Dame Joan Sutherland Marilyn Horne Bellini, Norma: Mira o Norma ai tuoi ginocchi...Si, fino all'ore estreme; Direttore: Richard Bonynge; Sydney Opera House - 1986
Marilyn was a very exquisite Adalgisa!! Joan was a fabulous Norma in this! Wow. It’s just so soothing to the ear. The intelligence of these two women in their musicality was just unforgettable!!
@@inboxmail2053 a) she is mezzo- what?, b) I don't like Tebaldi's voice, there are at least a dozen of sopranos that were better than her c) I express my personal opinion and don't need your censorship.
(a) If you are aware that Horne is a mezzo why did you comment "Two greatest sopranos of XX century"? (b) you may not like Tebaldi's voice but I am just as entitled as you are to state my opinion with being accused of trampling on your fragile sensitivities. That is what an adult debate entails.
@@inboxmail2053 The adults respect each other tastes and refrain from imposing their own likes and dislikes. That are intelligent adults. I find Tebaldi's voice dull and never could listen to opera with her till the end. But I won't tell this to Tebaldi's admirers. It is called tact.
My own sense of tact is clearly as finely honed as yours. I am far too polite to ever say to a Joanie fanboy that she is a mushy , trilly one trick pony and far too matronly sounding for much of the recordings her and her tepid conducting hubbie put out.
Due primedonne mondiali per un capolavoro di Bellini, questo duetto mi da una grande sensazione di perfezione ma la goduria è infinita, amo la musica del cigno Catanese non mi stanca mai in special modo la Norma
God bless this soul from HEAVEN, that posted this video. This person has no idea how much happiness he/she brought to people's lives!!! I'm eternally grateful!!!
Your comment was beautifully and eloquently expressed. And most of all so very true. In these very very difficult times that we are experiencing the world over, this remarkable video posting shows me that there is still beauty and with that beauty there is also hope for us all. The magnificent voices of Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne along with Richard Bonynge leading the truly wonderful orchestra has been gifted to us listeners by just posting and I like you I am eternally grateful. Thank you again for your comment. It inspired me to respond.
bravissime, fantastiche ma ... Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini hanno permesso che queste ed altre stupende voci potessero deliziarci... queste opere e queste arie sono immortali per noi e per le generazioni a venire... grazie al cielo questi musicisti sono esistiti ed hanno lasciato queste musiche sublimi...
Just sat and listened to these two wonderful singers. They both were always outstanding as soloists and together!!!! I have just been to Heaven and back. Outstanding, Clear Powerful Proper singers. Thank you
This version with these two stellar singers is wonderful. I really miss the days of the golden age of opera. When Dame Joan passed in 2010, it all ended. It's too bad that we don't have any singers of their talent any more.
Que quieren que les diga uno las escucha cantar y parece que fueron hechas una para la otra nunca escuche voces que se combinaran tan bien. BRAVISSIMAS.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I recall watching this concert live as it was broadcast on ABC TV in Australia. This was at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. It was wonderful. The colour and warmth in Hornes voice contrasts beautifully with the coloratura of Joan’s.
Fantastche ! Ma la Sutherland con quel timbro di voce e con quegli armonici è qualcosa di sublime ...l 'emozione blocca il respiro...non credo che mai sarà superata!
Their blend of voices really is a marriage made in Heaven above... they sound so smooth in this fabulous piece by Bellini. Thank you so much for posting this delight for the senses. It is truly sublime 🌺
It's just stunning how Horne and, particularly, Sutherland (more than 7 years her senior) in the twillight of their careers could pull off singing of this magnificent quality and musicianship of such amazing taste supported by great techniques that allowed them to really enact their musical ideas and vocal purposes almost as perfectly as you could expect from any young great soprano and mezzo in their prime. This is, surprisingly, a veritable reference in how this scene should be sung, I don't even have to cut them some slack for their age and decades of intensive career.
Ms. Horne wasn't in the twilight of her career. She retired from classical performances in 2000, and continued to perform musical theater rep until the mid 2000s or so.
Diese Perfektion treibt mir die Tränen in die Augen. Wer könnte das heute so singen. Netrebko steht ja wunderbarerweise nicht mehr zur Verfügung, sage ich mal voller Spott, weil sie vom Können der Sutherland und Horne Lichtjahre entfernt ist.
O dueto mais harmonioso da história da música classica. Duas lendas. Dame Joan a mais linda e técnica voz do século XX. Callas podia ser a mais interpretativa mas Sutherland foi a mais perfeita voz. Horne maravilhosa também e com Stupenda se agigantava.
@@Fedeilfico Yes and you didn't understand my comment about pigeon holes are only comfortable for pigeons. Perhaps Jessye Norman could explain it better than I can. Oh wait. She invented it.
A fabulous concert for sure but they were at their zenith in the 1960s - check out the Decca 1963 recording (taken at the higher original key) or some of the live pirates: Covent Garden 67 and I very much like the San Francisco 1972 with Tourangeau - fabulous. I agree that Freni and Scotto are excellent. Love that rare Mercadante duet on it too.
@@baritonebynight I quite respect both ladies, Horne and Tourangeau. Though if I were to choose between the two, I'd definitely go with Horne. I must however acknowledge that I was completely blown away by Tourageau's performance as Elizabeth the 1st in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda alongside Sutherland. I haven't found anyone in that role who sang it better for me.
I know Dame Joan was still singing the role of Norma at this time but not sure if Ms. Horne was still singing Adalgisa as she was in demand singing the big Rossini roles at this point.
If there IS an after life and I get there and these composers haven't continued writing music for a couple of centuries and we don't get to go to a concert like this every night, I'm gonna be PISSED!
@@baritonebynight Ms. Horne doesn't "try to out sing" anybody, she just shines.... People can enjoy making music together and still sound horrible. For amateurs it's fine. But if you're trying to sell a performance, you'd better be good, no matter if you enjoy yourself or not, this is an obligation to those who paid for a ticket. Listeners don't need Ms. Horne's advice (or such pathetic moralizing as this comment), they have their own ears and eyes and minds and if they don't like something or do like something they are entitled to express their opinion. And so, my independent opinion is that Ms. Sutherland sounds awful, aged, artificial, while Ms. Horne shines. All the best to you baritonebynight, enjoy your music making!..... :=)
@@evelynkatz1301 Ah....so you were putting down one singer by praising another. That is in very poor taste. Save your well wishes for one who needs them.....or who cares.
Sutherland really deserved the mota “La Stupenda”. Her voice was sublime.
Indeed
In my book, Horne is one of the few operatic mezzos to achieve superstar status.
Con Fiorenza Cossotto
I saw them sing Norma at The Met in 1971. After hundreds of operas since then, that is still the best performance I have seen.
Holy smokes. When Marilyn Horne comes in, the color of the piece changes immediately. Amazing texture.
Marilyn was a very exquisite Adalgisa!! Joan was a fabulous Norma in this! Wow. It’s just so soothing to the ear. The intelligence of these two women in their musicality was just unforgettable!!
Wunderbar und mit bester Verve gesungen!
The world has been blessed by the gift if these two voices and we are blessed to have them preserved for us
E meraviglioso ascoltarle.
Once in a lifetime......
No singer in the opera world today can come close.
The greatest soprano and mezzo of XX century
(a) Horne was not a soprano (b) Callas and Tebaldi wiuld claim the title (easily)
@@inboxmail2053 a) she is mezzo- what?, b) I don't like Tebaldi's voice, there are at least a dozen of sopranos that were better than her c) I express my personal opinion and don't need your censorship.
(a) If you are aware that Horne is a mezzo why did you comment "Two greatest sopranos of XX century"? (b) you may not like Tebaldi's voice but I am just as entitled as you are to state my opinion with being accused of trampling on your fragile sensitivities. That is what an adult debate entails.
@@inboxmail2053 The adults respect each other tastes and refrain from imposing their own likes and dislikes. That are intelligent adults. I find Tebaldi's voice dull and never could listen to opera with her till the end. But I won't tell this to Tebaldi's admirers. It is called tact.
My own sense of tact is clearly as finely honed as yours. I am far too polite to ever say to a Joanie fanboy that she is a mushy , trilly one trick pony and far too matronly sounding for much of the recordings her and her tepid conducting hubbie put out.
One of the best duets in all of opera and wirh great singers, its unforgettable.
Concordo pienamente!!
They were not just great singers, they were true artists.
Ms. Horne is still with us and active as a teacher...she is STILL a true artist training the next generation .
Due primedonne mondiali per un capolavoro di Bellini, questo duetto mi da una grande sensazione di perfezione ma la goduria è infinita, amo la musica del cigno Catanese non mi stanca mai in special modo la Norma
@@baritonebynight yes, and students should be honored to be in her presence!
@@debbiejohnson2789 She won't let you worship her.....I'm one to know.
@@baritonebynight I didn’t say they should worship her. I said they should be honored to be in her presence.
It was an amazing concert. Sutherland was 60 and had a cold! Both amazing singers!!
Where did you read she had a cold?
@@ChrisStockslager I am curious too! 😊
@@MrStpendouslvforjo She was in fact 58 but still...........1985 the year I saw her last Covent Garden Lucias. Glorious.
@@ahogbin2644 well this was ‘86, and she was born in ‘26, so she was at least 59.
I mean...she's 60. She's freaking 60.
God bless this soul from HEAVEN, that posted this video. This person has no idea how much happiness he/she brought to people's lives!!! I'm eternally grateful!!!
Your comment was beautifully and eloquently expressed. And most of all so very true. In these very very difficult times that we are experiencing the world over, this remarkable video posting shows me that there is still beauty and with that beauty there is also hope for us all. The magnificent voices of Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne along with Richard Bonynge leading the truly wonderful orchestra has been gifted to us listeners by just posting and I like you I am eternally grateful. Thank you again for your comment. It inspired me to respond.
bravissime, fantastiche ma ... Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini hanno permesso che queste ed altre stupende voci potessero deliziarci... queste opere e queste arie sono immortali per noi e per le generazioni a venire... grazie al cielo questi musicisti sono esistiti ed hanno lasciato queste musiche sublimi...
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Ideal-Besetzung für dieses Duett - Immortal ❤
one of the most beautiful duets ever written and these two magnificent voices.
Two great voices, only jus slightly past their 'prime'. Two great artists 'aged like a fine wine'. We shall not see any better for many years.
get your hearing checked
"past their prime"?? "Slightly"?? ?WTF?
Marilyn Horne is just incredible
Tears for me every time I listen to this fabulous piece with these two greats! I go to this for inspiration.
Thank you SO MUCH for showing us one of the most beautiful duets in the whole world of bel canto operas! I am most grateful - thank you very much.
Horne is absolutely stunning.
Her singing is faultless here
Divine! No wods to discribe!
Two voices from heaven
Uno dei duetti più belli dell'opera. Due voci eccezionali che ben rendono lo splendore della nostra musica. Soprano e Mezzo da incanto. Grazie!!!!!
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Due voci straordinarie che si atmonizzano perfettamente e con una tecnica insuperabile
Ms Hornes voice is so powerful and dynamic they are both amazing.
DOLCEZZA ARMONIA È TRISTEZZA IN QUESTA! ARIA BELLISSIMA DI VINCENZO BELLINI!!🌹❤🎀
Just sat and listened to these two wonderful singers. They both were always outstanding as soloists and together!!!! I have just been to Heaven and back. Outstanding, Clear Powerful Proper singers. Thank you
How I love this concert. The colour of their voices is heaven to my ears. ♥
Einfach fantastisch, danke für dieses wunderbare Erlebnis ❤
This version with these two stellar singers is wonderful. I really miss the days of the golden age of opera. When Dame Joan passed in 2010, it all ended. It's too bad that we don't have any singers of their talent any more.
I think these two singers are so impresive and they are young. ruclips.net/video/1HupnMOWKTU/видео.html
JUST STUNNING AND UNFORGETTABLE!!
Yes indeed the magic of Bellini and Italian Opera at it's best
Quelle belle technique et un duo parfait.
2 grandes dames de l’opéra.
Flawless from both of these greats!!!!
Que quieren que les diga uno las escucha cantar y parece que fueron hechas una para la otra nunca escuche voces que se combinaran tan bien. BRAVISSIMAS.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I recall watching this concert live as it was broadcast on ABC TV in Australia. This was at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. It was wonderful. The colour and warmth in Hornes voice contrasts beautifully with the coloratura of Joan’s.
La soprano del siglo, la Stupenda, y la bellisima voz de la Mezzo Marilyn , hermoso dueto para la historia.
Fantastche ! Ma la Sutherland con quel timbro di voce e con quegli armonici è qualcosa di sublime ...l 'emozione blocca il respiro...non credo che mai sarà superata!
Mai!! È impossibile, una voce straordinaria che non si udrà mai più.. che dolore pensare di non averla potuta sentire dal vivo.
I sovracuti e i trilli della Sutherland vanno messi sotto una campana di vetro e ammirati. Sulla Horne non ho aggettivi: un roba fuori dal normale.
Their blend of voices really is a marriage made in Heaven above... they sound so smooth in this fabulous piece by Bellini.
Thank you so much for posting this delight for the senses. It is truly sublime 🌺
Sutherlands reputation as one of the greats is truly deserved - but for me here , Mariyn Horne is particularly notable! 😉
I agree, there are times when Sutherland's voice is small.
3:21 - 3:28 !!
I saw them in "Norma" in Cleveland and Horne was the vocal star.
I agree, Horne had an absolutely wonderful mezzosoprano voice.
It's just stunning how Horne and, particularly, Sutherland (more than 7 years her senior) in the twillight of their careers could pull off singing of this magnificent quality and musicianship of such amazing taste supported by great techniques that allowed them to really enact their musical ideas and vocal purposes almost as perfectly as you could expect from any young great soprano and mezzo in their prime. This is, surprisingly, a veritable reference in how this scene should be sung, I don't even have to cut them some slack for their age and decades of intensive career.
Ms. Horne wasn't in the twilight of her career. She retired from classical performances in 2000, and continued to perform musical theater rep until the mid 2000s or so.
My dear or dear .... if there are no imperfections, there is no sunset.
I heard Horne in recital a couple of years after this. She was wonderful
Unbeatable. Magnificent!
Diese Perfektion treibt mir die Tränen in die Augen. Wer könnte das heute so singen. Netrebko steht ja wunderbarerweise nicht mehr zur Verfügung, sage ich mal voller Spott, weil sie vom Können der Sutherland und Horne Lichtjahre entfernt ist.
greatness caught on video! and the dresses, perfect, too! 💚❤
Such beautiful perfection brings me to tears and ahhhh’s out loud!
Joan sound so beautiful and Marilyn brings so much excitement to it!
Splendid singing for their respective ages... amazing ♥️
Splendid for any age!!!
MARAVILLOSO DUO
Magnificent!!👏👏👏👏👏
Oooohhhh, so fine! No words for this greatness!!!!
E non dimentichiamo la direzione.:perfetta!! Bonynge un vero specialista in melodramma!
O dueto mais harmonioso da história da música classica. Duas lendas. Dame Joan a mais linda e técnica voz do século XX. Callas podia ser a mais interpretativa mas Sutherland foi a mais perfeita voz. Horne maravilhosa também e com Stupenda se agigantava.
How about Agne Baltsa, Di Donato and Caballe my friend? just give me a break!
@@2andretripicchio I love Caballe’ and she is probably my favorite, but this clip is about Dane Joan and Marilyn Horne!
And it is fabulous!!!
Completamente de acuerdo contigo.
Bravo bravo bravo brilliance fantastic grandiose vocal
Прекрасно
Good job ladies!
They improve the world!
Just gives me chills!
Due voci meravigliose! Viva il Belcanto, viva Bellini!
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I love your comment, Pier and I completely agree! !
Great vocal blend!
СПАСИБО!Вот это работа!!!!!!! Сильно. БРАВО!
Semplicemente meraviglioso. Questa è la perfezione.
Браво!
Che duo!!
Las dos grandes divas del siglo XX y no sé cuántos más.
Perfect !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
정말 성악의 진수를 보여주시네요!
최고의 소리는 아름다운 소리가 아니라 가치있는 소리라고하는데요 벨칸토의 아름다움을 넘어서 감동을 주는 가치있는
발성이라고 느꼈습니다!
두분 사랑하고 존경합니다!
Thanks for putting this up..one of my favorite concerts
The most beautiful performance of this aria that exists. Wonderful two voices.
Listen to Cristina Deutekom
@@evelynkatz1301 Yes, that Cristina D. is a monstah....
Lo que debe haber sido disfrutar en vivo esta escena, de cuando las cantantes de opera, podían y sabían cantar opera. Es poco probable que se repita.
Glorious. I've heard so many versions of this wonderful duet, this might be my favorite up there with Mirella Freni and Renata Scotto's.
Freni e Scotto TOP, because they are two Soprano, just like Bellini desired.
@@Fedeilfico Pigeon holes are only comfortable for pigeons. He never heard Sutherland and Horne ...or for that matter Callas and Simionato.
@@baritonebynight I’m not talking about the quality of the voices but the register. Norma and Adalgisa are two sopranos in the original version.
@@Fedeilfico Yes and you didn't understand my comment about pigeon holes are only comfortable for pigeons. Perhaps Jessye Norman could explain it better than I can. Oh wait. She invented it.
Up there also with Caballe’ and Cossotto!’
CLASSIC!
Maybe you should also check out the 1952 Callas Stignani version from London - unbeatable!
Magic to my soul...
Una de les millors pàgines del segón Belcanto.
Брависсимо!
Qué belleza! Sublime.
Interesting how even if Sutherland's voice is just a little worn here in her 60th year, her diction is much better than in her glory years.
Very nice..
Horne fuoriclasse bravissima ❤l altra mai piaciuta 😢
Hermosa interpretación, gracias por compartir
Sublime....regine del belcanto 🙏❤👑
Giants.
Просто чудесно!
Bonjour magnifique duo quel opéra appartient ce duo merci
It does not get any better than this.
Seriously it does. This is really mediocre
Where? Who? @@fan2jnrc
Нет слов. Брависсимо.
A fabulous concert for sure but they were at their zenith in the 1960s - check out the Decca 1963 recording (taken at the higher original key) or some of the live pirates: Covent Garden 67 and I very much like the San Francisco 1972 with Tourangeau - fabulous. I agree that Freni and Scotto are excellent. Love that rare Mercadante duet on it too.
Tourangeau was never in the same category as Ms. Horne.
@@baritonebynight I quite respect both ladies, Horne and Tourangeau. Though if I were to choose between the two, I'd definitely go with Horne. I must however acknowledge that I was completely blown away by Tourageau's performance as Elizabeth the 1st in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda alongside Sutherland. I haven't found anyone in that role who sang it better for me.
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I know Dame Joan was still singing the role of Norma at this time but not sure if Ms. Horne was still singing Adalgisa as she was in demand singing the big Rossini roles at this point.
There's no word for that
Чудо, как хорошо!
Those people in the audience should have been in their feet at the end of that exquisite performance by these 2 greats!
If there IS an after life and I get there and these composers haven't continued writing music for a couple of centuries and we don't get to go to a concert like this every night, I'm gonna be PISSED!
Belcanto's Queens
Ad perpetuam rei memoriam!
Se o Bellini visse e ouvisse, ficaria tão encantado que faria uma ópera para as duas cantarem!!!
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Interessante
Divinità assolute la bellezza è qui incarnata da due fuoriclasse
BRAVISIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.........................
who else now can sing like this......??
Horne surpasses Sutherland in every way and dominates the stage (8:00 fwd.)
Ms. Horne will tell you herself that it's not about trying to out singing each other, it's about making incredible music together.
@@baritonebynight Ms. Horne doesn't "try to out sing" anybody, she just shines....
People can enjoy making music together and still sound horrible. For amateurs it's fine. But if you're trying to sell a performance, you'd better be good, no matter if you enjoy yourself or not, this is an obligation to those who paid for a ticket.
Listeners don't need Ms. Horne's advice (or such pathetic moralizing as this comment), they have their own ears and eyes and minds and if they don't like something or do like something they are entitled to express their opinion. And so, my independent opinion is that Ms. Sutherland sounds awful, aged, artificial, while Ms. Horne shines.
All the best to you baritonebynight, enjoy your music making!..... :=)
@@evelynkatz1301 they both sound marvelous!
To say that Sutherland was awful is ridiculous! Don’t be so rude!
@@evelynkatz1301 Ah....so you were putting down one singer by praising another. That is in very poor taste. Save your well wishes for one who needs them.....or who cares.
Viva Bellini