Dame Joan Sutherland - I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls, 1958

Dame Joan Sutherland sings an aria from Balfe's "The Bohemian Girl" at a recital in Vancouver in 1958.

[@ardabatha8066]

No one, but no one, quite like Dame Joan in this utterly beautiful 200-year-old love song!

[@Eiswirth1]

There are no words to describe how beautiful her voice was or how brilliantly this was sung. She was incomparable.

[@ChefVegan]

:)

[@tjpark8609]

I still miss her. No soprano can sing better than Sutherland. That’s what I dare to say !!! Of course, I like Callas,Tebaldi, Netrepko, Bartoli,Etc.,very much,too.

[@bronxboy1952]

Laurel and Hard's Bohemian Girl introduced me to this masterpiece. I loved it since I was about 6, almost 65 years ago!

[@Eiswirth1]

Greatest voice in the history of the world...unparalleled beauty, superb technique, excellent diction. No other voice has ever thrilled me like hers.

[@misst5718]

Joan at the beginning of her magnificent career. Pure notes and precise articulation, wonderful music

[@아몬드나무-l3l]

오래전에 라디오에서 이 음악을 처음 이 목소리로 들었을때, 그때부터 이 음악과 이 목소리에 매료되었습니다 카스타 디바도 이분것만 듣습니다 제일 좋아요

[@pamaherne1851]

Haunting...so beautifully sung. Thanks

[@dgardner7987]

Pam Aherne l

[@josephdilorenzo7791]

I always loved this aria, dreams of a common person about a more elegant life and, of course, love.

[@hugothebear]

A real treat, absolutely lovely thank you for uploading this early Sutherland treasure

[@arunaraja4898]

One of my favourite songs ❤

[@philipthomas5108]

Superb, Joan Sutherland at her very best. R.I.P. great lady.

[@shirboy1]

I cry every time I hear this song.

[@ataagh]

me too

[@jjlungdoc7472]

I don’t blame you.

[@blessOTMA]

Indeed.

[@elizabethscott6487]

Joan Sutherland is superb in the rendition I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls

[@pollymotley5041]

Perfect visuals for this stunning, stunning performance. Thank you so much for uploading.

[@65attila]

This music and performance has me in tears. The tone of the finest silver is married to a supreme technique and a musical bond with the music. Joan is one of Operas Glories. Thanks for posting. Regards-John

[@applemac100100]

Beautiful words cannot describe it.

[@bellini7verdi]

32 añitos.......y la mejor voz del mundo.......INCREIBLE.......la delicadeza vocal...junto al romanticismo....y la contenida potencia....para ser princesa.....que luego la llevaria a ser la REINA.......por 30 años y para siempre...para gloria de la opera.......

[@allenjones3130]

An ideal showcase for Dame Joan's artistry.

[@MrAndredekock]

Thank you so much for this! This almost became her theme song, along with Songs my Mother Taught Me. It's beautiful even though a bit scratchy.

[@Vidasonik]

So beautiful. And i came to this via Laurel & Hardy !

[@chrisryan9071]

Da Vida And I so remembered it thus as well!! How lovely that an another had the same strange start to loving this aria ... thank you for sharing

[@niallmorris9151]

The ornamentation is divine

[@ChefVegan]

Every version I have heard I have loved, this one is the best

[@SawZaag]

Chef Vegán ... it pleased you most:-)

[@widerhorizon]

Such a noble & elegantly charismatic voice 😍

[@rickhahn5381]

Roberta Peters's 1952 recording of this Balfe standard was the best I had heard until now.Thank-you Dame Joan.

[@dcg520]

@sutherland4l Thank you so much for uploading this! What a special -- and rare -- treat to hear a young Sutherland. And one of my favorite arias, to boot. Thank you for sharing! It is much appreciated -

[@thomascassidy8347]

Simply beautiful xx

[@domi2020]

Wow- her intonation is amazing and her diction so clear. This me at the same time she made her debut in Don Giovanni as Donna Anna. Is there more?? Please let there be....It is glorious!

[@Homoclassicus]

Is there more material from this recital? Recordings of Sutherland's recitals before 1960 are quite rare.

[@johnlegg7843]

beautiful woman and voice

[@colthunter7407]

O beautiful! O Balfe! O Dame Joan! And the thanks and the glory of all it be the LORD's.

[@jjlungdoc7472]

Amen

[@Hako2004]

Amazing, I have never heard this. Thank you so much.

[@grayback1857]

How beautiful!

[@rosewhite---]

I cannot remember last time I heard this on radio...shame!

[@parkleo1938]

R.I.P love you always

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

The inimitable Joan Sutherland.

[@gregberg5559]

This would have been so perfect for her to have sung at her farewell in Australia - equally fitting as "No Place Like Home" - and more musically interesting.

[@davidallen508]

The one soprano voice that I could listen to all day ; there is no debating personal preference.

[@spencersmith2798]

Fine.

[@ZandoFox]

Thanks Don Hertzfeldt

[@Bramicus]

Singing styles sure have changed!

[@bellini7verdi]

CON UNA FACILIDAD PASMODICA PARA TODAS LAS FACETAS DEL CANTO MAS EMBAUCADORAS........LA DE LA BELLEZA DE LA IMPOSTACION VOCAL COMO ENCANTO DEL CANTO

[@maxluong2]

the audio can reach that high noooo

[@bellini7verdi]

ESTRATOSFERICA.....

[@brunyate]

Yes, it is a magnificent voice. But I am surprised by the amount of portamento she uses (carrying the voice between notes). Her husband, coach, and later conductor Richard Bonynge was very much a performance historian, and I wonder if he thought of this as the authentic style for songs like this of this period?

[@johnchant5775]

Joan before she became a hasbeen.