I'm so pleased to find another person here who knows what a wonder young Lisette is. She in her early 30's and is so accomplished already. THE compleat package for sure. Cheers!

[@caitlinmaher3676]

I just checked out Devia's original key "mad scene" but only the sound track... wonderful f'sure. I never knew her career when she was active. (During my love/HATE era vav Opera) YT has several postings of her work... some live action and she was adept at all the performance skills as well = very important to me :). I'm glad we talked here. I will spend more time with Devia via YT. Thanks for bringing her into my ken. Cheers.

[@j.j.schlachtfeld9325]

I truly believe she's great. I very much enjoy her singing. I'm glad I've been useful 😊 Cheers!

[@andresdfl9778]

Sumi Jo extraordinaria!!!

[@marylambcarter]

MANY GREAT SINGERS ... ONLY ONE " LUCIA " - LA DIVINA CALLAS

[@marylambcarter]

and the true " Lucia murder " with Olga ´s exquisite HIGH ZZZZZZzzzzz

[@marioj34]

Sutherland/Moffo, Devia/Anderson & Sills bien évidemment.

[@crazyorganist1609]

Joan is the Best. She still owns that role

[@acitipo]

La Stupenda!!!!

[@amadorleoniel]

I believe opera is not just about singing; is about being an interpreter in that point Callas is the best....

[@caitlinmaher3676]

Yes, exactly. Opera is an EYE/ear event when placed on a theater's stage. Callas was excellent for her time i.e the"Park 'n Bark" era and she did challenge and overthrow that stuffy norm successfully. BUT (btw theatre is my #1 balliwick) by today's normative standard for compleat package skills i.e. Netrebko, Oropesa, Garufullina, Garanca, Leonard, Nafornita etc, Callas' acting is stilted and telegraphs itself... i.e. not really in the moment, sort of over-rehearsed and pre-planned so that spontaneity is diminished. For her time, she was a daring pioneer and deserves great respect but I cannot credit her with being the all time best compleat package. We've moved on from her work is the thing but she is one of the foundations for today's more dynamic and engaging skills on the opera stage. For that I am deeply fond of Callas and not just because of her vocal skills. PS: Check out Lisette Oropesa's Madrid LUCIA Di Lammermoor if you don't know it already. Also there's her concert version of Sempre Libera in Berlin Aids Benefit concert 2017. I think it's one of the best around. Cheers!

[@dawnadriennetaylor970]

@@caitlinmaher3676 Eye/ear/heart and another sense. Callas lived her roles and from life experience. She didn't like doing recordings as she preferred the spontaneity of live performance which she was all about and married to her art. She had no intention of overthrowing the stuffy norm. Whoever taught you that is wrong because she admired many from before her own era. For "over-rehearsed" read experience and training which is not the same these days as evidenced in performances. None on your list comes close to a complete package. Many of whom tried to learn by listening to Callas.

[@johnhughes4427]

I agree. But parrots are good too kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5PSYZ-jn95gacU

[@MichaelDG2023]

Right on Leoniel. Callas inspired me to become an opera singer.

[@MrLuis85698]

leoniel amador claro que si

[@ilicaadelina5936]

Excepțional Minunat

[@KBGWorld29]

Sutherland and Callas. Goddesses of the Art!

[@ivancervi1825]

Devia per sempre!!!

[@victorberistain9536]

La Moffo "Es" Lucía Di Lammermoor, bella, sensual, gran voz, perfecta técnicamente y también una estupenda actriz.

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Victor Beristain I agree. You are right!😁 Eres correcto!

[@victorberistain9536]

Gracias amigo, Moffo fue una excelente Soprano y una gran actriz, de todo lo grabado o filmado por ella está “La Traviata” con Bonisolli, “Rigoletto” en vivo en Italia con Carlo Meliciani, “Lucia Di Lammermoor” en una restauración de la escrita por Donizetti para estudio, “Iphigene”, “La Rondine”, “Hänsel Und Grettel” (Quizá la grabación referencial de esta gran Ópera) y aún me hacen falta... ❤️

[@tonio7367]

I agree......

[@sgonz9475]

@@victorberistain9536 y que opinas de Sutherland, Callas y Gruberova. Que las fortaleze, y en que fallan, me gustaría saber tu opinión. Ya que yo nose nada de opera.

[@victorberistain9536]

axel 99 Sutherland en esta grabación está increíble, Gruberova no me desagrada, pero la voz era más chica, eso si, muy ágil, Callas tenía muchos defectos vocales iniciados por la pérdida excesiva de peso, su primer “Lucia Di Lammermoor” en México en 1952 es su mejor registro, para la de Berlín de 1955 ya los agudos son tirantes, los de la Metropolitan Ópera House de Nueva York al año siguiente son gritos.

[@sanghohan8709]

Mariella Devia, Young Ok Shin

[@terencedove5047]

Face it, everyone opining on this branch or its various twigs are going to state who they believe is the best in this role and why, according in part to their own favorites. Suffice it to say that we could all count on the original recognized divas mentioned in this compilation who sang Donizetti's rather difficult role (Sutherland, Moffo and Callas in the 50s/60s; Sills in the 60s/70s) to interpret it masterfully in their own ways; and that those sopranos who sang the role secondhand or without mention here or who followed after those four from the 80s on did their best to do it justice. Whether for acting, singing, or a combination of both, all those included in this compilation did their best to portray the role well...even that soprano at the very end whose E-flat fell flat. Doubtless this video reflects only a handful of the many sopranos who sang LUCIA...but it was a start of a decent representation...

[@MarcoS-gk9nw]

Very nice video. Only one is embarrassing the other Lucias are from good to legendary. Personally I crown Natalie Dessay for voice and drama which perfectly fit to this my favorite moment of opera.

[@magicflute3]

annick massis...wondefrul!

[@Mandolino82]

DEVIA di Lammermoor !!!

[@brunoantony3218]

Artificial and robotic.

[@jeffreymiller4814]

Bruno Antony 🙄

[@evgeny9965]

Damrau the daytime tv Lucia...

[@brookeggleston9314]

I just realized that I'm your 100th subscriber! I love the juxtaposition of topics on your channel!!🤣💜😎

[@angelabender8132]

I always admire the superior Sutherland while I never get moved by her Sutherland interprets Sutherland The most beautiful voice ever

[@crazydiamond1273]

Sutherland and Moffo all the way.

[@lana_del_slay_tv]

Nadine Sierra is probably the best soprano at the moment

[@bq-9238]

Mariella 😍

[@qufzl]

Sumi jo ♡

[@user-fw3el4gr3o]

Para mim, sem duvida, Maria Callas e Suterland!🇵🇹

[@jurgenotto4376]

Brava!

[@magicflute3]

I like Lucian Serra's performance: elegant, exquisite, perfect

[@francoispideu757]

Callas pour toujours. Dommage pour l'absence de Cristina Deutekom, c'est un régal.

[@hectorrivera2785]

Sumi's note is endles, she's perfect, the sound is so steady and clear.

[@williammaddox3339]

A bit too small of a voice for this role.

[@LaVoce3282]

@@williammaddox3339 Not at all

[@user-xh4rq7ot6q]

@@LaVoce3282 Are you serious ?

[@golden-63]

It's endless, but the quality is among the lowest in this video.

[@supawels3627]

Nicht nur diesen Lerchen und Nachtigallen gebührt frenetischer Applaus, nein - auch ich möchte für diese Hör - Leistung den höchsten Applaus, der mich wahrscheinlich wegen Ertaubung gar nicht mehr erreicht.

[@illogicmath]

It's a big Spargi d'amaro piano binge

[@giant4692]

Among human, Devia. Beyond human, Callas.

[@YippyYa]

My Favorite is number 18 Diana Damrau 11:42♥️

[@chrissmith3369]

Mine too

[@angeliquesimone]

Same❤

[@ladygloria9494]

Mine too

[@draganvidic2039]

I think Fanny Persiani was the first one who sang this role and she was a lyric coloratura with high F:s. In my ears it’s a heavier role than that. In my opinion for example Dessay and Sumi Jo got too small voices for this more dramatic part. Rancatore and Mosuc sounds like car alarm on their high notes...

[@shodanart]

“Car alarm?” lol So mean…but, yea!

[@zahkee1821]

That high over C6 done by Mado Robin is unbeatable.. she's not here, though. They're all doin' Eb of course

[@Kornelius-xb6er]

Time code?

[@filipsundqvist94]

@@Kornelius-xb6er Mado Robin isn't included in this video

[@luanllluan]

As she shouldn't, she wasn't an opera performance for stage. She had amazing high notes, but her singing was always the same and without variation. Lucia is a complex character as Callas and Sutherland have shown

[@davidk0501]

She hit a C7

[@EmviloriamE]

Number 4 is my fave.

[@ichbins8532]

Moffo and La Stupenda ❤❤❤

[@djtsinopoulos]

There are many great performers in this list, however there was only one Callas.

[@antben8992]

Interessantissimo confronto di grandissime e meno grandi. Devo dire però, che di tutte le edizioni di Lucia con la Callas , credo sia stata scelta quella del 1959 che non è certo la migliore. Comunque grazie sempre e buon lavoro.

[@illogicmath]

#29 scared me to death

[@jeffreymiller4814]

Alas, #49 (Miss Olga P) TRIES for Eb, but made it only to a high D. Otherwise no surprises here. Some good, some excellent, a few who try hard. P.S. Rescigno’s conducting on the Gruberova/Kraus set is catastrophic.

[@nigelbatie7058]

Dame Joan for me. I need to hear and feel the power of the E-Flat. ❤❤❤❤❤💐💐💐💐💐 #LaStupenda

[@mrb8993]

Joan Sutherland by a MILE

[@MrMin316]

There's just no contest...Joan Sutherland, La Stupenda!!!

[@BassoColoratura]

EXACTLY!!! These Callas trolls.

[@tonyjones2308]

La Stupenda, of course. God, do we miss Dame Joan.

[@ms.chaewon9231]

Callas of course. She's good at all roles.

[@caitlinmaher3676]

Nope Oropesa is here now.

[@KathrynARyder]

The best was first Maria Callas and the worst is the last Olga Peretyatko.

[@marylambcarter]

BRAVAAAAA

[@user-en2fx3vl6h]

l ABSOLUTLY AGREE!

[@caitlinmaher3676]

Check out Lisette Oropesa Madrid Teatro Real July 2018 LUCIA.

[@brookeggleston9314]

Sutherland is by *far* the best!!!