Definitly the best interpretation of this aria. With the greatest soprano and tenor of all times (in my opinion). I heard that for the premiere of this Rigoletto, people clapped so long after this aria that they sang it again - something we never see in an opera. Sutherland's voice is sublime, Pavarotti is also at his best. Bravo!
I will just say that encores aren't all that unusual in opera, they're just rare at the Met because they were banned there for decades. Still quite a feat, though!
@@commandert5 I have seen many many operas and never even heard of a aria/quartet/piece being repeated in the middle of the opera. However, the etiquette has varied a lot in time. In the 18th and 19th century, opera etiquette varied by country with the Italians basically having none and the British being very strict. In the 20th century, the British model became the norm. Clapping should happen only at the end of an act, start clapping only when the orchestra is done playing (vs. when the singer is don singing), no talking, no walking around etc... By the way, English is not my first language - I do apologize for the grammatical mistakes.
A father sings for his love to his daughter, a daughter sings for her true love, a duke sings for joy and women, a woman sings for good life. Four different emotions come together to make a so wonderful quartet, by the genius of Verdi. Pure opera: just real and deep human emotions singed out by the singers. And if we have these four, Levine at the pit and the most beautiful music of Verdi, we got five minutes of full joy.🎼🎶Viva Verdi!!!😃
That this is one of the greatest quartets in all opera, sung by one of the finest ever quartet of singers should be enough. But this is a LIVE performance, no enhancements, no technological gimmicks, just pure unadulterated musicianship. Stunning.
@@eharper7 I'm not a better man. No better than anyone else. But this recording must be one of the most sublime of all on you tube or anywhere else. I return to it regularly when in need of inspiration or just a salve for the world around. It's divine.
@@eharper7 We all go on about the great individual voices and with very good reason. The individuals like Sutherland and Pavarotti et al. But Emma, you make a great and very valid point about the collaborative nature of duets, trios, quartets, quintets, and small ensemble pieces. It's a team effort and it is a skill to get the right type of voices that complement each other with balance and timbre and other vocal dynamics.
Absolutely... and the greatest trio comes in the same opera! But what version is this? Where can I get more? My Desert Island track is the storm trio [Decca 71: Sutherland-Talvela-Tourangeau]
I love the way Sutherland pauses momentarily before the last note, straightened her back, plants her feet, and breathes in ALL the air she can, so she can bathe the VERY back of the upper tiers with glory at the very end. I was lucky enough to hear her in Traviata when I was young and poor, at Covent Garden in the 70s. I had about the worst seat in the house at the very, very back of the Gods. I still remember the bell-like perfection of her voice in Sempre Libera, how it was super-clear, fizzing with energy and bathing us all in passionate sound. Yet her teeny figure was SO far away on the stage. For two days I heard it in my mind, waking each morning with it ringing still. I was too poor for the whole opera; I had to leave with my friend in order to get to the train station and back to university on the last train before midnight - or pay a double fare. In retrospect I am glad I did not see her die in the last act...just live and sing in the first ones.
This is one of the most exquisite renditions of this quartet I've ever heard, almost moved me to tears. The expression on Isola Jones's face at the beginning as she's being seduced by Pavarotti is absolutely priceless, a reminder that of course opera's about acting as well as singing.
@@josephlevine3045 Let's hope not. They say the beautiful ones are not yet born. Let's hope the same applies to music as well, that we haven't heard of the ultimate beautiful sounding tenors and sopranos. Here is to hoping.
This particular rendition and performance remains unbeatable. For nearly 40 years, no one, no group, no performance has come close. They literally took this act to a level that is unprecedented and beyond sublime. One must commend Luciano Pavarotti for that relentless performance - he carried the difficult bridge and essence of the act with such ease and panache. Joan Sutherland, a legendary Madonna as usual, was resplendent and outdid herself to the hilt. Leo Nucci - this is perhaps the most understated talent of all, with a compelling and lush baritone voice that underpins the entire performance - no living soul has performed as "Rigoletto" more! Isola Jones's performance here is worthy of an encomium - her incredible performance here as "Maddalena" is the centrepiece and fulcrum of the act - she is partly the reason why this rendition can hardly be beaten. What an incredible ensemble! Wonderful!
Sitting here in Antalya, tears dripping onto the floor, listening to Luciano and Joan. So glad to have lived in their era and seen them together. This must be what heaven is like?
Chris Pulling, am 80 years old, and I thank the Lord for the technology that enables me to hear music such as this, it really tears at the heart, good listening
Verdi´s level of creativity: four diferent kind of voices singing four diferent kind of feelings, all in only one song and at the very same time to make the result a masterpiece.
According to Verdi himself he drank over five liters of coffee every night while composing the music for Rigoletto. Verdi was a true genius. Ciao from Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
In fact, this was the highlight of the performance for Victor Hugo, the author of the original source work. While he lamented his work essentially being plagarised, he was amazed at the effect this quartet had, and bemoaned that he couldn't do the same in a normal play.
Sbiriguda commenda, ma ai sensi del codice, diciamo soltanto "sotto tacco" bitumato come fosse antani, si può notare, non può essere supercazzola matura con scappellamento a destra...
@@mushyartuk6045 tapiatapioco, l'ingegnere non conosce come fosse antani la supercazzola con scappellamento pré maturata e a cedolare secca senza sotto tacco bitumato...
It's worth to mention all glorious singers of this masterpiece historical performance..... (please LIKE to pin it to the top): Duke--Luciano Pavarotti Gilda--Joan Sutherland Rigoletto--Leo Nucci Maddalena--Isola Jones
As far as I've understood, that's how women's dresses at the baroque age/Louis XIV used to be.... Not much hygiene but a lot of parfume and and a lot of clevage...
Sublime...and no matter how many times you hear Pavarotti sing that opening solo, it is still the most beautiful bit of tenor singing on earth. Bravo!!!
Can argue till kingdom come whether Verdi wrote the last note or not, but anyone paying to see Sutherland or Pavarotti expected them. Isola Jones' smile and the audience tells the story here and I also keep coming back to this miraculous rendition. It's outstanding, uplifting and cheers the soul.
Verdi did not write the last interpolated note. As written, it is a glorious ending. Having said that, when you have a soprano like Joan Sutherland, I am certain Verdi would approve. I was in the audience that evening. It was thrilling.
@@BellaFirenze I would trade a lot to have been in your shoes...you were very fortunate to have been present. But, we have no Time Machines yet, and The Golden Age is behind us.
Thats what they are supposed to do as long as the applause lasts, stay in character until the audience stops cheering. Etiquette, also the audience is not supposed to clap until the last note has been sung or played, also they are not supposed to sing when the singer starts a new song. Impolite.' rTHER THE audience is not supposed to clap when the singer starts a new selection.
every time I come back to this video I have goosebumps. And when I think i'm the only one feeling that I see the smile that Isola Jones gave at the end, and I think to myself when I hear the crowd going crazy, that they all knew that they experienced one of the most amazing moments of the music history.
This production with this cast was one of the first operas I saw as a teenager at the Met. It lead to a lifelong appreciation for opera. How could it not?
Rigoletto's quartet with Pavarotti, Sutherland Leo Nucci and Isola Jones, tremendous interpretation, Pavarotti's Duke interpretation almost unequaled, but Nucci's Rigoletto was superb.
I suppose there was no alternative but to seek out the very best to get maximum effect. Each of them is an absolute star and matches the others. A real treat.
Quatro monstros sagrados! Joan Sutherland é maravilhosa, duelando com Pavarotti...o barítono e a mezzo soprano dando suporte, que interação! Meu Deus! Magníficos! Merecem aplausos e aplausos mesmoooo!
I have listened to a vast repertoire of opera, both live and recorded, and I can categorically state that this is one of the most superlative renditions of ANY operatic works that I have ever had the pleasure to have witnessed! Sheer bliss.
I've come back to this so many times and yet it still affects me the same way every time. The quality of singing is just unparalleled and the applause at the end entirely fitting - and oddly touching.
@@byronjones6440 Thank you, Bryon, this is the best part of RUclips to me - seeing these great performances. Best to you from San Francisco, California.
An outstanding rendition. We were lucky enough to see Sutherland several times live in performance. She as the Doll running down and needing to be re-wound was unforgettable.
Extraordinaria interpretación de este cuarteto y Pavarotti no podía haber cantado mejor observado ese precioso escote de la hermosa hermana del bandido Paravuccilli.
Bloody hell this is amazing beyond belief. I was actually just playing the CD in my house, throbbing the very walls, when i thought to see if the 'Tube had it to share with friends. Pavarotti ... I don't know how a voice can do that. All of these are tops.
I personally do like it. It seems to bring the music to an appropriately dramatic conclusion. The original version, is less satisfying to me. In fairness, Sutherland's high Dbs were so incredible I would be hard pressed to say "no" to any of them.
@@richardholmesmusic2128 Takes my breath away. They're burnt out by 40 or before nowadays because they sing any and everything and the technique is not solid. Sutherland and her era were the "great breathers." Breath support was paramount...the foundation for longevity of the voice.
Most outstanding OPERA Performance EVER!!! God Bless Verdi and the Super Stars who made IT HAPPEN! A moment in time that may never be repeated again! Thank God for the technology that has allowed US to capture and share this moment FOREVER! INCREDIBLE!
Oh, man... the performance is so far beyond perfection, almost transcendent, that it just leaves me utterly drained... How could such an extraordinary thing be achieved that day? It's not a pleasant sensation at all... damn...
@@mparker6823 Hi, the version used in the film was Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau, Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti with the London Symphony Orchestra directed by Richard Bonynge
One of those rare moments when absolutely everything comes together and perfection is formed! The power of Verdi's quartet literally takes me to a higher level of being! I am always transfixed by the way Joan Sutherland stands statuesque after delivering that note - what a Dame!
I'd personally like to have Pavarotti singing full blast in my ears. Even if it'd probably be the last thing I hear of my life I cannot think of something more beautiful than that. I'd give my ears joyfully.
@@charlyforges5304 Ha! ha! Pavarotti is a wonder. I agree. But sometimes wonders aren't always the easiest people to work with. Or sing with. eg Maria Callas. (so I've read).
@@missasinenomine She, quite correctly, demanded the same level of professionalism from her fellow performers. A pet hate of hers, and mine, was/is singers coming out of character after singing a famous aria in an opera and taking a bow. She was right and it's not done anymore because of people like La Divina. From the start of your performance to the last bar of that opera, you are in character, simple.
Definitely, it's impossible to find better nowadays, but as for the tenor role, all renditions with Björling is better! He just floats better through this arie.
What wonderful voices in one scene, all harmonising perfectly with different texts. Dame Sutherland in particular, with her extremely high notes, beats everything and everyone. Simply WOW this 4 singers in one production.
C'est un miracle de beauté, d'équilibre entre 4 chanteurs extraordinaires. Même la prise de son et la réalisation sont parfaites. La perfection est de ce monde...
Sure that Stendhal would find itself bursting helplessly into tears if ever exposed to such an overwelming deploy of beauty, harmony and power. Endless admiration towards Maestro Verdi and these talented performers! ❤
Over 4 minutes of live performance by and 2 minutes ovation for Sutherland, Jones, Pavarotti and Nucci, a miraculously wonderful quartet. And this is a LIVE performance!
@@MrKlemps Check out Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_figlia_dell%27amore and Bella figlia dell'amore on RUclips, Luciano Pavarotti, Isola Jones, Joan Sutherland, Leo Nucci, Metropolitan Opera Gala 11 January 1987, Richard Bonynge conducting
I don’t know what I would pay to have seen this live.
Definitly the best interpretation of this aria. With the greatest soprano and tenor of all times (in my opinion). I heard that for the premiere of this Rigoletto, people clapped so long after this aria that they sang it again - something we never see in an opera. Sutherland's voice is sublime, Pavarotti is also at his best. Bravo!
This is a quartet, not an aria.
I will just say that encores aren't all that unusual in opera, they're just rare at the Met because they were banned there for decades. Still quite a feat, though!
@@commandert5 I have seen many many operas and never even heard of a aria/quartet/piece being repeated in the middle of the opera. However, the etiquette has varied a lot in time. In the 18th and 19th century, opera etiquette varied by country with the Italians basically having none and the British being very strict. In the 20th century, the British model became the norm. Clapping should happen only at the end of an act, start clapping only when the orchestra is done playing (vs. when the singer is don singing), no talking, no walking around etc... By the way, English is not my first language - I do apologize for the grammatical mistakes.
Bingo! You hit the nail on the head. One of the best renditions of this I have ever heard.
Pmmmmmmmmmmmmnmbopk
A father sings for his love to his daughter, a daughter sings for her true love, a duke sings for joy and women, a woman sings for good life. Four different emotions come together to make a so wonderful quartet, by the genius of Verdi. Pure opera: just real and deep human emotions singed out by the singers. And if we have these four, Levine at the pit and the most beautiful music of Verdi, we got five minutes of full joy.🎼🎶Viva Verdi!!!😃
Actually Levine wasn’t in the pit, it was Richard Bonynge.
What a great summary.
just love you great comment.. its so true
That this is one of the greatest quartets in all opera, sung by one of the finest ever quartet of singers should be enough. But this is a LIVE performance, no enhancements, no technological gimmicks, just pure unadulterated musicianship. Stunning.
@@eharper7 I'm not a better man. No better than anyone else. But this recording must be one of the most sublime of all on you tube or anywhere else. I return to it regularly when in need of inspiration or just a salve for the world around. It's divine.
I also watch it regularly. Never tire of how fabulous it is.
@@nigelt4257 me as well
@@eharper7 We all go on about the great individual voices and with very good reason. The individuals like Sutherland and Pavarotti et al. But Emma, you make a great and very valid point about the collaborative nature of duets, trios, quartets, quintets, and small ensemble pieces. It's a team effort and it is a skill to get the right type of voices that complement each other with balance and timbre and other vocal dynamics.
Absolutely... and the greatest trio comes in the same opera! But what version is this? Where can I get more? My Desert Island track is the storm trio [Decca 71: Sutherland-Talvela-Tourangeau]
God bless the uploader for not cutting the applause off!
Hear, hear !!
Amen! 🙏 😁
absolutely it is a crime to cut off the applause, whether it is favourable or not, which in 99 per cent of cases, for Pavarotti, it is favourable.
People were losing their minds!
I love the way Sutherland pauses momentarily before the last note, straightened her back, plants her feet, and breathes in ALL the air she can, so she can bathe the VERY back of the upper tiers with glory at the very end. I was lucky enough to hear her in Traviata when I was young and poor, at Covent Garden in the 70s. I had about the worst seat in the house at the very, very back of the Gods. I still remember the bell-like perfection of her voice in Sempre Libera, how it was super-clear, fizzing with energy and bathing us all in passionate sound. Yet her teeny figure was SO far away on the stage. For two days I heard it in my mind, waking each morning with it ringing still. I was too poor for the whole opera; I had to leave with my friend in order to get to the train station and back to university on the last train before midnight - or pay a double fare. In retrospect I am glad I did not see her die in the last act...just live and sing in the first ones.
Daphne Dumont great comment!
Lovely memories. Thanks for sharing
Ah, you LUCKY woman ... and thank you most graciously for your heartfelt sharing ... x
My God, you must really have been a long way up if Dame Joan was teeny. I hope you had oxygen up there.
We saw Sutherland at Coven Garden, too. I will never forget the sound of her miraculous voice.
This is one of the most exquisite renditions of this quartet I've ever heard, almost moved me to tears. The expression on Isola Jones's face at the beginning as she's being seduced by Pavarotti is absolutely priceless, a reminder that of course opera's about acting as well as singing.
Phew! I thought for one awful moment you were going to spill the bean's.
I collapsed in tears after the first bars
Well said!
Sutherland was the soprano for my lifetime, as Pavarotti was my tenor. Every performance with these two was beyond great.
Sutherland and Pavarotti will remain a dream forever. One to never wake up from. What more to say. Will there ever be this type of talent ever?
@@the8thchurch461 No - there will not likely be a pair to match them in the future.
@@josephlevine3045 Let's hope not. They say the beautiful ones are not yet born. Let's hope the same applies to music as well, that we haven't heard of the ultimate beautiful sounding tenors and sopranos. Here is to hoping.
This particular rendition and performance remains unbeatable. For nearly 40 years, no one, no group, no performance has come close. They literally took this act to a level that is unprecedented and beyond sublime. One must commend Luciano Pavarotti for that relentless performance - he carried the difficult bridge and essence of the act with such ease and panache. Joan Sutherland, a legendary Madonna as usual, was resplendent and outdid herself to the hilt. Leo Nucci - this is perhaps the most understated talent of all, with a compelling and lush baritone voice that underpins the entire performance - no living soul has performed as "Rigoletto" more! Isola Jones's performance here is worthy of an encomium - her incredible performance here as "Maddalena" is the centrepiece and fulcrum of the act - she is partly the reason why this rendition can hardly be beaten. What an incredible ensemble! Wonderful!
The Best!!!!!!
Sitting here in Antalya, tears dripping onto the floor, listening to Luciano and Joan. So glad to have lived in their era and seen them together. This must be what heaven is like?
Chris Pulling, am 80 years old, and I thank the Lord for the technology that enables me to hear music such as this, it really tears at the heart, good listening
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4 voices, each of them singing completely different notes, in a wonderful harmony indeed💖
Like in Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" Act 2 finale "E nel tuo, nel mio bicchiero, si sommerga ogni pensiero"💖
Isn't this supposed to be one of opera's most famous quartets?
@@iancaldeianPlease check Rossini - La Cerentola "Questo e un modo avilupato" - Joyce Di Donato
@@iancaldeian here is
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@@nebraful8312 2:57
Verdi´s level of creativity: four diferent kind of voices singing four diferent kind of feelings, all in only one song and at the very same time to make the result a masterpiece.
I defenetly agree, this is a masterpiece!
According to Verdi himself he drank over five liters of coffee every night while composing the music for Rigoletto. Verdi was a true genius. Ciao from Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
Yep, a genius. Greetings from Lima.
A true, wonderful syntesis of Italian belcanto music. Verdi was a genius. VIVA VERDI!
In fact, this was the highlight of the performance for Victor Hugo, the author of the original source work. While he lamented his work essentially being plagarised, he was amazed at the effect this quartet had, and bemoaned that he couldn't do the same in a normal play.
Questa è una pagina che è entrata di diritto nella storia del canto lirico....immensi Pavarotti e la Sutherland....
Sbiriguda commenda, ma ai sensi del codice, diciamo soltanto "sotto tacco" bitumato come fosse antani, si può notare, non può essere supercazzola matura con scappellamento a destra...
@@NoirChat138 cazzo dici ?
@@mushyartuk6045 tapiatapioco, l'ingegnere non conosce come fosse antani la supercazzola con scappellamento pré maturata e a cedolare secca senza sotto tacco bitumato...
Jawoll das Ouartett ist wunderbar und sicher schwierig zu singen.Absoluter Genuss ❤🎉
The Pavarotti, Sutherland, Nucci and Jones Rigoletto quartet is beyond beautiful. From the first note to the last it is, breathtaking.
IMPECABLE!
Pavarotti & Margherita Rinaldi live in Torino(?) is so beautiful too. With the less dramatic softer ending.
It's worth to mention all glorious singers of this masterpiece historical performance..... (please LIKE to pin it to the top):
Duke--Luciano Pavarotti
Gilda--Joan Sutherland
Rigoletto--Leo Nucci
Maddalena--Isola Jones
The dress designer for Isola Jones' costume must have a master's degree in structural engineering. Pure genius 🎊
A lot of hidden duct tape & super glue!!
As far as I've understood, that's how women's dresses at the baroque age/Louis XIV used to be.... Not much hygiene but a lot of parfume and and a lot of clevage...
You should change your YT name to Casus Amori 😊
Lucky her, having Luciano sing right there, next to her ear!
She looks incredible
I was lucky enough to see this production.
Sublime...and no matter how many times you hear Pavarotti sing that opening solo, it is still the most beautiful bit of tenor singing on earth. Bravo!!!
Yes. Pavarotti outdoes himself. Listen to some of his earlier renderings-this is the best one
sublime
^^^🤭🤭^^^
Ecco un motivo che mi rende orgoglioso di essere italiano!❤❤❤
This is heaven on earth. It really doesn't get any better. A master class in musical vocal expression and technique.
Unless you're her and you've got freaking Pavarotti screaming his lungs out into your ear.
@@XthegreatwhyX Indeed!
❇
absolutely !
The only good singers here were Pavarotti and Jones
One of the great moments in the history of opera. Sublime
Can argue till kingdom come whether Verdi wrote the last note or not, but anyone paying to see Sutherland or Pavarotti expected them. Isola Jones' smile and the audience tells the story here and I also keep coming back to this miraculous rendition. It's outstanding, uplifting and cheers the soul.
Verdi did not write the last interpolated note. As written, it is a glorious ending. Having said that, when you have a soprano like Joan Sutherland, I am certain Verdi would approve. I was in the audience that evening. It was thrilling.
@@BellaFirenze I would trade a lot to have been in your shoes...you were very fortunate to have been present. But, we have no Time Machines yet, and The Golden Age is behind us.
@@joshuamcpherson007 You do not want to trade shoes with me. I am ancient, but fortunate to have seen Callas, Sutherland, and many others. Stay young.
This was perfect and they know it: in the end they remain standing and are not moving for a long time --- like a Rembrandt painting .
Thats what they are supposed to do as long as the applause lasts, stay in character until the audience stops cheering. Etiquette, also the audience is not supposed to clap until the last note has been sung or played, also they are not supposed to sing when the singer starts a new song. Impolite.'
rTHER THE audience is not supposed to clap when the singer starts a new selection.
Più la guardo, più non riesco a credere si possa cantare così, e comporre così! Grazie in eterno, Divino Maestro Verdi
Già
verdi era un alieno come bach, caduti dal cosmo per farci capire cose che non abbiamo ancora compreso...
Divina Sutherland
every time I come back to this video I have goosebumps.
And when I think i'm the only one feeling that I see the smile that Isola Jones gave at the end, and I think to myself when I hear the crowd going crazy, that they all knew that they experienced one of the most amazing moments of the music history.
Very rightly said.
I hope so.
Same.
So true. It's pure beauty from the start to the end.
Pavarotti’s voice is sheer perfection
This production with this cast was one of the first operas I saw as a teenager at the Met. It lead to a lifelong appreciation for opera. How could it not?
I saw it too. Unfortunately not as a teenager. You had good taste very young.
This version is the best!Joan Sutherland and Pavarotti magnificent!
also the boobs are nice
ruclips.net/video/Bp55O332pHo/видео.html
Rigoletto's quartet with Pavarotti, Sutherland Leo Nucci and Isola Jones, tremendous interpretation, Pavarotti's Duke interpretation almost unequaled, but Nucci's Rigoletto was superb.
That amazing, colossal sound of Sutherland.
Imagine having Pavarotti holding onto you and singing into your ear like that
I don’t know who put these four magnificent opera singers on the same stage together, that was pure genius!
I suppose there was no alternative but to seek out the very best to get maximum effect. Each of them is an absolute star and matches the others. A real treat.
@@the8thchurch461who is the mezzo playing Gilda?
Isola Jones
Quatro monstros sagrados! Joan Sutherland é maravilhosa, duelando com Pavarotti...o barítono e a mezzo soprano dando suporte, que interação! Meu Deus! Magníficos! Merecem aplausos e aplausos mesmoooo!
😅e stata la più bel 4 favolosi
una delle pagine più belle di tutta la musica lirica
And with that true high D Sutherland's huge and luminous voice soars over the entire superb vocal ensemble.
D flat 😉
OMG it was magic!!! Brava!!!
The high D flat was not written by Verdi and is entirely contrary to Gilda's emotions at this point. It ruins the mood.
@@GRANITEDAME ok whatever, David. Lol 🙄
The audience went banana.
I went banana as well.
Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!
Isola Jones defying gratify with this performance 😂
I have listened to a vast repertoire of opera, both live and recorded, and I can categorically state that this is one of the most superlative renditions of ANY operatic works that I have ever had the pleasure to have witnessed!
Sheer bliss.
Joan knew what the public wanted to hear and delivered the goods right up to the very end of her career.No other singer compares.
The greatest aria in all opera and the finest performance. Gilda's final note is immortal.
Pavarotti è semplicemente sublime .
Uno dei più grandi tenori di tutti i tempi .
Big Luciano , ci manchi !!!
The very best nothing else to say. Absolute perfection
I've come back to this so many times and yet it still affects me the same way every time. The quality of singing is just unparalleled and the applause at the end entirely fitting - and oddly touching.
I can’t help it-and don’t really want to! I keep coming back.
Greatest quartet in all of opera, one of Verdi's true masterpieces. With a perfect cast. Spectacular.
Bjoerling is a great duke
@@byronjones6440 Thank you, Bryon, this is the best part of RUclips to me - seeing these great performances. Best to you from San Francisco, California.
Dame Joan Sutherland was 61 here...Still the most glorious voice to ever grace the opera stage.
Amen to that
God bless her
mickthemike .
She certainly was phenomenonal
Finale magnifico col Re bemolle superiore..... la Sutherland fantastica come sempre !
Mostri, tutti e quattro. Non trovo altra definizione più appropriata. Che perfezione.
Camilla Camilla certo devi vedere quante volte l’hanno cantata nel mondo
Ma quando e dove l'hanno cantata? Mannaggia, un po' di completezza nel postare!
An outstanding rendition. We were lucky enough to see Sutherland several times live in performance. She as the Doll running down and needing to be re-wound was unforgettable.
Merci pour ce partage , Giuseppe Verdi doit jubiler d'entendre sa musique chantée si brillamment , ce quartet est fabuleux
Great Pavarotti et Sutherland!
Piangere dalla gioia, al suono di così soavi voci,è un'emozione enorme. Grazie per aver pubblicato
Irraggiungibili nella loro perfezione questa versione di “Bella figlia dell’amor” unica
Extraordinaria interpretación de este cuarteto y Pavarotti no podía haber cantado mejor observado ese precioso escote de la hermosa hermana del bandido Paravuccilli.
Jajajaja. Lo primero que me he fijado, antes de empezar, después al escucharles ya no me he fijado, vaya senos. Un saludo.
Bellissimi !!!!!!!!!!
The finest opera quartet, and singing, ever! Thank you and blessings, Michael 🦋
Magnificent. Absolutely breathtaking. Thank god for RUclips!
Oh, I miss him so. I was not interested in opera until I heard him sing. What a voice and he seemed to bring out the best in whoever sang with him.
Sutherland, Pavarotti, Jones, Nucci. 1987
Thank you!
I really don't understand why the poster doesn't mention the four singers.
Jones Pavarotti sutherland nicci
THANK YOU I had forgotten the mezzo and baritone's names !
Nucci horrible
Good gracious. Do we have ANYONE out here today that can come close to the combined forces of nature we just experienced in this clip????
Sublime. Non ho parole. Grazie per la pubblicazione.
Formidabile, fantastico. Per la perfezione non ci sono aggettivi sufficienti.
the epitome of four glorious voices, Pavarotti was outrageously wonderful here, as were the others.
Bloody hell this is amazing beyond belief. I was actually just playing the CD in my house, throbbing the very walls, when i thought to see if the 'Tube had it to share with friends. Pavarotti ... I don't know how a voice can do that. All of these are tops.
Absolutely genius Sutherland's last note. Ever
I personally don't like that alteration of the end.
Toan G Well, it's not in the score of course, but it's great when a singer has an incredible high-D, which Sutherland had until the end of her career.
I personally do like it. It seems to bring the music to an appropriately dramatic conclusion. The original version, is less satisfying to me. In fairness, Sutherland's high Dbs were so incredible I would be hard pressed to say "no" to any of them.
It's pretty much [all] I could hear in the ending, as far their voices go, because of Sutherland's oceanic voice-which I don't mind at all.
I am not mad about her alteration, personal taste
Joan Sutherland's final note is just stupendous
The note rings like a golden bell from a supernatural world...left me speechless the first time I heard it.
It really was.....La Stupenda!!! And she was not a young woman here, simply gorgeous!
Exquisite
@@flyinghow So true. 61 years old and phrases unequaled by singers half her age.
@@richardholmesmusic2128 Takes my breath away. They're burnt out by 40 or before nowadays because they sing any and everything and the technique is not solid. Sutherland and her era were the "great breathers." Breath support was paramount...the foundation for longevity of the voice.
La più bella interpretazione di sempre! Virtuosismo allo stato puro. Anche Verdi avrebbe applaudito..!❤
Most outstanding OPERA Performance EVER!!! God Bless Verdi and the Super Stars who made IT HAPPEN! A moment in time that may never be repeated again! Thank God for the technology that has allowed US to capture and share this moment FOREVER! INCREDIBLE!
luciano fue un sueño lo pude ver en a boheme cuando vino a la argentina, no me lo olvidare jamas
Oh, man... the performance is so far beyond perfection, almost transcendent, that it just leaves me utterly drained... How could such an extraordinary thing be achieved that day? It's not a pleasant sensation at all... damn...
The last note is priceless 😍
I discovered this piece from a film called Quartet and instantly fell in love with this!
I love that movie!
Same! Such a sweet film
@@mparker6823 Hi, the version used in the film was Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau, Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti with the London Symphony Orchestra directed by Richard Bonynge
Incroyable quartet !!! Joan Sutherland she is the best Gilda ever....this is one of the best quartet ever!!!
This is why classical music will never die! Gorgeous music and glorious talent.
This is what opera is all about...the voice as musical instrument +drama +plus sheer delight in singing. The blending is magnificent.
Идеальный состав квартета. Одно наслаждение слушать гениев
One of those rare moments when absolutely everything comes together and perfection is formed! The power of Verdi's quartet literally takes me to a higher level of being! I am always transfixed by the way Joan Sutherland stands statuesque after delivering that note - what a Dame!
The singers are in character during the ovation, but there is a tiny little gleam on their faces that says " Yeah, we killed that."
😁 Попробуйте удержать лицо, когда вам страстно на ухо Паваротти напевает о любви))
Браво! Фантастические голоса💐
Che meraviglia! Che emozione!
I've been listening to opera for almost 50 years....tell me there's another that can touch Rigoletto. EVERY DAMN NOTE!!!
well you just won,t hear a better performance of this quartet sutherland was magnificent
Imagine having Pavarotti singing full blast in your ear for 4 minutes. And smiling........
I'd personally like to have Pavarotti singing full blast in my ears. Even if it'd probably be the last thing I hear of my life I cannot think of something more beautiful than that. I'd give my ears joyfully.
@@charlyforges5304 Ha! ha! Pavarotti is a wonder. I agree. But sometimes wonders aren't always the easiest people to work with. Or sing with. eg Maria Callas. (so I've read).
Yes Charly! I will join you!
are you jealius?
@@missasinenomine She, quite correctly, demanded the same level of professionalism from her fellow performers. A pet hate of hers, and mine, was/is singers coming out of character after singing a famous aria in an opera and taking a bow. She was right and it's not done anymore because of people like La Divina. From the start of your performance to the last bar of that opera, you are in character, simple.
Oh my. Still so exceptionally extraordinary. No matter how many times I watch this, its power never fades.
It just does not get better than this. Absolute perfection!
Absolutely agree with you. Unfortunately I doubt we will ever hear anything of this standard again.
Definitely, it's impossible to find better nowadays, but as for the tenor role, all renditions with Björling is better! He just floats better through this arie.
Amazing...at 61 and she is hitting it on the Mark. Amazing...all of them
What wonderful voices in one scene, all harmonising perfectly with different texts. Dame Sutherland in particular, with her extremely high notes, beats everything and everyone. Simply WOW this 4 singers in one production.
That last note by Sutherland!! The likes of which we’ll never see, or hear again. So blessed to have these to visit.....
C'est un miracle de beauté, d'équilibre entre 4 chanteurs extraordinaires. Même la prise de son et la réalisation sont parfaites. La perfection est de ce monde...
Wow! Doesn't disappoint as always.
He's so ridiculously good, I just laugh at the end of these clips, it helps the goosebumps go down.
grandissimi tutti, ma il Perozzi è ineguagliabile
attilio mina paraparapara laaaaa parapapero papero laaaaaaaa parapaero paperopapero.
TAL CUAL... inigualable
Yup. Time I learned Italian! There is clearly so much music in the language.
la supercazzola... vede come indica?
Per Pavarotti l' Afasol ha fatto miracoli! Bravo Sassaroli.
This. This is finery. Nothing less. Unadulterated perfection.
Straordinaria interpretazione, voci paradisiache
Sure that Stendhal would find itself bursting helplessly into tears if ever exposed to such an overwelming deploy of beauty, harmony and power. Endless admiration towards Maestro Verdi and these talented performers! ❤
The best perfomance ever!!!! Four of them are AMAZING!!!! And no one could reach that high note!!!!
Over 4 minutes of live performance by and 2 minutes ovation for Sutherland, Jones, Pavarotti and Nucci, a miraculously wonderful quartet. And this is a LIVE performance!
Two minutes wasn't much for a performance like this
Do you knowWHEN and WHERE the performance took place? And who conducted?
@@MrKlemps Check out Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_figlia_dell%27amore and Bella figlia dell'amore on RUclips, Luciano Pavarotti, Isola Jones, Joan Sutherland, Leo Nucci, Metropolitan Opera Gala 11 January 1987, Richard Bonynge conducting
@@missatrebor Thank you. Very helpful!
That is one hell of an applause at the end
oh my God ! .....Isolda Jones is perfect