Joan Sutherland "Prendi per me sei libero...Nel dolce incanto..."

This is such well known Sutherland-Pavarotti recording of L`Elisir d`Amore. I have never heard anyone singing the final Adina`s aria in this way. The "Nel dolce incanto" firework is unique.

[@eleanorkhachadourian2519]

Joan Sutherland, in my very humble opinion, has never had an equal. It may be a very long time indeed before we ever hear a voice like this one again. For me, she was the best. Clear and powerful, La Stupenda indeed. I could go on, but I think you get the idea!

[@TheRicharddeacon123]

I agree. There will be no-one else in my lifetime. I won't go on, but she totally changed my life forever.

[@58silviamaria]

AMAZING 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Hako2004]

Her voice was rich in the middle, bell-like at the top, and warm and earthy down low...with substance. The sound was limpid, sonorous, radiant, but most unique in the joyous feeling that came out in lively tunes. Thank you aragall77.

[@chuandreanton]

If she sings this on stage, the opera has to end here I bet with a forever-lasting applause

[@meltzerboy]

Joan Sutherland was the greatest dramatic coloratura soprano of my lifetime, bar none, and I am so fortunate to have seen her live on stage many times throughout her career.

[@timsuffolk]

I don't think there is anyone before or since who could sing like this, I think she was unmatched for sheer vocal wizardry

[@TheRicharddeacon123]

No-one can replace her. The timbre, size of voice and trill. Oh well.

[@TheVaughan5]

@petelovesbevsills Only problem there is that there never has been and probably never will be another soprano who can overcome the technical difficulties of this music with such ease as Joan Sutherland was able to, simply, a totally unique talent!

[@MargaretMagor81g]

Her voice is one of the great Wonders of the World of Music.

[@giambattistaarameoarmell7822]

Terrific singing level. Without words

[@terrance7220]

Her free soaring upper register is everything!

[@dollartwenty]

Simply marvellous. Brava La Stupenda. Or as we might say here in Australia. Onya Joan, nice one!

[@petelovesbevsills]

Will all the" ho deee hum wanna be soprano's " out there please take note that THIS is how one sings coloratura arias and nothing less is acceptable!Thank you and Brava Joanie, stupendous!!!!!!!

[@Dadacomero]

oh, my, dear, god this is pure heaven! l love her lower tessitura coloratura , her voice sound sooo damn big and warm

[@SR-jx8yu]

Perfection .... I wish I could have been able to see her sing live.... what a loss to the world

[@roberthadley2369]

My god - what a star. Incredible vocal control, range and delivery. Incomparable!! Where are the modern comparatives - there are none!!

[@bellini7verdi]

NO EXISTEN.................

[@shahabispahani3273]

Truly said!

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Spectacular vocal acrobatics is right! She was something out of this world!

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

The unmistakable voice of the incomparable Joan Sutherland.

[@Cuteo05]

THIS IS PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alangregory9229]

As "Assoluta's go...(whatever they are mate!!)......JOAN IS IN THE FIRST RANK!!!.......Never will we hear this like again...and I am a firm "Maria" disciple in everything but this repertoire!!!...Lets face it Joan "wipes the floor" with anyone who even dares set themselves up against her, in this repertoire and yes, I'm including Dessay, Gruberova, Damrau,l Deutekom...or anyone you would care to name........PHENOMENAL!!....XXX

[@tjw2469]

some names you mentioned should not even be mentioned

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Alan Gregory I agree with you 100%!

[@65attila]

Joan is one of the GREAT ONES and dear to my heart. I can cry listening to the touching aria proper and the unbelievable cabaletta.

[@chrisryan9071]

Oh, sooo indeed can I ...

[@Richiesutherland]

So well-said, Hako! She almost sang Adina on her Australian tour. She studied it, but was singing Lucia, Amina, Semiramide, Violetta and Marguerite, sometimes three or four times a week! So she gave up the Adinas to Elizabeth Harwood. What we would give to have heard her live in this role. The cabaletta is not Donizetti's, of course. but is by Charles de Beriot, Maria Malibran's husband, who wrote this piece for her, although I doubt it was in this key!

[@raphaelpisano5462]

Indeed, Malibran had this insertion aria composed for her by her husband Charles de Bériot, called “Nel dolce incanto”

[@alexcreon7197]

STUPENDA!!!

[@Mimi-ey5ej]

Not to be repeated for 100 years! Maybe never.

[@Mimi-ey5ej]

And those trills, from another world, Caffarelli maybe?

[@GeorgesBouissou-x5b]

Tout à fait exceptionnel

[@stezstezic4450]

What glorious singing.

[@MadonnaImperia]

That is a mistake. Both Joan Sutherland's autobiography and the chronology in the special edition of the double disc "Joan Sutherland - The Voice of the Century" states 1970 as the year of recording.

[@bellini7verdi]

OLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE......................ESTA MAGIA..............A LA HORA DE CANTAR................TODO UN ORGASMO AUDITIVO..............CON UN JUEGO VOCAL.PRECIOSO.....LLENO DE FUERZA BRUTAL...............

[@kulalakyoko]

4;39~ I didn't know that She sang with high key! What version is this?? beautiful..

[@ian.marais1202]

Oh heavens this is heaven. She was an angel straight out of heaven. She was a miracle. It is so beautiful, one can't help crying for a talent as brilliant as Ms Sutherland. With Maria Callas, Annal N 6:27 6:28 etrebko and Joan Sutherland more beautiful we will not hear soon again.

[@MadonnaImperia]

I think it's interesting to get a chance to hear it.

[@gvbrandolini]

Brava.

[@petelovesbevsills]

@TheVaughan5 I agree and I am also amazed that the paying audiences today accept mediocrity as the current standard without questioning WHY none of the current teapot singers are incapable of "delivering the goods"

[@bellini7verdi]

ESTA CLARISIMO QUE ESTA MUJER DISFRUTABA CANTANDO.............................................Y ESO ES EL MAYOR REGALO..................DEL MUNDO....................POR SUPUESTO QUE EL UNIVERSO LE DIO EL DON...........PERO ELLA.LO SUPO DISFRUTAR...............Y ESO LO TRANSMITE........TOTALMENTE HASTA DEJARTE .......SIN RESPIRACION..............Y COMO SI MIENTRAS LA ESCUCHA........TE VES SUMERGIDO EN UN MUNDO DE ENSUEÑO.........................EN UN MUNDO RARO............ESTO ES EL MEJOR DE LOS REGALOS................

[@mikeleball]

JOAN TI AMO

[@Hako2004]

That's good to hear, I had been wondering.

[@bellini7verdi]

abssoluta...................y encima maravillosa.......................diga lo que diga alguien..............la estrella total.............del mundo .....en el mundo....................asi porque ella lo quizo cantar .....para que nosotros oyeramos...........el sonido del universo...................el universo grandioso............que contiene su voz.........imponente............y ante la cual no queda sino que arrodillarse...................por lo menos una ves en la vida.............y esta es una razon...........merecidamente..................hincar.las rodilllas ante ella no es mas que reconocer.las maravillas de la grandeza de un ser humano en concreto................y esa era ella................alguien......que tenia el don de los dones................el de saber transmitir....un huracan de sensaciones..................es una pasada,..........................

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

The cabaletta is composed by Maria Malibran. It definitely makes a nice paring with this

[@bellini7verdi]

DE TODAS FORMAS 1971..............ES UNA EDAD JOVEN.PARA ELLA..DONDE INTERPRETO LOS MEJORES PAPELES DE SU VIDA...UNA VES DESARROLLADA SU VOZ...TAN SOLO TENIA QUE CANTAR............A TODO RITMO OPERISTICO.....CON TODA LA REALEZA DE SU APRENDIZAJE.............QUE LA HIZO SER LA MAYOR INTERPRETE HUMANA VOCAL DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS................

[@bellini7verdi]

esa aria completa la quiero oir por callas.............o por freni...o por sills................o por la gruveroba.............o por cualquier otra..........de cualquier epoca...............a pesar de que muchos criticos......dijeron que sutherland.la canto muy tarde.........asi y todo......es la hostia................en vinagre......................la sutherland....................borda.........................las demas.....a lo mejor pueden coser.................el hilo.pero bordar..............y hacer un tapiz................solo lo podia hacer la grandisima joan sutherland.-.....................

[@65attila]

aragall77 Thank you for the post of this magnificent singing. If possible could you please post the "Waltz Song" from Offenbach's "Robinson Crusoe". I have it on the magnificent 2 LP set "French Opera Arias" Thank you and regards-John

[@xavieralberto1176]

65attila iii

[@spg21336]

ADINA. Prendi, per me sei libero, resta nel suol natìo. Non v'ha destin si rio che non si cangi un dì. Qui dove tutti t'amano, saggio, amoroso, onesto: sempre scontento e mesto, non sarai così. Il mio rigor dimentica, ti giuro eterno amor. Nel dolce incanto, ah! qual momento, rapir mi sento d'ebrezza il cor. In te soltanto rapita è l'alma, respira il cor. Ah! Pria che al giubilo soccomba il core, al petto stringimi, sgombra il timore. Immenso è l'estasi del mio piacer!

[@MadonnaImperia]

This was recorded in 1970.

[@theblueangel28]

holy

[@aragall77]

Thank you very much for information. I hope she will keep well. I have always had on my mind to talk to her :-) Though doesn`t she know everything we would like to say her?

[@xavieralberto1176]

aragall77 ii

[@sutherland9]

Does anyone know if Miss Sutherland sang this cabaletta by Charles de Beriot in her live performances of L'Elisir d'Amore? I know she sang in L'Elisir d'Amore with Luciano Pavarotti during the historic Australia tour in 1965

[@highbaritone]

sutherland9 she never sang this live. What a voice

[@machovoce6826]

Alas, this was a role she never etched on stage.

[@MegaPrincessbear]

@tklogan111809 With all due respect, I think this cabaletta is far superior to the original. Donizetti is all about the virtuosity of the singer. When people go to any bel canto opera, they're looking to hear some vocal pyrotechnics with some over the top melodrama. Tell me you don't get goosebumps listening to the last minute and a half of this recording. Bitch trills on a high b-flat for what seems like hours, and manages to finish the phrase without taking a breath. La stu-freakin-penda!

[@herrbrucvald6376]

Actually, there are operas, scenes, and even arias by Donizetti that lack all vocal ornamentation. Just one example, "Maria de Rudenz" has very little vocal ornament, as the titular role is for a kind of lyric-dramatic soprano. Bel canto is much more than just fioritura.

[@bellini7verdi]

yo jamas he oido una voz asi...ni de cerca.........................ni de joven ni de mayor...............me refiero a la cantante........y en cuanto a mi como que tambien......................ni de joven ni de mayor..y estoy todabia a la espera de que salga una super soprano como ella capaz de cantar como ...ella lo podia hacer.......y esto es el reto que pongo...................y si lo hace mejor eso es ya ......una demostracion .....mas dificil todabia................

[@raphaelpisano5462]

You can find it on Bartoli's album "Maria" but without the reprise and of course the final high E flat is omitted.

[@Tkimba2]

Raphaël Pisano Bartoli s awful tho

[@hoanganhnguyen4826]

Please used head phone, omg...

[@mujerado]

On the screen it says 1971.

[@ChrisStockslager]

@tklogan111809 Has anyone recorded the cabaletta besides Joan?

[@MegaPrincessbear]

Do you take issue with my use of the vernacular?

[@aragall77]

Is she recovering at home or at the hospital?

[@MadonnaImperia]

@gaetanopat Richard Bonynge, il marito della Sutherland.

[@fernandopinheirobb]

ADINA "Prendi per me sei libero", ária de Adina, da ópera L' Elisir d'amore, de Donizetti, vemos uma situação De casal em que na obrigação dele, ela o desonera De sair da terra natal para viver com ela, de coração. Ela lhe revela que todos daqui lhe amam, sabendo Que ele é sábio, amoroso e honesto, em conclusão, Ela afirma: sempre descontente e triste, não vendo Nele nenhuma possibilidade dele ficar em desunião. É uma situação que ocorre com bastante frequência Pelas vicissitudes da vida: trabalho, família e emprego. A compreensão é necessária para haver a prudência. Os namorados separados, fisicamente, não quer dizer Que a separação exista no plano mental. Isto eu prego: Os liames afetivos são vínculos eternos, no bendizer. (*) (*) FERNANDO PINHEIRO, presidente da Academia de Letras dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil. - ADINA (poesia), de Fernando Pinheiro. - in O mundo de Morfeu, de Fernando Pinheiro.

[@bellini7verdi]

y eso que algunos criticos dijeron...canto esta opera demasiado tarde........pues toma eso....para que desayunen por las mañanas.....tela.....si la llega a cantar mas joven......se quedan sin desayunar......

[@docudoc100]

Mmm... I think this is based on the cabaletta that Malibran used to sing.

[@jocmuc]

not really an assoluta but greatest belcanto-primadonna ever

[@bellini7verdi]

REPITO.................SI LA CANTA MAS JOVEN.SE QUEDAN SIN DESAYUNAR......................................PUES YO CON ESTA ARIA.................NI DESAYUNO.NI COMO NI CENO.........................TAN SOLO ME ALIMENTO DE SU SONIDO.....................SI DE MAS JOVEN ESCUCHO ESTO..............ME HAGO EL SUICIDIO JAPONES...........PERO SEAMOS.REALISTAS..LA VOZ DE SUTHERLAND.CRECIO.......Y MEJORO...CON LA MADUREZ.EN CUANTO A SOBERBIA...........Y PODERIO...........PERO LOS HARMONICOS JUVENILES.......MARAVILLOSOS.AUNQUE INEXPERTOS.......NO POR ELLO MENOS LLENOS DE GLORIA..................ERAN LA HOSTIA...............PERO LA HOSTIA DE LA VOZ MADURA Y UN POCO MAS OSCURA.LA HIZO....MAS GRUESA......ATRACTIVA............FANTASTICA...............LLAMATIVA.................DE UN PODERIOS SOBRENATURAL............CON UNA FUERZA EXAGERADA.....HARMONICA Y PRECIOSA..................TAMBIEN TENEMOS QUE COMENTAR EL DETALLE.DE QUE CUANDO SUTHERLAND.....Y CALLAS.DESTACARON.POR MERITOS PROPIOS........LA ESTEREOFONIA ESTA EN SUS INICIOS.................Y A LO MEJOR NO CAPTAMOS LAS GRANDEZAS REALES DE AQUELLOS TIEMPOS.PERO PARA ALGUIEN QUE TENGA UN BUEN SENTIDO DE LA REALIDAD.....ESTA CLARO QUE LO QUE SE HIZO SE HIZO...Y JAMAS SERA REPETIDO......................

[@mujerado]

"Bitch"? Really?

[@bellini7verdi]

no era humana....................efectivamente...........................jijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijiji

[@tklogan111809]

this cabaletta, which Donizetti never wrote, doesn't belong at all in a recording of Elisir. It's a Viennese waltz that has nothing to do with the rest of score and destroys the touching confession of Adina's love for Nemorino we just witnessed. Dame Joan does a phenomenal job, of course but I wished Bonynge had left it out.

[@12341234W1]

Astroboy, I agree 100%I never heard their recording of Elisir, if she sang thisright after the aria Prendi you are right, if so, this is why Callas said that they put her work a hundred years backward.If they did it as an extra after the opera was finished as bonus it would be allright. The cabaletta is spectaculair sung, that is true.

[@josephhapp9]

Who cares, just enjoy this voice.

[@jondavwal13]

I would go one step further. It’s amazingly sung but nobody should ever sing it ever. It’s horrible. Sounds like it was written by a 12-year old composing student.

[@whatever4929]

Has any other soprano recorded this aria or sung it live?