Dame Joan Sutherland: Home, Sweet Home (Bishop)

[@brianshoman1723]

This brings tears to my eyes...I started to love opera listening to Joan Sutherland, nobody else in my family would listen to opera. I have nothing else to say, this was years ago but I still feel the loss again

[@peteroidtmann3051]

My fascination with opera also began because of her... The rest of my family doesn't listen to opera. The first opera I heard was a CD on which she and Bergonzi sang La Traviata some 20+ years ago...

[@lukasc6462]

me too!

[@alanwilhite7034]

I too am alone in my opera love.

[@baritonebynight]

Dame Joan described this night in her autobiography stating that she was originally scheduled to sing Rosalinde in the production, but bowed out as she doubted her ability to cope with the staging and her ability to sing the role very well by that time. She was touched by the audiences' reaction to her "despite the fact that I hardly sang at all and it was in my old quaky voice". The way I see it, Dame Joan was truly the greatest soprano in the world until 1989 where she sang her her final Normas...the most demanding role in the repertoire...very well. By 1990, she started to run out of steam. She cut back her schedule dramatically, singing only one recital in August, one run of Les Huguenots in September and October and her final appearance on New Years Eve shown here. In her final speech she said " The old voice is starting to wind down.....I want to leave you while you still have a somewhat pleasant memory of me instead of saying why doesn't the old girl just stop!".

[@Knappa22]

Brava brava La Stupenda!. Marilyn Horne’s expression says it all. Love, longing, respect.

[@yukchanvipas7361]

My Uncle taught me this song before 10. He returns in my tears whenever I hear this song. Filled with happiness. NOW Sutherland returned home,bring with her me sweet remormies. I am now so near the bar, Home Sweet Home will have a new member soon.

[@lawrenceallen6508]

I am simply so captivated and so overwhelmed by this truly emotional last Covent Garden heart-felt farewell performance by our legendary Grande Diva and her singing of this renowned song - so so beautifully sung , and yes indeed Thankyou Dame Joan and Richard .

[@dragantomasevic4192]

Najbolji sopran svijeta, visoko Gore neka je avđeli uzmu i zajedno slave u glazbi sa kojom je živjela. RIP.

[@timfincham3756]

Look at Horne,with her sad expression,and Pavarotti, savouring every note!

[@baritonebynight]

What makes me sad is that we now only have Ms. Horne with us......and even though she no longer performs she is still active as a teacher.

[@lawrenceallen6508]

Look at Marilyn Horne as well - her expression says it for all of us - beautiful.

[@peterdevita6308]

Oh! How You are Missed! And I am to young to ever have heard you in the Opera House or in Recital. Much Love and R.I.P.+ Dear Dame Joan.

[@robertolsen9327]

The first time I heard Dame Joan's singing was as a teenager listening to a broadcast of Beatrice di Tenda on WFMT in Chicago. I immediately knew that I had never heard such a beautiful voice. She has remained my favorite since those days in the 60's.

[@johnscanlon6977]

So adored this Lady..Stupinda,c'ant even capture her natural brilliance,my wush was a duel with Monserrt Cabille,seemed to be their voices from heaven & their so respected easy going nature,planted with feet on the ground...Joan was & is loved..a real lady diva,no nonsence...so miss her as many the world over..Australia be so proud,her like never to grace us all again..and hence her repoitore...Magnifica!!,from a fan of 50yrs...She broke the mold & Maria Callas agreed early on...and handed Joan the baton!...thus purity if natural brilliance,candidly always has me it tears of huge voice musical respect ,admiration and loss..to the people of great Australia, your magnificant Sydney Opera House Joan's No place like home! God bless Joan & Australia! Warm respect.John Co Tipperary Ireland.

[@thehouse60]

RIP Dame Joan...this is what God given talent is and was.

[@alextudor43]

La Stupenda for ever ! She is singing for the Lord now !

[@Sambxyz]

I was a 'Friend' of Covent Garden at the time of her farewell performance and I had two tickets in the orchestra stalls. Unfortunately, an important client needed my attention in Riyadh, so I had to cancel. I gave my tickets to my sister and a family friend. They said that it was one of the most memorable occasions of their lives. They still owe me!

[@photo161]

Home, home sweet home, and all that home means or ever shall mean...Joan takes us there and holds us there enraptured by her simple, yet eloquent performance.

[@stevensmall6043]

The best at anything are always gracious and humble. She was without question the best soprano of the last century. Ruthann Swensen owns that title for this century. I could listen to Joan all day every day. I never met her in person but she comes through as deeply human and epitomizes class and grace with the voice touched by the Divine. She used it as a gift to the world. Thank you DJS! We miss you very much.

[@ceciliawaskul6755]

rest in peace lovely lady , we will not forget the sound of your voice

[@JamesBrown-ob9mh]

This is just fabulous

[@ballyhigh11]

Still la Stupenda. Always.

[@pauliberg3492]

Divine.

[@michaeltraynor9388]

A voice of a angel

[@photo161]

Better still, the voice of a great lady and a peerless singer...Surely the world will never see her like again...

[@josefernandezcarbonell5264]

sublime. No hay palabras suficientes para describir tanto arte, tanta maravilla.

[@AdairJanuário]

Up Parabéns!!!

[@Richie8a8y]

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere Home, home, sweet, sweet home There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home An exile from home, splendour dazzles in vain Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again The birds singing gayly, that come at my call Give me them and the peace of mind, dearer than all Home, home, sweet, sweet home There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home I gaze on the moon as I tread the drear wild And feel that my mother now thinks of her child As she looks on that moon from our own cottage door Thro' the woodbine, whose fragrance shall cheer me no more Home, home, sweet, sweet home There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home How sweet 'tis to sit 'neath a fond father's smile And the caress of a mother to soothe and beguile Let others delight mid new pleasures to roam But give me, oh, give me, the pleasures of home Home, home, sweet, sweet home There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home To thee I'll return, overburdened with care The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there No more from that cottage again will I roam Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home Home, home, sweet, sweet, home There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home

[@nicholashansen7826]

4:29 Does anyone know who the people are standing in the balcony? This is the first time I've gotten to see her farewell to Covent Garden. "There's no place like home..." What a simple and wonderful way to end an extraordinary career.

[@ΙωαννηςΜπαβας-κ9θ]

Magic voice* utube smile by john bavas

[@timfincham3756]

Her very last time singing in public i think

[@WelshHomo87]

It was

[@stuvan2976]

a proud european aussie with penrith connections...it doesnt get better than that....😊😊❤❤