Superb singing and vocal acting by the incredible JOAN Joan age 56 vocally and dramatically superb. I would have loved to heave heard in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut". For a cold;-) singer she has me near tears with her dramatic sense. The voice is so warm even and pours out like lava. Thank your for this great post, -John.
Arguably the greatest coloratura in the history of opera, she pulls of this spinto role ravishingly. Although I think Freni wears the crown for this role, Sutherland astonishes! Brava, La Stupenda.!
Freni was a pushed, wobbly lyric when she recorded this role, there is no comparison, neither to Sutherland nor Tebaldi, who recorded this role very well.
Sutherland is one of my favourites for this role! Absolutely wonderful and sung with a very clear voice. The audio quality is also very good, I enjoy the video with all the pictures of Joan. Very nice. ^^
@sutherlandfan64 I also remember her saying that she loved singing it because it was so different from what she had sung before (in an old VHS tape called La Stupenda).
@bellini7verdi durante muchos años tambien fue mi grabación preferida. Tiene una intensidad que otras no. todavía , hoy , me emociona hasta las lágrimas escucharla
ESTA GRABACION......ME HACIA SENTIR ....LAS PAREDES DE UN CONVENTO......LOS MUROS DE LA SOLEDAD LLENA DE RECUERDOS Y DOLOR......LA PAZ DEL MONACATO...LA CONEXION CON LA POSIBLE DEIDAD.....EL DESEO DE SENTIR LA PAZ.......EL GRITO DEL DOLOR POR ENCIMA DEL DESEO...........FANTASTICO.........
I never knew Sutherland sang Angelica once onstage. She obviously has a rather obscure knack for the spinto repertoire, as evidenced by her recordings as Angelica, Leonora, Elvira, even the dramatic Turandot. Sutherland even studied the dramatic soprano roles as a student, in the hopes of becoming the next Flagstad; but when Bonynge discovered her high range he encouraged her to do more coloratura work. Who knows what could've been?
Thanks very much for your comment. In fact, she did sing this role on the stage, in 1976, and the critiques said she was even more dramatic and moving than in the recording that was to follow a few years later. She herself confirmed that the recording studio was less propicious an environment for her to inhabit the role and be as dramatic as she'd been in the opera house. Still, a great and unique rendition all the same, I think.
The picture at 8:25 - is that from the Dallas production of La traviata by Zeffirelli? Interesting to read Menuhin's letter, complimenting Sutherland on her performance of Giulio Cesare.
SUOR ANGELICA Ao entardecer no convento, o sino toca na hora da Ave-Maria, Dentro da capela, as freiras estão cantando em coro. Na saída, A Irmã Monitora instrui suas confreiras as preces em harmonia. Suor Angelica dedica-se ao cultivo de ervas. Esqueceu a caída, No conceito mundano da época, por ter concebido um filho Sem estar casada. Hoje, em dia, não há mais o filho ilegítimo, Faz um unguento e dá a confreira que está doente, sem brilho No rosto, sabendo que todos buscam ter o direito legítimo De ser feliz, sem necessidade de colocar a água fria em cima Da sepultura da confreira que morreu no convento. Ao vento, Ela disse: quem morreu não tem a sede, tem Deus na estima. Tendo convivido com as irmãs do convento a vida abastecida De muitas preces, louvores e recreações no pátio do convento, O céu que vivenciou em vida, sente-se a Deus agradecida. (*) (*) FERNANDO PINHEIRO, presidente da Academia de Letras dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil. - SUOR ANGELICA (poesia), de Fernando Pinheiro. - in O mundo de Morfeu, de Fernando Pinheiro.
