For my 18th birthday my father gave me a ticket for her concert at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in 1962. She came back four times to the Netherlands, Lucia, Norma, Rodelinda and Maria Stuarda. I am 80 now and can't tell how privileged we were. We will never hear the like of her again.
Wow that must have been wonderful and that’s during her prime!!! I was born too late. I wish i could’ve listened to sutherland and callas live in their prime.
I heard the great Dame Joan, in person, 63 times. Totally spoiled, absolutely no soprano comes near her. She was truly GREAT. Forget the current crop of would be's if they could be's. Sorry, but the past was just soooo much better.
@@ЛюдмилаСевастополь-ы4у That is what everyone who met her says. The fame never changed her. A friend of mine was a book store manager in Holland and stood by Joan 's side as she signed copies of her book. He said she greeted everyone warmly like an old friend.
More than almost any other document of La Stupenda at her glorious vocal zenith, this Paris concert captures everything that made Joan supreme. The immense weight and scale of her tone, the ringing free spinning high extension, the perfect articulation, intonation, and scales, trills, turns, staccati, liquid creamy legato line. Truly an awe-inspiring vocal genius that will never be matched in her combination of qualities.
"Without Bonynge we would not have had the bel Canto Sutherland. It was thanks to him only , that she developed her fantastic coloratura technique." Thank you! I was thinking of this very point recently when I saw yet another disparaging UA-cam comment about Bonynge. Say what one will, but, indeed, without Richard Bonynge, we would not have had the 40+ years of glorious Sutherland that we did and I shutter to think how much poorer the world would have been. He fought Sutherland, her other teachers and Joan's mother to bring that glory to the world. Thank you, Rick! And thank you for uploading this concert!
A great trio of arias. The Gliere concerto has always been a favorite of mine, and Sutherland's singing of it is unparalleled. Thank you for sharing this! ^_^
Thanks and this is wonderful. BTW I don't think Bonynge had much to do with the development of Sutherland's coloratura technique per se. Before going to London she sang a lot of early music in Australia which requires coloratura abilities; Sutherland's mother's voice teacher was a student of Marchesi and that is what Sutherland was brought up on. What Bonynge did do of course was unlocked her upper register.
Absolutely, Richard was the driving force behind the extraordinary vocal abilities our Dear Dame Joan ultimately enthralled the world with. But whatever great things he persuaded her to accomplish, let's never forget, SHE ultimately had to produce those magnificent, totally unequalled, high coloratura acrobatics and notes.
I agree. It is all about the genius that was Joan Sutherland. However Joan needed to be convinced she could produce those sounds and that was Richard's vital role....to frankly, nag and trick her into trying to sing as she ultimately did. Otherwise, as someone else said, the world would have had a competent Wagnerian singer instead of the incomparable Dame Joan. Mum Sutherland and Joan herself, believed Joan was a mezzo!
For my 18th birthday my father gave me a ticket for her concert at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in 1962. She came back four times to the Netherlands, Lucia, Norma, Rodelinda and Maria Stuarda. I am 80 now and can't tell how privileged we were. We will never hear the like of her again.
Wow that must have been wonderful and that’s during her prime!!! I was born too late. I wish i could’ve listened to sutherland and callas live in their prime.
I have a question. Can her live voice fill the Metropolitan Opera？
@@子建李-i5p She had one of the biggest, well projected voices around; she could fill any opera house with glorious sound
I heard the great Dame Joan, in person, 63 times. Totally spoiled, absolutely no soprano comes near her. She was truly GREAT. Forget the current crop of would be's if they could be's. Sorry, but the past was just soooo much better.
I have a question. Can her live voice fill the Metropolitan Opera？
@sydneyr.cauveren7857 Lucky fellow! Greatness indeed. As for those of us not as fortunate, Thank God for recording equipment!
А она мне давала советы по вокалу. Она была чудесным человеком, доброй и открытой.
@@ЛюдмилаСевастополь-ы4у That is what everyone who met her says. The fame never changed her. A friend of mine was a book store manager in Holland and stood by Joan 's side as she signed copies of her book. He said she greeted everyone warmly like an old friend.
More than almost any other document of La Stupenda at her glorious vocal zenith, this Paris concert captures everything that made Joan supreme. The immense weight and scale of her tone, the ringing free spinning high extension, the perfect articulation, intonation, and scales, trills, turns, staccati, liquid creamy legato line. Truly an awe-inspiring vocal genius that will never be matched in her combination of qualities.
Well said
The most perfect tornami vagheggiar ever recorded
She was in GOD mode here! The concerto was out of this world!
"Without Bonynge we would not have had the bel Canto Sutherland. It was thanks to him only , that she developed her fantastic coloratura technique."
Thank you! I was thinking of this very point recently when I saw yet another disparaging UA-cam comment about Bonynge. Say what one will, but, indeed, without Richard Bonynge, we would not have had the 40+ years of glorious Sutherland that we did and I shutter to think how much poorer the world would have been. He fought Sutherland, her other teachers and Joan's mother to bring that glory to the world. Thank you, Rick! And thank you for uploading this concert!
Completamente verdadeiras as suas afirmações. Bravo Bonynge.
Thank you for the wonderful gift!
A nice start of the day. The most beautiful voice of J.S.
Utter perfection.
A great trio of arias. The Gliere concerto has always been a favorite of mine, and Sutherland's singing of it is unparalleled. Thank you for sharing this! ^_^
Stunning display!!! Legendary…
Thank you so much for posting this gem!!
Que raridade. Agradecemos muito. ❤
THANK YOU!!!!! Such a splendid concert, regardless of what 1966 French people think!
A lot of people thought the same about Bonynge at the time. He was roundly booed in Hamburg in 1971 after Sutherland imposed him to conduct Lucia.
Thanks and this is wonderful. BTW I don't think Bonynge had much to do with the development of Sutherland's coloratura technique per se. Before going to London she sang a lot of early music in Australia which requires coloratura abilities; Sutherland's mother's voice teacher was a student of Marchesi and that is what Sutherland was brought up on. What Bonynge did do of course was unlocked her upper register.
Absolutely, Richard was the driving force behind the extraordinary vocal abilities our Dear Dame Joan ultimately enthralled the world with. But whatever great things he persuaded her to accomplish, let's never forget, SHE ultimately had to produce those magnificent, totally unequalled, high coloratura acrobatics and notes.
I agree. It is all about the genius that was Joan Sutherland. However Joan needed to be convinced she could produce those sounds and that was Richard's vital role....to frankly, nag and trick her into trying to sing as she ultimately did. Otherwise, as someone else said, the world would have had a competent Wagnerian singer instead of the incomparable Dame Joan. Mum Sutherland and Joan herself, believed Joan was a mezzo!