It’s hard to imagine what it must have been like being in the audience that night. Hearing a voice like Joan’s at its very peak, I bet the sound literally filled the vast hall with perfect coloratura technique. Absolutely incredible and absolutely unique.
@MrSwifts318 ай бұрын
I think,being old enough to have seen him,that Malcolm Sargent was a very underrated conductor.
@bosiewilder49459 жыл бұрын
That upper register - pure magic!
@annettefallon16525 жыл бұрын
Dear God. That VOICE!
@judy623810 ай бұрын
Amazing understanding of bel canto style and phrasing from Sargent here. He really gives Sutherland a great scope for expression and rubato rarely heard with other conductors. Very surprising find.
@zephyrina34936 жыл бұрын
First heard this years ago and it still gives me chills and thrills. And tears. You can hear why they called her “La Stupenda.” The voice of the 20th century.
@paullewis24136 жыл бұрын
Though I think Joan Sutherland made a huge mistake in not retiring from opera at a much earlier stage as the voice had lost it's former brilliance, during her prime as heard here she was technically speaking at least, incomparable, not only in the 20th c but I would bet in any century. I wonder how many of those in the audience realised that they were hearing the most incredible and glorious bel canto, possibly of all time!
@annettefallon16525 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes, I agree!
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
@@paullewis2413: I read that she wished to retire in 1986. However they had signed contracts through 1990 and decided to honor them . I heard her three career final NORMA performances and was glad she honored her commitments. I did not feel cheated in the least. These were not performances from some vain glorious over the hill soprano but an honest attempt to perform and interpret the role. There was nothing that reeked of desperation like the Callas 1973-1974 tour. There was plenty of reason to acknowledge why she had been LA STUPENDA!
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
@@annettefallon1652: No, no Annette, you are mistaken, mistaken!
@MrMin3164 жыл бұрын
Perfection, beautiful, glorious, magnificent, there are not enough superlatives to describe this singing....La Stupenda indeed.💖🌹👏
@bellini7verdi9 жыл бұрын
este sonido es único.......................me refiero....a su voz................pues...su voz es única............a los 34 años..............era una bomba imparable......como imparable fue hasta su retirada.....a los 64 años...............................un prodigio de ser humano....vocal y anímico y luchador.........sin precedentes....................
@MrKvarner7 жыл бұрын
Perfection!!!
@16toulousse6 жыл бұрын
I’m a committed fan.
@davidallen5083 жыл бұрын
Good on you and I’m right up there with you.
@stevenlivesay38374 жыл бұрын
That conducting is solid gold.
@brunoantony32183 жыл бұрын
100% solid GOLD🏆
@Tkimba2 Жыл бұрын
No. Too slow Loses all the power
@judy623810 ай бұрын
Totally agree. Exciting accelerandi and rubato. This is gold!
@trifonovfan98198 ай бұрын
Wow!
@bellini7verdi9 жыл бұрын
pura poesía vocal.................
@bellini7verdi9 жыл бұрын
una pasada...........vocalllllll................atómica..........................
@bodiloto4 жыл бұрын
divina .
@stevewoodland4644 жыл бұрын
This is before her vowels got so uniform and her diction got cloudy. Like the giulini Don Giovanni. Excellent.
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
@stevewoodland464: Ah yes, if only everyone could be perfect as your ego. Then Woody you could put a smile on your face.