Joan Sutherland -sempre libera (verdi- la traviata)

magnifica interpretación de esta celebre soprano, se una area de opera muy complicada

[@teinelona7]

Cracks me up in her autobiography video how she says you just need to take a deep breath and "sing", the sounds will come. No ma'am, you're just incomparable.

[@Tkimba2]

Well... She is kinda right.

[@jimbuxton2187]

@@Tkimba2 .... she didn't say WHAT sounds will come....however...

[@Antonio-qm3bi]

@@jimbuxton2187 hahahah right!

[@omarmoscoso1683]

You´re right!!! I couldn´t agree more!!!

[@summermcpherson8209]

This is my favorite performance she's done. She's incredible!

[@jttomohiro]

Man.. I can really understand every note!! Never heard all those coloratura Notes so precisely!!

[@alansparx3127]

Hope the libretto enthuses you also. Verdi the master :)

[@JazzyFreathy]

There's a reason I keep coming back to Dame Joan - she is just wonderful. Wonderful. I adore this woman.

[@carloszenon4562]

I agree

[@mariaeugeniaaraquecuberos8921]

The first time I listened to her... I told my sister that I had lost my musical virginity!

[@carloszenon4562]

lol

[@fernandoericssonariasmonte216]

Definitivamente una Diosa de la voz soprano que hermoso es escuchar su voz

[@TravisTHall]

I don't know if I will ever like anyone else singing this more than I do Joan!

[@shinjikomoda3857]

Travis Hall, try Edda Moser. 😊

[@TravisTHall]

@@shinjikomoda3857 She has an amazinggg instrument! I'll go and check it out.

[@megalomaniacko1]

LA STUPENDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@shihabwaleed3891]

Powerful stocattos.. she's is superhuman.. effortless.. great Dame Joan

[@simonkawasaki4229]

Wonderful performance. I think I am now discovering the true power of Sutherland and her glorious voice.

[@maurogranapadano3927]

La mejor voz del Belcanto!!! Insuperable!!!

[@bigal05171957]

What a gift to sing so beautifully SUTHERLAND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

[@marcmitchel25]

This aria reminds me of another voice I adore - Moffo. Great Lucia, Mimi, Butterfly and Violetta. And in her prime exquisite to see.

[@shihabwaleed8938]

La stupenda! Super coloratura! Dame Joan

[@joshuamcpherson007]

The greatest voice of the last century. Her instrument had no equal.

[@giociak99]

CALLAS? TEBALDI ?...

[@joshuamcpherson007]

@@giociak99 Of course Maria and Renata were great...they are legendary singers...for a reason. Sutherland thought Callas was incredible, and Renata was her dearest operatic friend. That said, Sutherland could do things with her instrument the others could not do, or she did them more perfectly. Franco Zeffirelli, fresh from working with Callas, was astonished the first time he heard Sutherland at the piano. As he put it "this women was producing sounds and tones I have never heard from a human being before". Pavarotti said "Joan Sutherland had, certainly, the greatest singing voice of the last century". Pavarotti heard the great voices of the 50's 60's and beyond, and worked with many. Both men were there. They heard these voices live, not on recordings.

[@giociak99]

@joshuamcpherson007Toscanini defined the Pesaro soprano Renata as an "angel's voice". Toscanini, one of the greatest orchestra conductors of all time, also said: "Tebaldi's voice is heavenly, it is one of those voices that enter your soul, which go straight to your heart; she is a pure, clear, luminous voice. When Tebaldi sings, everything is serene, the sun shines… it seems that the scent of spring is emanating from her» . they talk about Mary Leonard Bernstein: "...because she was - without a doubt - the greatest dramatic singer of our time. Franco Corelli: "She was born to sing and to be on stage. Music and her voice entered the heart, she produced melody. She had life inside her, inside her voice Montale, Nobel Prize 75, wrote When Maria will no longer sing, she will leave a legend behind her”. many years after her death she is alive

[@joshuamcpherson007]

@@giociak99 I would agree with those sentiments. Maria was the greatest dramatic singer of the last century...a singing actress. Shirley Verret was called "the black Callas" because she emotes so powerfully through her characters too. I love Verrett very much. Toscanini never heard Sutherland, so we have no idea what his thoughts would have been. Tebaldi had a unique timbre, with a dark/light quality and regal delivery. I have only seen Sutherland blow kisses from the stage once following a performance...and those kisses were directed at Renata in the audience in Venice. Tebaldi thought Sutherland's voice was a natural marvel. They were great friends.

[@schneevongestern9898]

vocally nobody surpassed sutherland. the amount of glory and triumph she was able to put into sound was unique. dramatically and expressively there were quite a few who surpassed her. that is common knowledge. but vocally she reigns on a throne nobody can touch. of course there are many others i like just as much as sutherland. but not for the exact same reason. i like no singer for the exact same reason as any other. callas, tebaldi, schwarzkopf, flagstadt, fleming, janowitz, deutekom, moser. none could replace the other at their game. and also callas had flaws. severe ones even. her belcanto technique was stellar. sadly she screamed her voice to shards in no time singing stuff way too heavy way too early. she sang isolde, brünnhilde, turandot, aida, all well before she turned 30. ridiculous. she severely overused and overpushed her dramatic capabilities. which she had. certainly. but in her core she was a coloratura singer. not a dramatic singer. nobody will change my mind about that. the proof is in the records. it is obvious what happened to her voice. what she was able to do until the very early 50s is miraculous. but she payed a bitter price for it. and i also stick to my opinion that sutherland had the greatest singing voice of the recorded age. not the best diction, not the most vibrant drama or expression. but her sound was just beyond. and she had it naturally. the longevity of her voice is proof enough. and in her final singing decade she certainly would have been able to pull off isolde or brünnhilde. with the right coach. her voice always was enormous. but in her later years it lost its brilliance and youth, but gained a lot of size and weight. anyhow, in the end i just enjoy listening to all kinds of stuff and all opinions do not matter.

[@moffiekop]

Wow. This woman was amazing.

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

Sublime! The one and only Joan Sutherland.

[@mishtsheki7973]

Damn herbreathing,pitching are on point and effortless i wish all this singers could learn that about her

[@Tkimba2]

We all do... But ain't gonna happen

[@sofiaasghari1549]

Super!!! I am a fan of Joan Sutherland!!

[@GloriaJanvier]

So wonderful! Amazing and fabulous! La Stupenda.

[@carloszenon4562]

an incredible talent ...a voice to be reckoned with

[@debbiewoodburn6786]

La Stupenda! Glorious!

[@silverkitty2503]

I just want to say something. Joan Sutherland has always been my favorite. From a young girl. But we shouldn't compare ourselves to her. She was amazing technically naturally for sure. But well her husband who was her coach let her away with a lot ...she admitted languages were not her thing ..and she knew her diction was bad this was partly to do with issues with her teeth and sinuses ..but also because she sacrificed diction for sound. I remember her given a lesson to a soprano and saying she got away with it ...but you can't hold your face in a perma smile masking etc ..like a mouth full of marbles today. Diction takes from sound ...teachers today would never let you away with this...getting sound is one thing ..getting sound around diction ..another. Singing through italian ..is harder than speaking italian! Honestly tho..this sound was so so so worth it.

[@photo161]

...Spectacular...

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

2:36 she's such a songbird.

[@summermcpherson8209]

Lissandra Freljord it's the best part of the performance! That and the E flat!

[@john958]

She always said that for her, it was a balance between trying to achieve a creamy legato and enunciating every syllable. When she first started singing, she sounded very Germanic in style; not right for bel canto. So her husband Richard Bonynge spent time coaching her on the bel canto repertoire, and thus she eventually mastered the silken legato . However, Dame Joan said that was the cause of all the “mushy diction” complaints from critics, as for her it was quite difficult to enunciate, particularly in the upper register. As she was a woman who was not a native speaker of a Romance language, I understand how she would not be able to recite the words the same was as Pavarotti, obviously a native Italian. And really, I am here for her vocal abilities, not her ability to speak Italian. She makes the hairs on my arm stand up every time she hits a high Eb or E!

[@alansparx3127]

Informative. Your passion for music is evident. Thanks

[@violinovoce]

Yes, we know she sacrificed diction for sound. That was in 1961 and was a conscious decision. I don't really think it was necessary. She never sounded 'Germanic" to me; just listen to her 1959 EMI Don Giovanni or astounding Decca 1960 set 'Art of the Prima Donna'. In this 'Sempre libera', we get fine diction as well as the amazing voice. When was this done?

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

After all that amazing super - human singing.....some guy below criticizes her ITALIAN? Lord..........

[@Light-qi8ol]

Some people makes an effort to express themselves tardily.

[@lolo00265]

She was one of the best Opera singers of the 20th Century. I've never heard such a powerful, clear, drilling voice. However, her Italian pronunciation is quite disappointing. I cannot take in what she says although I'm an Italian native speaker.

[@cadoh8143]

She was the best!!!!Fantastic singing.

[@mladenjadric8215]

george prentice

[@puppetoz]

You've got to be kidding

[@bellini7verdi]

la voz mas poderosa y hermosa de toda la historia del canto humano.......................................

[@ginadelpilarn.torres3064]

Maravillosa 🙌!!!!

[@wotan10950]

I’m very lucky that I saw her onstage in every role she sang in New York from 1973 onwards. And also recitals in Brooklyn and Buffalo, of all places.

[@luispm8631]

Simplemente BRAVO

[@danielrodriguez9630]

Una voz para la historia...

[@yak965]

Unbelievable !!!

[@grzegorzpieniek6422]

WOW!!! perfect!

[@lr8845]

I feel born in this new age misses out the opportunity to listen to these all times greatest in person. What a pity. Young ones are good but only in their generations.

[@manonscate69]

Puffff BRUTAL!!!

[@tklogan111809]

Miraculous!!

[@Frigg567]

Increíble!!!

[@hectorhugomoyano9518]

EXCELENTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@2andretripicchio]

I wish my headphones go 10x louder and became deaf with this as my last song

[@clarktrent8952]

La Stupenda in action!

[@diegomr6969]

QEPD JOAN GRACIAS, SUPER-HUMANA .......

[@lusardi01]

La Stupenda.. rightly so magnificent singer...

[@MrKvarner]

Perfection!

[@renatosantoro3798]

Eccelsa, superba, di gran lunga superiore a tanti cosiddetti mostri sacri ♥️♥️♥️

[@MrGandharva108]

Super human. This is very hard to do.

[@silverkitty2503]

well its a little easier if your teacher will allow you to get away with poor diction .....they wouldn't allow this now...but it worked for her

[@mozartianissimo]

Inalcançável!

[@renepariente7675]

RenéPariente Magnifique ; quellles nuances et sensibilité

[@DonnaDurbano]

Maravillosaaaaaaaaa

[@gianlucabrunetti3214]

Grandissima 🥰

[@cristobaldelcarmen2968]

Para mi la mas grande de las sopranos de todos los tiempos.

[@ramelep]

She sings this the best for me!!!

[@jean-pierreseewald9072]

ramelep

[@jean-pierreseewald9072]

ramelep

[@summermcpherson8209]

ramelep she's truly one of the best!

[@simoduclos2014]

I discovered Joan reading " The performer" of Lars Kepler. Awesome that book

[@danielrodriguez9630]

Impresionante ...

[@riivabastet8853]

Ótima interpretação!!!!

[@nadideelmas6652]

Amazing🙏🌹♥️

[@LauperTribute]

Superb

[@bluebird3878]

감동감동 무한감동!!!!

[@talitasofijakomelj9730]

Amazing!!! Bravo!!!

[@mattd.c.7157]

La Stupenda sang as no other dramatic coloratura (I'm sure) before and certainly after her. She attempted and accomplished things with her voice other sopranos today dare not even attempt, as the demonstrated by the 12 staccato high C's at the end of this performance. Many also complained of her diction, but most of those complaints came from people who most likely did not even know the libretti! The greatness of her singing has yet to be matched!!!

[@user-rc3nn9uj6d]

Лучшая Виолетта которую я слышал!

[@giuseppegabriele4461]

QUALCUNO SI RICORDA DELLA DIVINA LUISA TETRAZZINI DELLA SUA TECNICA E DELLA SUA DIZIONE

[@Tkimba2]

No. E un motivo, ci sarà se è stata dimenticata.

[@giuseppegabriele4461]

@@Tkimba2 ADESSO L'HO CAPITO

[@dougbarker3019]

NON ME NE RICORDO.

[@ritapoli4817]

Fantastica

[@valentingautron6016]

La Maîtrise de la voix personnifiée.

[@manonscate69]

así es , totalmente literal

[@BRASILEIRAINDIGNADA]

Stupend

[@frankorantes4349]

Bravo,Bravo,Bravo, best Soprano ever.

[@dougbarker3019]

The definition of "sailing through" an aria.

[@vitorteixeira130]

Bravo

[@vectrexer]

Goose bumps! YUM!

[@shutuba2010]

The best Sempre Libera version. 👍👆👏

[@nicolasdelaforge7420]

when Joan sings, an atomic bomb could explode next to my house and I wouldn't notice...

[@shinjikomoda3857]

You literally wouldn’t notice ‘cause you’ll die right away. 🤣

[@silverkitty2503]

I FEEL THE SAME WAY!

[@emmetbenton]

yes ma'am

[@condessadesantar]

GOD BLESS your soul

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

W. O. W. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JoosOrbegozo]

La mejor violetta de todos los tiempos! ♥ que lastima que haya sido de otra epoca :S

[@andrewjosephdotson4309]

She's an angel!

[@maryclaremayo6157]

Weeping at the majesty

[@bellini7verdi]

una super voz dramatica..........y efectiva..................que otras jamas podran ni podrian tener.................

[@uj8348]

Don't judge a book by its cover! La Stupenda!

[@sannybunny614]

Best live sempre libera

[@josealfredoyr2530]

bravo carajo

❤

[@aysebaharedirne2543]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tresortshimbela7703]

Une voix d'ange !!!

[@RionPhotography]

Boom!

[@carloszenon4562]

A gift from God.

[@chocolatesouljah]

2:34 - 2:40 had me shook!

[@violinovoce]

Brilliant! And the diction is all there. What year was this done?

[@Zseb_1]

Bird!

[@costingeorgescu3314]

Callas The supreme Queen! of all Time

[@vellbariaofficial]

With Adele and Jessie J's height combined with her powerhouse voice, y'all have Dame Joan Sutherland

[@roximol9829]

Listen Virginia Zeani's Traviata!

[@fabiogoncalves5242]

YES AT LEAST A DAME TO SING THE LAST HIGH NOTE

[@Helber_Gui]

Uhullllllllll

[@enthusedtosing9655]

I'd personally do away with the gazillion high C-s near the end, but that's some impressive singing.

[@user-me8kr6mv5l]

My lovely gueen!!!! utube smile by john bavas

[@forsafemode]

Man... I just get surprised every time I hear this. What kind of a vocal cord is that?

[@timfincham3756]

The Covent Garden doctor said they were the strongest vocal chords he had ever seen! Even Renee Fleming thought she must have longer vocal chords than anyone else!

[@enternalmoonlight]

Wait the last note she sang, did she hit 2 notes at once, together like a harmony? Idk what its called.

[@jimbuxton2187]

She blew out the phone speaker... use head phones .

[@CS-kl5lt]

Well....she WAS Pavarotti's favorite That says a lot

[@schneevongestern9898]

i wonder what would happen if a student singer went into a masterclass with i dont know, joyce didonato or renee fleming, and sing this aria like joan does here. theoretically their jaws should drop and they should say "wow, i have nothing to offer to improve your singing". or would they still find something to work on when the omg its joan sutherland filter is gone?

[@theonedenny]

Joan was a vocal prodigy in the same way Whitney was

[@voilosapete4731]

whitney is a mosquito compared to joan

[@ignaciomedina9816]

i agree, whitney was in pop, what Joan was in Opera.

[@carlovalerio]

But Joan Sutherland knew how to sing and gave us flawless live performances, while Whitney was great in recordings but never matched them live.

[@carloszenon4562]

+carlovalerio false... Whitney live performances were extraordinary even better than her recordings at times.

[@crazyorganist1609]

Whitney was a flea compered to Sutherland