May 2018 be as playful and crazy as dame Joan Sutherland's Coloratura

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[@Homoclassicus]

Wow, all problems of the wold woul be solved if 2018 was even remotely similar to this batshit crazy but still totally effortless interpretation of Sutherland! lol Happy new year!

[@LohengrinO]

indeed... I wish this innocent happy coloratura could be the sign of our lives in 2018

[@octaviohernandez18]

One could only wish, but as we listen, let's dream our problems away, if only for a beautiful instance--we can hope, can't we?

[@ThomasDawkins88]

The ascending and then descending chromatic scale around 3:25 is absolutely NUTS. Of course she sings it (and the rest of the cadenza) as if there were nothing easier in the world.

[@BrunoACFernandes]

So much joy and sheer pleasure in one voice... That's why I love Dame Joan.

[@giorgiofiorenza6312]

This was one of the first arias i heard of Dame Joan Sutherland, it is very light and beautiful. Thank you Lohengrin for your great work and passion for this channel, i'm always amazed by your videos! Tanti auguri!

[@TheRicharddeacon123]

Aren't we lucky to have had both Sutherland and Callas and so many recordings. This studio recording of 1957 I think, makes me very teary. I can't believe the crispness of those trills, especially the last high one. It blows me away all the time.

[@ryan.engstrom]

Happy New Year Lohengrin O & fans! Your videos brought so much joy and light to an often dark year. But alas, we must trill on! Cheers m'dears!

[@octaviohernandez18]

She makes it sound so easy like child's play--obviously she is reslishing every minute and note. Merci, Lohengrin et Bonne anneé!

[@highbaritone]

The early Sutherland. Happy New Year to you and all who follow you. ❤️🇳🇿🇨🇦🇦🇺🇬🇧

[@mrslucibel]

Fabulous, thank you

[@PeteBMan]

Another glimpse of what should have been. Alas, we'll never hear this glorious voice as 'Linda' 😢

[@dvhanson1962]

So lovely! Thank you and have an outstanding New Year.

[@juanmorales569]

Lohengrin O , thank you for sharing your knowledge and your excellent taste. Salud y Prosperidad.

[@LohengrinO]

such a nice word: Prosperidad :D

[@lisbetlund7428]

Thank You! And a wery happy New Year for you!🌟

[@rakellcolotta3675]

Perfect❣️

[@manolis.799]

I absolutely LOVE that mezza voce scale at 3:28. Thank you for your videos! They are gems. Happy New Year!

[@leonaldobrum]

Dear "Lohengrin", may your fingers, eyes and ears never tire, may your good taste and love for soprano artistry never falter, may your Internet be forever fast and cheap and may the god of copyright never bother you. Happy New Year for all the years in your life and may it be very long!... Cheers!!!

[@LohengrinO]

ahahhahaha thank you... lets love the Music even more in the year that comes

[@PeterBrodie]

No self-interest there, is there Leonaldo Brum?😂 Love it!!

[@PeterBrodie]

Happy New Year, Lohengrin O! Thanks for this delightful gem to mark the occasion!

[@sirdicaudore]

Happy New Year!

[@highbaritone]

Listened again. Remembering a concert in 1976 in Seattle where she sang this along with many other arias including Ernani. When I saw her after she said “I think it’s time to retire”. She had sung magnificently the whole night with that big mature sound. Maybe it was just harder for her.

[@LohengrinO]

I more and more believe that the live Esclarmondes in early 70s damaged severely her voice because she sang them as Turandots but sung in that vocal mode Esclarmonde is x5 more difficult than Turandot.. I dont know how many times she sang it live that way... I have two live Esclarmonde in one she sings like there is no tomorrow (a la Callas) and in the second she tones it down (probably felt what she was doing was very damaging...)

[@highbaritone]

@@LohengrinO I worked with her when she was first learning it, before she fell in love with the music. She was fearful of it. Or at least that was the impression I got. It all made me more excited to see it. It was an amazing evening. I knew nothing of the music except it was heavily orchestrated and a huge sing for her. She did a concert in Vancouver a week after it ended and she sang the aria beautifully. Of course the audience knew nothing of it so it didn’t bring down the house, but I loved hearing it again. 👋❤️🙏🏼

[@BrunoACFernandes]

Happy new year!!!

[@aiya3130]

Lohengrin, I just have to say how much I love the titles of your videos.

[@mertuncensored]

Best New years post!

[@pammyjones1151]

Pretty..... Happy New Year Lohengrin and all who visit this site...

[@LohengrinO]

Happy new year..

[@aetion]

Να είσαι καλά, φίλε, και σού εύχομαι ΚΑΛΗ και ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ ΝΕΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ και προπαντός ΥΓΕΙΑ.

[@LohengrinO]

Επίσης.. ό,τι καλύτερο

[@sergiosanchezsanchez8712]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻♥️👍🏻Wonderful!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@alioffe4321]

3:15 WOW!!! and on the edge of her comfort zone, too (trill-wise) she is perfection!

[@LohengrinO]

the chromatic scales at 3:25 that Thomas mentions also are unbelievable

[@alioffe4321]

Yessss! The last minute of the recording should be taught at schools!! There is your masterclass...

[@LohengrinO]

yeah sure.. taught is the right word :D so that at the end of the class DiDonato would come up and say: If you cannot trill like Joan Sutherland, do not trill at all... Imbecile classes from Imbecile teachers for Imbecile students with Imbecile results :D

[@alioffe4321]

Lohengrin O who cares what didonato thinks! Soon she'll be history. We will be chanting sutherland's name for decades, though. Anyone can trill! I'm not suggesting it will turn out to be as good as those of sutherland's, though. Even sutherland's trills in the lower middle do not sound as good as the ones in the upper middle and upper registers. And she could not trill on the chest voice, too.

[@LohengrinO]

exactly.. and everybody should try to trill, better a not so accurate trill than omitting the trills or cutting off high notes... if you cannot sing a certain passage do not sing the role at all..

[@robertc2093]

What philistines can give this a thumbs down?

[@dankurth4232]

Who cares .. they’re just showing something … about themselves. And again who cares?

[@vxhorusxv]

STUNTS!

[@Paddy818]

Happy New Year!