Dame Joan Sutherland Gloriously delivers Maria Stuarda's Arias up to D6 

I was fortunate enough to hear Joan Sutherland in this wonderful opera march 1977 in Amsterdam with Huguette Tourangeau. Absolute magic. ❤

We have Richard Bonynge to thank for surreptitiously inching Dame Joan's voice up from mezzo to soprano. What we would have missed! Thank you for this glorious recording, Lohengrin O.❤

That pianissimo.... ❤

A matter of taste but for me Sills is unsurpassed in the Donizetti’s queens. Sutherland, Caballè, Gruberova and Radvanovski are all great of course.

Brava!

Ήταν ένας από τούς πιο χαρακτηριστικούς της ρόλους, αν δεν κάνω λάθος. Μεγάλη δραματική κολορατούρα, πολύ μεγάλη. Ευχαριστώ, φίλε μου. ΥΓ: Ποιος είναι ο βαρύτονος; Έχασα πια την ικανότητα ν' αναγνωρίζω τις φωνές 😞

Grazie Theo❤ Bella aria

Non si capisce una parola..

Although the diction is as mushy as ever (she could be singing of potatoes and gravy), the voice is as glorious as ever! Brava Joanie!

¿Tengo un día benevolente o no estaba tan desastrosa como de costumbre en el fraseo? Todo lo demás, impresionante.