[1962.5.4] Ah! la pena in lor piomboㅡJoan Sutherland (Naples)

[bellini7verdi]

LO DE LA OPERETA ESTA DE MAS...................EL BELCANTO ES UNA COSA Y LA OPERETA ES OTRA............ESTA CLARO QUE SUTHERLAND JAMAS SERA DE OPERETA....Y ESO NO TIENE NI DISCUSION......SU VOZ ES SOLIDA ....IMPONENTE ...Y UNICA Y SOLO PUEDE SER TRANSPORTADA AL BELCANTO....PORQUE SU POTENCIA ES DEMASIADO PARA LA OPERETA Y LA MUESTRA ES QUE CUANDO CANTA OPERETA.......LE DA UN GRADO DE SERIEDAD DEMASIADO FUERTE PARA LA OPERETA...QUE ES CUANDO LA OPERETA TIENE VALOR PORQUE SINO PARECE PELICULA BOBA

[bellini7verdi]

una de las mejores operas de bellini.magnifica.preciosa.com­pletisima.increible.gracias bonynge.por saber y por ser un vicionario.y por casarte con joan sutherland.y porque eres el alejandro magno de los directores de operas.

[viafilodrammatici]

Beatrice was a tragic heroine. This phrasing is good for operetta.

[33blueberries]

Is that the best you could come up with, phrasing? And you call yourself a critic :P

Personally, I'd be complaining about Rescigno's complete and utter lack of sensitivity to the score and his singer, LONG before even thinking about commenting on phrasing.

[Jabe88]

Thank you for sharing with us those recordings

[andreasscholl]

What's this??

Elkins as Agnese???

That's the EARLY years.

Only knew the 3 recorings from Joan, 2 live and one from Decca.

Beatrice demanded much from the voice, she was so GREAT in it!

The libretto was splendid for Joan.