The Met audience had waited nearly two years to hear her and were deeply thrilled when they did. It was a magic moment and the beginning of a great love affair between Joan and the Met audience. They adored her.
The first time I went to an opera was 1964 at the met opera. The opera was La Sonambula Dame Joan was Amina of coarse. I couldn't believe the sound of her beautiful voice, so hugh. After the opera I went backstage and met her. She gave me an autograph photo. I still have with the ticket stub. It's framed and on my wall. When she retired to Switzerland I sent her a note and card. Many months later with great surprise I received a thank note from her. She had a beautiful voice, but more important she was a great lady. Now I am 80 yrs old. I listen to her recording, but they don't capture the true sound of her voice. I'm thankful for them.
What a delight, young Sutherland! Even today she gives me goosebumps through a mediocre recording by today's standards. We can only imagine this sound in the theatre.
My parents were in the audience that night. (something I've always hated them for, LOL). My father said that the main emotion in the theater that night was shock. He was so in love with her singing that he started taking me to the opera to hear her as early as 7 years old. The first time I heard her was in 1970 in Norma and the last in 1986 in I Puritani. I rarely go to the opera anymore. The singing never sounds very good to me.
I had the privilege of hearing Dame Joan live many times at the Met and elsewhere. The voice resonated throughout the theatre. The combinat\on of voice size, flexibility and technical assurance was without parallel. All present day contenders pale by comparison. Dame Joan's voice actually grew in size and brilliance as she ascended the staff. Truly unforgettable singing.
What's so great about Dame Joan's Lucia and her other roles is that she gives and performs A LOT of details to perfection; the crescendo/decrescendo, the ornamented coloratura, and finally, the trills!! She doesn't only sing the big or long trills, but also the small trills and half trills that were usually omitted. That is why she excels in Bel Canto and Baroque repertoire which gave her the name La Stupendissima!
I finally saw her as Lucia in 1982. The tix were so scarce that I had to register at a local college for an opera appreciation class! I had already seen her onstage many times before - it was disconcerting to hear a Wagner-size voice managing every single note and ornament in a difficult score. And the higher she went, the more brilliant it became.
It makes me laugh, how some compare her to so, so. There's no one to compare her to. She was one on her own, the greatest voice to ever grace the opera stage.
@@baritonebynight Lol, so true. Usually, it is one of those scabby old men who stand in the gods with a packed sandwich and the score in a grubby cotton bag.
He might be a bore but the sad fact is there are no singers today that can compare to Sutherland, Callas, Price to name just a few sopranos. Sure there are some very good ones around but very rare unfortunately.
I'd love to know what Thelma Votipka, the Alisa. was thinking. She had sung the role at the Met with, among others, Pons and Callas. I was blessed to hear Sutherland sing this role three times in 1967.
Wish could remember the name of the critic who summarized it perfectly when he described Sutherland’s artistry: “ Nobody has ever sung so high, so loud, so fast and so beautiful “
La Stupenda....The tonal beauty is magical, power, coloratura is perfect,fautless technique, high notes are magnificent. The list goes on. Really there is no one, before or after her can compare with La Stupenda!!!
As a vocal technician, that is definitely true! NO ONE could or would ever surpass Sutherland vocally. She was truly La Stupenda. Dramatically and musically though, I would still have to say La Divina surpassed La Stupenda. But thank goodness we had and have both to listen to and love.
Der ekstatische Beifall am Ende dieser Arie ist hoch verdient: Niemand konnte (zumindest damals) die Lucia so perfekt singen wie Joan Sutherland. Dass ihre schauspielerischen Fähigkeiten nicht gleichermaßen entwickelt waren - Schwamm drüber!
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The Met audience had waited nearly two years to hear her and were deeply thrilled when they did. It was a magic moment and the beginning of a great love affair between Joan and the Met audience. They adored her.
No living audience will ever be witness to anything that spectacular again. Thank God for this recording.
The first time I went to an opera was 1964 at the met opera. The opera was La Sonambula Dame Joan was Amina of coarse. I couldn't believe the sound of her beautiful voice, so hugh. After the opera I went backstage and met her. She gave me an autograph photo. I still have with the ticket stub. It's framed and on my wall. When she retired to Switzerland I sent her a note and card. Many months later with great surprise I received a thank note from her. She had a beautiful voice, but more important she was a great lady. Now I am 80 yrs old. I listen to her recording, but they don't capture the true sound of her voice. I'm thankful for them.
What a delight, young Sutherland! Even today she gives me goosebumps through a mediocre recording by today's standards. We can only imagine this sound in the theatre.
Imagine being there... at the arrival of a legend! what an amazing voice Dame Joan had .....
My parents were in the audience that night. (something I've always hated them for, LOL). My father said that the main emotion in the theater that night was shock. He was so in love with her singing that he started taking me to the opera to hear her as early as 7 years old. The first time I heard her was in 1970 in Norma and the last in 1986 in I Puritani. I rarely go to the opera anymore. The singing never sounds very good to me.
This is Lucia's most phenomenal performance! It's as if a heavenly angel is singing!
What a perfect dramatic coloratura soprano! So big and lush on top - plus pinpoint accuracy in all the fast passages! What a voice!
I had the privilege of hearing Dame Joan live many times at the Met and elsewhere. The voice resonated throughout the theatre. The combinat\on of voice size, flexibility and technical assurance was without parallel. All present day contenders pale by comparison. Dame Joan's voice actually grew in size and brilliance as she ascended the staff. Truly unforgettable singing.
Sublime. You can hear why the audience members lost their minds over her.
Oh my, young Sutherland!!!! What a marvelous singer!!!
Anytime I hear Dame Joan singing an an introduction like this...I want to sit on the floor like a kid and listen to her story!
What's so great about Dame Joan's Lucia and her other roles is that she gives and performs A LOT of details to perfection; the crescendo/decrescendo, the ornamented coloratura, and finally, the trills!! She doesn't only sing the big or long trills, but also the small trills and half trills that were usually omitted. That is why she excels in Bel Canto and Baroque repertoire which gave her the name La Stupendissima!
No - La Stupenda.
Perfectly said! I agree 100%!
Joan Sutherland met opera debut
I finally saw her as Lucia in 1982. The tix were so scarce that I had to register at a local college for an opera appreciation class! I had already seen her onstage many times before - it was disconcerting to hear a Wagner-size voice managing every single note and ornament in a difficult score. And the higher she went, the more brilliant it became.
Extraordinary. And the audience reaction!
So easy to listen to the gorgeous rebirth of the real bel canto…….truly beautiful singing.
Flawlessly sung! La Stupenda!
To be at the MET debut to hear this miraculous voice would have been like witnessing the birth of the opera Universe!
Speechless...just fantastic!!!!!
La Stupenda...no one like her and there will never be another Joan Sutherland
Easy to understand why Pavarotti and Domingo both singled her out above any other soprano.
Amazing perdormance and Met's debut for Dame Joan Sutherland. Thanks for share . Regards from Argentina.
It makes me laugh, how some compare her to so, so. There's no one to compare her to. She was one on her own, the greatest voice to ever grace the opera stage.
The greatest voice to ever grace the opera stage. Best way to say it.
Totally agree. Incomparable
Only lateron in her career, the vocals all the same, making the colour dark, then the high notes eventualy came wilth force most of the time!
Period.
Her young voice was amazing
Ah, when singers could sing!! She was incredible.
Ah...you're one of those old queens who thinks all the great singers are dead. What a bore.
@@baritonebynight Lol, so true. Usually, it is one of those scabby old men who stand in the gods with a packed sandwich and the score in a grubby cotton bag.
He might be a bore but the sad fact is there are no singers today that can compare to Sutherland, Callas, Price to name just a few sopranos. Sure there are some very good ones around but very rare unfortunately.
I heard her then. Unfukinbelievable!!
OMG, thats a Lot of Squillo, amazing!! Thanks you
Joan is absolutely, jaw droppingly great but if there is a word I wouldn't use to describe her voice it would be squillo.
N. Lidar I agree, her voice was somewhat huge but not at the crucial time of the aria like Our MAYA. ABA 😊🌹
@@NLidar Squillo it's how the voice travel in this case is amazing, Really brilliant notes!
@@Bulacio_Elias I thinm you're referring to her projection and resonance, which are incredible. Virtuosic notes for the centuries
@@NLidar exactly
What a sonic experience! Thanks
I'd love to know what Thelma Votipka, the Alisa. was thinking. She had sung the role at the Met with, among others, Pons and Callas. I was blessed to hear Sutherland sing this role three times in 1967.
What a voice.Amazing
I’m losing my mind! This can’t be real. BUT IT IS!! Oh, to have been there!
Callas is amazing but she’s not easy to listen. Welll miss sutherland here on the other hand is pure bliss to the ears
Wish could remember the name of the critic who summarized it perfectly when he described Sutherland’s artistry:
“ Nobody has ever sung so high, so loud, so fast and so beautiful “
Stupenda!!!
Awesome.
A miracle!
😍😍😍😍 just incredible
Estupenda Estupenda Estupenda.👏👏👏👌❤👍
Wahnsinn, wie muss sie sich in dem Moment des Applaus gefühlt haben.
Maravillosa!!! Sin duda la Más Grande y la Mejor!!!
La Stupenda....The tonal beauty is magical, power, coloratura is perfect,fautless technique, high notes are magnificent. The list goes on. Really there is no one, before or after her can compare with La Stupenda!!!
As a vocal technician, that is definitely true! NO ONE could or would ever surpass Sutherland vocally. She was truly La Stupenda. Dramatically and musically though, I would still have to say La Divina surpassed La Stupenda. But thank goodness we had and have both to listen to and love.
Maravillosa!!!!!!!
Simply stupendous!
Meraviglia
Donizetti would be astounded!
Der ekstatische Beifall am Ende dieser Arie ist hoch verdient: Niemand konnte (zumindest damals) die Lucia so perfekt singen wie Joan Sutherland.
Dass ihre schauspielerischen Fähigkeiten nicht gleichermaßen entwickelt waren - Schwamm drüber!
@OperaMyWorld I love your work remastering those arias, well done... can you remaster an aria for me please?
Yes ofcourse! I don’t know what’s happening with the notifications! It came to me 3 moths later! Please tell me!
@@OperaMyWorld hahaha don't worry... is this "in questa reggia" from Caballé ruclips.net/video/-vQgDmULFq0/видео.html
6 people gave this a thumbs down?
Probably jealous Callas nuts.
Had to be accidental
Lohengrin...
who conducted this performance?
Treyson Sherratt Silvio Varviso!
@@OperaMyWorld Thank God 💙
Tone and freshness as the great Cristina Deutekom.