Dame Joan Sutherland Complete Perth Concert (1982)

Tornami a vagheggiar
Addio del passato
A mezzanotte
Chanson de Zora
O beau pays
Aimant la rose
Bonnie Mary
Songs my mother taught me
Serenata
Bel raggio
Home sweet home
Pianist - Richard Bonynge

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

I've been facinated by this woman for 32 years...and I'm STILL stupified by her miraculous technique and ability...just the size of the voice and the ACCURACY !!

[@joaosousaoficial2562]

Wonderful! Stupenda! Brava!

[@trucoalaspardasalaspardas30]

Y a sus años en este recital! Admirable!!!!!

[@LC-ig2jm]

i am very much the biggest fan of dame joan. i put her above all others as long as i can listen, this gets me in trouble even with the biggest fans of dame joan. they think i go too far since i think she is so out of this world any comparison is out of the question. i am who i am, i love dame joan so much that not a single day goes by that i do not put her voice singing for me to i phone. i love utube. this women makes me cry for her art of beautiful singing. no one is near her in bel canto.

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Liu Cheang I feel just like you do.

[@user-ms1pm5xt2x]

Вы правы. Я с вами согласна. Мой педагог по пению говорил, что пройдёт ещё сто лет но вторая такая певица не родится.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Gran placer !!! She was at home and easygoing easy singing Great. LOVELY DAME JOAN

[@-Tesla-Live_]

So much to admire here, but I especially love the encore of Home Sweet Home, when Joan turns to sing to those seated beind the concert platform. The singing here gives us a good sense of just how rich and voluminous her sound was in the natural acoustic of a large concert hall. And the tone is beatifully rich and melifluous. Brava, Joan!

[@LC-ig2jm]

he was a very good accompanist. he accompanies his wife to show off the glory of her voice at its best. if it wasn't for richard, dame joan might have been a great wagnerian soprano. we have enough of those already. dame joan is the only real dramatic coloratura. that's the rarest of voice.

[@crazyorganist1609]

It certainly is

[@crazyorganist1609]

Love how she faces the balcony for home sweet home. Shows her down earth personality. And people still love her to this day because of that

[@BellaFirenze]

She was and will always be a magnificent artist... la voce del secolo. Bravissima!

[@65attila]

I HEARD HER FIRST ON DISC IN 1960 AND THEN LIVE IN 1963. SHE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SINGERS TO HAVE LEFT RECORDINGS.

[@Eiswirth1]

Still the greatest soprano in the world at age 56. Brava!

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

I agree. The fast passages in the Semiramide were outstanding. No one on EARTH can duplicate the accuracy and precision!

[@hackwhiteful]

I like to think of their recitals as duo recitals rather than a singer with "just an accompanist." He had every right to enjoy accompanying his own wife with a flourish. It is apparent that she enjoyed it too.

[@-Tesla-Live_]

Sì, sì, una luce che splende per sempre.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

So much THUNDER at 56. Brava grand diva. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@hugothebear]

Dame Joan must have had one of the most difficult voices to capture on a recording. Of course it changed over the years and had an extraordinary sumptuous, complex density of tone which was unique in a concert hall with out amplification. I can't hall always feeling opera excerpts don't work so well without the orchestra which was intended. If her voice didn't quite have the ability and accuracy of her younger days I am sure she recognised that herself but still knew what audiences wanted from her. If I had been at this recital I would have enjoyed it, sure there are a few glitches, but Joan delivered the goods and sent audiences home happy, watching the tape and analysing is one thing but experiencing that voice live was very special indeed, no recording ever quite caught it.

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

I enjoyed reading your comment on Joan Sutherland....you have a deep understanding! She WAS very special.....

[@machovoce6826]

All truly great vocal instruments are essentially acoustic instruments. Recording technology can capture the characteristic and even the identity of the voice but not the experience of hearing it. Flagstad, Ponselle, Tebaldi, Melchior, Corelli, Caballe, Anderson, Horne, Warren, Tibbett. Many others. But no more true of anyone than Dame Joan.

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

gregory gyllenship You are 100% right! Every word!☺

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Macho Voce I agree with you!

[@photo161]

This recital requires no apologies whatsoever! It offers a wealth of magnificent singing of the highest caliber, vocally and interpretively. The small flaws such as they are, only serve to humanize a great artist and add immediacy to the experience.

[@terrance7220]

This is amazing, I didnt expect her to be this good in the 80's.

[@crazyorganist1609]

She was "good" right untill the very end of her career

[@romearomeo]

Joan la Stupenda ! Ci manchi moltissimo!

[@shannonlewis8906]

Is this perfect? No... but 4:30 is enough to make me love this as much as anything else. The Mona Lisa is faded, cracked, and worn. But it’s still a masterpiece, and wonderful to look at. If you sit and listen to your elderly grandmother tell stories, is it the same as writing a thrilling roller coaster, or watching a hilarious comedian? No, but it’s priceless. If I could sit in a room and listen to her sing, the thought overwhelms me even if she isn’t in her prime; because it’s who she is and what she could still do at this age. I’m telling you, there is no female opera singer in the world, past or present, that could produce this quality at this age. Period.

[@ThomasDawkins88]

I never remember the source of the quote that is it better to hear a singer past their prime than one who never had a prime (or never will), and even in her last concerts and recordings, there are things Sutherland does better than anybody else. Her 1987 Ernani still has pinpoint staccato scales that most singers don't even try. It's not as effortless, but at 50% Sutherland is still better than many, and she's at about 85% even that late in her career.

[@81tenor]

Coppia inossidabile, splendidi entrambi

[@acitipo]

La voz más hermosa de la lírica. La Estupenda!!!!

[@aldoramos6255]

"La Stupenda Forever"

[@ms_opera_glam]

Period!!!

[@Dadacomero]

Divina

[@miguelangelquinones6847]

thanz you

[@trucoalaspardasalaspardas30]

Ella tenía un cielo que la hacía distinta, sin igual!!! Y su marido, otro genio !!!!!!

[@Jogab37]

Thanks you very much for this wonderful video

[@josephhapp9]

Thank you for posting this Concert. Perth is the back water of the Australian Music scene but the Concert Hall has top acoustics. We still don't have an Opera House and the substitute"his Majesty's Theatre seats only 1,200',,,,,,mostly with bad viewing angles and dreadful sound. We were lucky with the Concert Hall which has world class acoustics. Watching Richard and Dame Joan is a treat.

[@MrKvarner]

Perfection!!!

[@jorgegs41]

The legendary primadonna trully so talended and so magnificent!!!! Brava!!!!

[@user-jx3tq3nc6x]

Bravo, Prima Donna !

[@65attila]

This is magnificent IMO

[@dianaventura7999]

Read your own words, sir... You are obviously not a fan of the great Joan Sutherland or you would never say this recital is terrible. If you really admire her, kindly name at least three roles in which She is golden. If you can't, you are not a fan of her's. The diva is 56 yo here. You name one other coloratura ever recorded who maintain her brilliant top notes, perfect trills, staccato and HUGE voice at 56. She sounds at least 20 years younger than 56.

[@YortOK]

She sang Lucia in New York that same year, and you probably couldnt get two further points on the globe than Perth and New York.

[@stefanovizioli]

una luce

[@tarinaerisjah7718]

think you should consider how many minutes she sing non stop .....not even in opera you sing the whole almost an hour and no water , i think she is great singer

[@user-uy8qw7zp4h]

すごいですね～。

[@-Tesla-Live_]

I quite agree, but the videocassette was produced with this title.

[@-Tesla-Live_]

Perth, Western Australia.

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Liu Cheang....I notice that everything I read that you say is 100% Right!

[@larrywoods6318]

Was she at her best here in 1982? Probably not, but at her worst, she is still better than anyone else. If Bonynge's piano playing was good enough for her it certainly ought to be good enough for everyone else. All these critics should just shut up or go and sing/play it better.

[@65attila]

LARRY WOODS. YOUR POST IS SO ON POINT AND THAT LAST SENTENCE IS A NECKLACE OF GEMS........... REGARDS-65attila AKA JOHN

[@crazyorganist1609]

I like Bonynge's piano playing. He understood her voice and could accompany her perfectly

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Larry - I agree with you 100%!

[@tarinaerisjah7718]

hmm ... well i would say .... perfections is not all about notes and tunes .... its about all of it combined to one, i you just rely on your ears how would you know if she feel guilty or happy or smiling when she sings? and another thing that to me perfect is relative, same as you say a guy handsome or a girl pretty ,.... in this case ppl consider the length of her concert, and all those, i think in such long run she made it beautifully

[@Tkimba2]

Divina come sempre. Alla fine nell"Home sweet home" dimostra che i microfoni non fanno per lei. Accompagnamento mediocre

[@theon9575]

Ahhhhh. Listen there!........ It's not a bird. It's not an Angel. It's Wonderwoman !!!

[@nwdixieboy]

I love her Venice concert but she was not in her best voice. This is roughly from the same time period and in much better voice, if not in the small charming Venice opera house. She is phenomenal and Bonynge is as good as it gets as far as a singer accompanist. The opening Handel is stupendous. He lower voice has become much richer now.

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Callas e Sutherland.Le altre sono solo quello che sono.

[@Synchronous5m660]

Dear vo., Dame Joan Sutherland Complete Perth Concert (1982) . Perth ? Where is that ? . Why not give the zip code postal and the country name. . . The world is bigger than you think. . . Cheers. from, del-boy. (Outer Mongolia)

[@DCFunBud]

Classy, aren't we?

[@dianaventura7999]

This is unbelievable. She actually sings the "O Pays..." from Hugenots and "Bel Raggio" nearly as good as she did in 1962! Now that's amazing. Her "Home sweet Home" be one of her best. The fantastic accoustics lets you hear how huge and beautiful her voice remains at age 56!!!

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

I agree with you 100%. She was truly stupendous!

[@catcrazy336]

I think with her talent, she doesn't have to do scales, seems tiresome for Ms, Sutherland.

[@larrywoods6318]

and your point is????

[@DCFunBud]

This is not "in concert." A concert has a full orchestra. This is a recital.

[@josephhapp9]

DCFunBud in concert means not staged with costumes and sets.

[@shannonlewis8906]

I love them both.. but he’s sloppy. It’s just true.

[@JackRance1910]

"Fan" says it all - true admiration.appreciation is better than blind fan worship. I appreciate Joan Sutherland a great deal. But even the best... oh what is the point to argue with people who have a shrine, the t-shirt, the commemorative plates... They have no true appreciation of Sutherland's art - just a fan mentality.

[@JackRance1910]

I actually admire Sutherland a great deal - but this is dire. Saying that is no disrespect to her memory and musicality. "You name one other coloratura ever recorded who maintain her brilliant top notes, perfect trills, staccato and HUGE voice at 56." Sutherland was one, but not here - bad day, bad husband....

[@JackRance1910]

I think she is a great singer also. I am sure she herself was not happy with this. I made MY comment because of people who think this is PERFECTION and cannot distinguish a below par performance. The Internet seems to be full of those who idolise their singers with no critical ear. I do not put YOU into that category by the way. In fact I thought it was probably a little cruel to post this to a wider audience, at least without pointing out that she is not at her best "because..."

[@josephhapp9]

Jack Rance you are entitled to your poisonous opinion . Say it once and it will be accepted,,,but don't go overboard by trying to justify your opinion.

[@JackRance1910]

He is just not a very good accompanist.

[@josephhapp9]

Jack Rance homophobe or just a vicious jealous Queen? Jack take your Bex and cuppa and go lie down.

[@JackRance1910]

I really admire Sutherland; I really do. BUT at times this recital is merely dull and at times she sings badly out of tune (in Tosti's Serenata for example) and most of the times the ornaments, arpeggios etc are sketchy, sometimes hilariously inept. Bonynge is mostly a dreadful accompanist, leaden and off on his own adventure - he really is very bad, Quite the worst accompanist Sutherland could have. Thanks for posting this however. Terrible recital this may be, but thanks for posting....

[@baritonebynight]

If you think this recital is terrible than you are clueless.

[@benschroth7717]

She sounds terrible.