Ed Sullivan Show - Joan Sutherland Stylish Lucia Performance

[@ben-hurjudha3648]

I really like her voice when she was young, perfect! Her voice is very balanced, not too cold ,not too warm ....very pleasured.

[@fadyjb]

Pure Effortless Beauty! The One and Only!!

[@highbaritone]

My Lord it's still amazing

[@chrisryan9071]

Darling, STILL??? Always, I reckon! xx

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

La Stupenda. Love the simplicity of her entire look. So elegant.

[@ygorcoelhos]

Sutherland's voice is particularly beautiful and lush in this recording. And the diction is marvelous, by the way (where are the naysayers in videos like this one?)! Pay attention at the solid and beautiful use of lower register here. Really amazing.

[@jimbuxton2187]

Listen to how effortless the high Eb is!!!!

[@sandywaddell4303]

Her diction is notably clear here, it’s true. The tempo is lively, too. Altogether a remarkable performance. I wish the clip were longer.

[@chadtopia]

This just brings tears to my eyes. So beautiful

[@ahogbin2644]

Fabulous singing. She was still singing this superbly in 1985 at Covent Garden. The voice even richer.

[@LamNguyen-sn9ww]

What is the name of song?

[@sandywaddell4303]

@@LamNguyen-sn9ww This is part of the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti. It’s the section that begins with the phrase “Ardon gli incensi.”

[@LamNguyen-sn9ww]

@@sandywaddell4303 tks

[@miguelsalinas4143]

Maravillosa!!!❤❤❤

[@herrbrucvald6376]

Sutherland's Lucia surely is one of the greatest stage performances of any kind by any person in history, beyond belief, beyond splendour. That final concluding Bflat-C6 trill has always haunted my dreams....

[@machovoce6826]

Bravo.

[@ian.marais1202]

Stunning and as said stylish. Oh what a lovely she was with one of the most beautiful voices ever.

[@tencontento9177]

Yes, and I'm AMAZED by the beauty of her low notes here -- so rich and lush, almost like a mezzo, yet those stupendous high notes and the unbelievably effortless coloratura. WOW.

[@ktrewin23]

Perfection. Brought me to tears. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@vincec8218]

Please check out soprano Kasondra Kazanjian

[@zsuzsamold]

Dame Joan Sutherland and Donizetti heaven!❤

[@wotan10950]

And I had the fortune to see her onstage as Lucia in 1982. The tix were so hard to come by, I had to register for a music appreciation course at a local college, whereby the performance was part of the course. By 1982, Sutherland wasn’t young anymore, but she still sang with amazing brilliance.

[@johnpickford4222]

Dave Glo: If this clip is from the Ed Sullivan show in 1961 and you heard Dame Joan in 1982, 21 years later, she was “no longer young” at 56. So if you heard her 40 years ago, are you ‘still young’? Time doesn’t stop for anyone but Dame Joan was great until she retired. Unlike you, Glo-worm!

[@keithjohnson5874]

This really shows her at her very best. She will always be my favorite Lucia, but I also loved Lily Pons in that role.

[@vanmusician]

In 1963, after her first 5 Normas here in Vancouver, Sutherland and other members of the cast did a gala concert . She wore this gown designed by Arnold Scaasi. The dress had flowers in shades of green, and the cloak was salmon pink.I read that when she went to see Scaasi to order a new concert gown she asked for basic black. His reply was 'You're a diva and you're going to dress like a diva!'

[@Anduril919]

Lush, rich, ample middle voice with the most thrilling trills, staccati and runs to boot.

[@longhorngal9498]

My Dad heard her North American debut here in Dallas as Alcina and he said he could not believe her sound, it was unreal - high notes, runs and that fantastic trill. He heard many great singers here including Callas final Lucia which was painful and the infamous Medea, the best performance he ever heard period. Sutherland was his favorite singer, so glad we have KZbin to see performances like this.

[@vincec8218]

@@longhorngal9498 check out soprano Kasondra Kazanjian

[@WilsonWatt-q2e]

@@vincec8218 Mediocre at best and certainly not of international quality as a performer.

[@LohengrinO]

Divine!! and the Hair, so Iconic of early Sutherland (dark and with that to the side trick) and her face so beautiful with the dark lashes and eyeliner.. and how thick her sound is here... is it early 60s?

[@ygorcoelhos]

I may be mistaken, but I've read this was recorded in 1966. I'm also surprised by her diction. It's excellent here, much better than in other performances of the mid 60's. And, yes, she looks radiant. Her low register is also used to beautiful and rock solid effect here, she's delving into it without less caution than in other performances, and it sounds wonderful.

[@mgsboedmisodpc2]

October 18 1964

[@richardholmesmusic2128]

This was on (Ed Sullivan Show) the Sunday following her opening night of the Met season Lucia, which was October 12, 1964. See how much bettter he diction was when she wasn’t being recorded in Decca records’ “sing from the back wall” acoustics!

[@AmusedCondorBird-pq7fk]

Maria Callas was the greatest singer of the 20th century. Dame Joan Sutherland was the greatest voice of the 20th century. Plain and simple. They admired and respected each other. How could they not?

[@rose-marietrembloy243]

Do not forget z Montserrat Caballe, la Superba, they were great friends and equally gifted

[@nelifitkova8568]

Excellent!

[@cesarperazaavendano7920]

hermosa voz del recuerdo, fantástica

[@vivianbelissima]

BRAVAAAAAAA

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

La perfection a l'état pur 💖🌹💖🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@davidsongarrett8087]

The ONLY Lucia in my book.

[@FairyForest87]

Same here

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Voix celeste unique ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jondavwal13]

She is holding back so much in this performance. Probably afraid to blow up the microphone.

[@Tkimba2]

Incantevole

[@fredobatista4367]

Dame Sutherland became the Queen of Bel Canto.💚💐⭐ Magnificent soprano.🌻

[@ahogbin2644]

Dame Joan or Dame Joan Sutherland but never Dame Sutherland please

[@Tkimba2]

​@@ahogbin2644why?

[@sandywaddell4303]

Protocol, essentially: the title Dame (or Sir) attaches to the holder’s first name or full name, but never to the last name alone. Sir Ian, Dame Judi, Dame Joan; but not Sir McKellen, Dame Dench, or Dame Sutherland.

[@maxcornise-qh2jk]

Joan is not Maria. Maria is not Joan. Euuh duh. They are both the best singers who ever lived. End of story!❤

[@bellini7verdi]

OLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@EddstarTupolo]

Divas nowadays don’t sing like this anymore!!!

[@bellini7verdi]

para que venga...............el 5 elemento...................jijijijijijijiji....................aqui no tiene nada que hacer.............pues........SUTHERLAND...................ES........EL 1 Y UNICO ELEMENTO..............

[@brunoantony3218]

Miraculous! Callas, Sills, Tebaldi are only sophomores compared to La Stupenda. Notice I didn’t include Caballé on the list, the only soprano who could really come close.

[@ramongerman6440]

As you say caballe can’t do anything what Joan does, Joan is in the right same league of callas and I like very much Joan than callas.

[@josephhapp9]

@@ramongerman6440 you mis understand.

[@AllenFigueredo5]

Actually from that Generation only Callas and Zeani were able to do what Dame Joan Sutherland did. Caballé was amazing, but didn't have trills, nor an extended upper register. Tebaldi and Nilsson were amazing, but they couldn't sing coloratura that well, and they didn't have trills.

[@MiguelArcangel-zi7xd]

Personalmente me gusta la Stupenda SOBRE TODAS, su timbre y color de la voz son únicos. Y los sobre agudos flotan en el aire como campanas de oro y plata.

[@magnusjonsson1316]

Not a Sutherland fan but this is really really beutiful singing. Although I think she lacked the artistery troughout her career. She did not have the charsima of Callas,Gencer,Ponselle,Muzio etc

[@JoanSutherlandFan]

I dare to say that Joan wasn't had the 'diva behavior', even being a prima donna she doesn't acted as one, this doesn't mean she don't had met, dinner, or been with famous, high societies or great personalities... Once she said that preferred to go to the work by taxis, than go by a Rolls Royce (she lived a simple life, although her famous) ;)

[@Hako2004]

Whatever else you say about Dame Joan, her singing, at it's peak, was astonishing and supernaturally beautiful...without peer.

[@jamesracioppi2574]

wrong. Artistry, charisma and acting ability in spades. She was not acting here. It was on the Ed Sullivan show In performance she was the only Lucia that seemed actually mad. The rest merely sound troubled. Ponselle, great also.

[@machovoce6826]

Spoken like a real YT scholar.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Agreed.