Having seen the wondrous Dame Joan in the Sydney Opera House in the 1980s when with the AO was an unforgettable piece of luck for this then young music lover.
She is singing it in the Italian translation she had performed at La Scala in 1962, so it has nothing to do with her diction or something, it just is not the usual version you are used to hear.
The singing is marvellous, but not one word could be distiguished. And opera is words AND music, not a river of beautiful sound effortlessly flowing, leaping, dancing. Thanks, all the same, for sharing this!
She is singing it in the Italian translation she had performed at La Scala in 1962, so it has nothing to do with her diction or something, it just is not the usual version you are used to hear in French. And, as as Romance speaker (Portuguese) with only passing knowledge of Italian, I can definitely get many words that she is singing here without even having at a look at a libretto: o lieto suol della Turena, fiore soave, presso a te vogl'io sognar, la terra il lago ripetono amor etc.
Simply amazing! To go straight from a humble interview to a studio TV recording (not ideal acoustics, to say the least!) and to still knock it out of the park? That’s our spectacular Dame Joan!
@@LohengrinO It’s wonderful going from complaining about theatrical productions one day and generally lamenting the state of the art to falling back in love with what opera is all about the next. Thank you, Lohengrin. Like the human voice at its highest artistic level, you and your channel not only bring joy, but hope.
I saw Dame Joan Sutherland live in Pittsburgh not long before she retired. She looked like the grand-mère du Régiment! Then she drew breath to sing and voilà! In an INSTANT she WAS la jeune Marie! Somehow the wrinkles disappeared, the voice was as young and fresh sounding as it was spectacular!
Plusieurs grandes sopranos ont chanté et chante Isabelle. Personnellement l'Isabelle de June Anderson de 1985 à Paris surpasse toutes les autres interprètes! L'homogénéité sur toute la tessiture et la puissance sont chez elle au sommet! Et quel style belcantiste solidement fondé sur une technique sans faille🤩 La performance de chanter avec ce costume incroyablement surchargé est déjà un exploit...quand en plus la voix est totalement adéquate au rôle, qui pourra faire mieux?
I swear, she looks like she's reading a recipe while walking around the kitchen to make sure that she has all of the ingredients. Is she even TRYING? Obviously there's a tremendous amount of work happening to make it so glorious, but it just doesn't show!
Is this the La Scala production from early 50s with DeSabata conducting? If so, an old friend of mine sang the role of the sailor who begins Act I: Luciano Della Pergola.
❤❤❤All the embodiments are so perfect and accurate that makes this a masterpiece..The DIVA is able to blend the higher technique with a stunning vocal beauty. The emotion and good taste in the last passage in which Callas intertwined pianissimi with the emotional incredible last fortissimi are a musical understanding and beauty out of this world. Definitively Callas was superhuman. I can"t match a performance of this caliber with whatever else...❤❤❤❤❤❤
A tutti quelli con la puzza sotto il naso che hanno tanto da ridire sulla voce della Suliotis (prima che si rovinasse definitivamente) voglio fare presente che la sua prima fan e grande ammiratrice era proprio Maria Callas, che riteneva avesse la Suliotis una voce molto più bella e affascinante della sua. Infatti se solo avesse avuto una tecnica più agguerrita e l'insegnante giusta sarebbe stata lei il più grande soprano drammatico del secolo. Da questo piccolo stralcio si intuisce cosa sarebbe potuta essere. Aveva lo squillo, la ricchezza di armonici, la possanza delle note gravi, gli acuti svettanti come saete. È vero è durata poco, ma nei momenti magici e quando era in voce ti fa accaponare la pelle, basta tutto questo per farla rientrare nella rosa di quei cantanti speciali che si elevano al di sopra degli altri.
I heard her live many times. What doesn't come through in recording is the resonance and over tones in her voice. That is true with large voices. I don't know if it's because of CDs.
Absolutely incredible Leonora to say the least. I remember hearing a concert recording of d'amor sull'ali rosee and hoping she would sing the Db and of course she sang it magnificently but the video is gone now :( would LOVE to hear it in a full performance as well as her act 1 double aria and trio
... indeed indeed... she is not a rough, badly technical, screamy soprano... she reminds me of Birgit personally... big sound with Crystalline surface and perfect intonation.. I wish they cast her as Gioconda
