Joan at the Proms 1960

Dame Joan sang at the proms each year from 1954-1957. Her last two appearances at the BBC Proms were on these two nights in 1960:
Monday 1 August, 1960
Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, Act 2
0:00 O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave [Mad scene]
London Symphony Orchestra, Basil Cameron
(Thanks to sutherland4l for this one! watch?v=ADJNFTRWEVY)
Saturday 13 August, 1960
George Frideric Handel: Alcina, Act 1 (HWV 34)
7:34 'Di, cor mio'
13:38 'Tornami a vagheggiar'
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1
18:35 'Regnava nel silenzio'
Charles Spinks harpsichord
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

[@eric644]

This is her absolutely best concert ever recorded. The voice is angelic and the ascents above C are truly stupendous.

[@Eiswirth1]

Interesting how in this recording the orchestra is, at times, barely audible, but her voice comes shining through. Simply the greatest soprano voice in recorded history.

[@RossiniSoprano]

This is slower than the recording I have. It gives her time to be VERY expressive.....just gorgeous!

[@Dadacomero]

Grandissima Maestra Dame Joan! sei la prima tra tutti

[@bellini7verdi]

LO SIENTO POR LAS CANTANTES ANTERIORES Y POSTERIORES........PERO ESTA VOZ......ESTA POR ENCIMA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS..........Y DE TODAS LAS INTENCIONES ARTISTICAS........ELLA ERA Y ES UNA SUPERDOTADA.....ANTE LA CUAL NINGUNA Y ALGUNA CANTA JAMAS PODRA ...HACER NADA MAS QUE PONERSE A LOS PIES DE LA GRAN MAESTRA DEL CANTO........ESTA MUJER MARAVILLOSA.........QUE NADIE JAMAS PODRA IGUALAR......

[@GloriaJanvier]

The unlabored agility in her voice is amazing!

[@Dadacomero]

it's amazing!

[@ajhiflyer]

Yes, it is!

[@-Tesla-Live_]

Oh to have been there!

[@barbaranorthwood]

Some of us were, if only listening to the live radio broadcasts. We felt that we were there and knew Miss Sutherland as she was then and recognised the beauty of the voice. Unsurprised at the later stupendous success. Thank you for the memory.

[@65attila]

What an incredible singer and singer/artist.

[@dollartwenty]

the regnava is unbelievably good!

[@bellini7verdi]

cada ves que cantaba..........era una oración............oración....suave.....oración....exultante.......oración....fulminante......oración guerrera..............oración humilde........oración sensitiva.......oración autentica......con carácter humano de locura..........para decirnos cuan débiles podemos ser...ante la belleza humana vocal.....que al mismo tiempo es belleza poética y anímica........................de cuan débiles podemos ser o estar en situaciones EMOCINALES DIFERENTES.................

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

The trolls ALONE should qualify her as the greatest singer ever recorded....maybe ever PERIOD!

[@bellini7verdi]

ESTE DOCUMENTO ES ALGO ....INENARRABLE EN LA HISTORIA DE LA MUSICA VOCAL.........YO SABIA QUE SALDRIA .......LA SUTHERLAND ...DESCONOCIDA......LA CONOCIDA YA ES GRANDIOSA Y SUBLIME PERO LO QUE NO CONOCEMOS ES SIMPLEMENTE....DE UNA BELLEZA....INCALCULABLE......LA GRAN DIOSA ALIENIGENA.....LA VOZ SUPREMA ......LA MEJOR INTERPRETE DEL UNIVERSO......LA VOZ..CON UN CAUDAL HUMANO Y EXTRASENSORIAL MAS ALLA DEL CANTO......

[@bellini7verdi]

ES UNA MUJER ESPECIAL............Y LO SEGUIRA SIENDO PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA MUSICA...Y DE LA VIDA DEL SER HUMANO..............................Y LOS ALIENIGENAS.....LE TIENEN MIEDO..................PUES ES EL EVEREST DEL CANTO HUMANO.......................UNA CARTA DE CREDITO UNIVERSAL.......MAS ALLA DE UNA PLACA DE ORO CON SIMBOLOS.....DE PLATINO Y DE DIAMANTES..................ELLA CANTA EN LA TIERRA.....................Y EL RESTO TENDRA QUE ESCUCHARLA ....HA LA FUERZA...PUES SUS ONDAS SONORAS CANTORAS YA ESTAN EN LA ATMOSFERA DEL UNIVERSO COMO GRANO QUE FLORECERA NUEVAMENTE.....................

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

Bravissima, la Stupenda!

[@emma41093]

Thanks for this - I'll listen later! Photos look lovely though. :)

[@ajhiflyer]

Oh, boy, what would the present day promenaders make of this, I wonder?

[@georgesbouissou1295]

Je pense, hélas, que Joan Sutherland restera bien longtemps sans héritière. Sa voix et sa technique étaient uniques !

[@carlomaria1989]

May I ask where you found the Sutherland-Bernstein photo?

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

TRILLS , rather

[@vettegaddia6234]

george prentice lol.

[@chrisryan9071]

The sound is terrible ... such a beat, a hum through the entire thing!

[@highbaritone]

Chris Ryan it’s an early old recording. I’d like to say more, but I won’t bother.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

@Chris Ok.....then don't listen I know, get your money back! 😎😎😎

[@josephhapp9]

It is still a miracle.

[@josephhapp9]

Despite technology.

[@johnpickford4222]

Chris Ryan: Exactly! You guessed why it was posted! What an a**. There are far worse sound examples in circulation but if you can’t, or won’t, appreciate JOAN SUTHERLAND, then why are you here. Or better, Why do you exist??