Joan Sutherland in Lakme rehearsal

[iyamt]

We miss you Miss Sutherland...

[emma41093]

Are the scenes you've posted on youtube the only ones Dame Joan appears in?

[mckellysmellybelly]

Love that warmth!!



[emma41093]

Thanks for posting this, what is it from?

[chrisscruzzz]

@DCFundBud.... Who said anything about singing better or worse? Joan had a really distinctive voice, now if thats a good thing or not I guess is up to us as music lovers lol.

[avalokiteshivara]

stupenda

[MorMar001]

Oh! Thank you very much! It is a privilege to see Miss Sutherland in rehearsal. she's wnoderful

[preppybeast6293]

the best THE BEST the BEST THE best THE BEST tHeBeSt

[Ivanbelastegui]

This is very impresive. So interesting listening to them rehearsal. She seems to be quite down to earth too. Great. Thanks for posting

[blondzuher]

Beautifully sung! It's nice to hear her in this opera.

[MrQwerty88]

"sorry, I forgot to breate" and "it's a bit rattely"... the end of those sentences should be "... but I still sounds F*!@ING AWESOME"... this womaan is SO modest.

[CatalinaDM56]

He is a tall man! Sutherland is 6'2'', 6'0''!

[DCFunBud]

No one could sing the Bell Song like Sutherland.

[ElisabettaVS]

she is also one of my favourites for this song ^^

[hobo1975]

@DCFunBud plenty have sung it better!

[NMEnrique]

@hobo1975 idiot

[jacksvoice]

@DCFunBud She did it sublimely. So did Callas.

[16thCenturyArt]

Priceless !

[xoolkam]

Great singing. Sutherland just tosses the

notes off like nothing. The tenor, Yordi

Ramiro (Mexican) so underrated, listen to

some of his stuff on youtube, beautiful voice, reminds me of Carraras.

[vocalissimo1]

Xoolkam, just to let you know that the tenor is Henri Wilden, a Mauritian.

[acitipo]

Hoy existen, maravillosas sopranos, ojala que duren tanto como la Stupenda...Dessay, Danrau, creo que son las mejores de lejos, hay otras que veo que se esfuerzan como la Netrebko....pero hay gran diferencia.

[taternut]

I think someone said this already but I luv this video because it shows that even though joan sutherland is one of tthe greats she made mistakes in her profesional career that I make in my student years ("I forgot to breath") best line ever because i say that 2)her mannerisms in between her singing reminds me of things i do

[danielpavarotti]

This is great!!Magnific Joan

[clymnestre]

Who the tenor is? He is singing as well with MIss Sutherland

[hisimperialmajesty]

She really shows both her outstanding talent, and her human side here. But good lord, Richard's hair during the 70's was /ridiculous/...haha.

[acitipo]

He tenido la suerte de estar en los mejores teatros de opera, y he visto a las mejores sopranos durante 40 años! Pero con sinceridad les digo como La Stupenda, no hay, es increible su fiato, la flexibilidad, y el color en los tres registros increiblemente perfectos!!!

[cjha1978]

envidio tu experiencia. uno de mis mayores deseos ha sido escuchar a sutherland.

[acitipo]

He tenido la suerte de estar en muchos teatros de operas, y escuchado a muchas sopranos de renombre, pero como la sra Sutherland no existe otra, es increible su flexibilidad, la perfecta tecnica, y su interminable fiato!!!!

[charrotenor]

es la mejor soprano al igual que maria callas bravo por ella

[broadwaybound18]

wow...i'm french and i can barely understand a word those two are singing....

[33blueberries]

I caught a 'printemps' and a 'chaque jour', and I think there was a 'd'amour' at the end. Oh, and I'm not french :P

[reallyharried]

Oh yes.... that goes for her English as well. The consensus was they had traded diction for control of line and beauty of tone. I understand her earlier work, pre Richard, was more intelligible.

[lia7]

lol the guy looks like a sulking boy there :-D

[Alexanadu]

Holy crap, it's the original Diva Plavalaguna. I love her.

[gibraltarrr]

that trill!! <3

[katedave]

i LOVE her reaction to her bad note. She is a gem and it is so wonderful to see that everyone does make mistakes.

[yglygl4545]

at 03:15, her humorous facial expression is funny!

[hillevifan]

yea really funny

[mdancer01]

personally i understand sutherland diction

i dont listen any mistake

the thing is thet maybe is because of her sinus and her operation that i hear a little the letter d in some words

but i think is because of her sinus

[jjcbss]

Lol I love how the tenor has his arms folded, ever so casusally. Her voice is electric, even in rehearsal.

[AnnElliot]

As usual, Dame Joan is great, the vocalizing is phenomenal but the problem is pronunciation, I can never make out a word she is saying, same in Italian where she can't lose the English accent.

[Ogniem]

Actually she is singing in French, Lakme is a French opera. And I can make out almost every word she is saying here.

[AnnElliot]

Lol,thank you for the info:)),I know that Lakme is in French, I said her French diction is as her Italian... mushy.

[Ogniem]

oh sorry... I just hadn't read the word "same [in italian]" lol

[TJWTNR]

I agree. LOVE Joan's vocal virtuosity. Her singing is like fireworks sometimes, isn't it? Alas, I'd really like to see some teeth. Her placement is very high, but quite far back throughout the extent of her range, & it seems she never allows for vowel modification when she descends from upper registers (where she truly reigned) in order to blend the registers, brighten the sound, clarify the diction, AND allow us to understand what the hell she was singing.

[ZamaniMarmar]

No no... These are the clips where she looks original and beautiful.. She only looks bad in the concerts where her dresses dont cover her shoulders.. It just makes her look like less of a lady...

She is really the best though... My goodness, What a powerful team her and her husband were! Amazing...

Peace

[zurriuss]

It would be wonderful to see the E flat-moment. Otherwise, Joan is one of the best! I love her.

[SinoSene]

Wow. One thing is hearing this on CD, another is to see the notes actually produced, and coming out of her mouth! Its absolutely stunning!

[Audiolink]

lovely singing! shame Joan's looking even more frightfully hideous than usual, hehe

[Jabe88]

well, ehem, she still looks better than the tenor, doesn't she?

[ChrisStockslager]

Well, to be fair, she probably isn't wearing a lot of makeup, just for rehearsals.

[BDL88]

Thank you so much for these great videos! :)

[Hako2004]

Very nice to see behind the scenes. Thank you for the post.

[Jabe88]

this is so delightful