"Alleluja" / Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate / Joan Sutherland

[jpwarzinski]

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[yourcatholicbrother]

And now Dame Joan is teaching the angels how to sing this correctly.

[ZKJonathan]

Fantastic !!! Thanks for posting ....

[Garbo46]

Well, I loved it. Of course, I was exposed to Sutherland early in my young adult life, and she became my standard for sopranos. I'm not an opera "buff," I just like high notes. Had no idea that folks would squabble so much about technique, emotions, and so forth. Joan had such a wonderful square jaw, too. Regardless of where all the arm chair critics place her, she certainly had some sort of talent to make her such an operatic icon.

[MrNikodemus2]

the finest as usual with la stupenda!!! INCOMPARABLE DAME JOAN.

[AnyPortInTheStorm]

R.I.P. Madam Sutherland, thank you from a music loving public

[jurisb]

Rest eternal grant unto her, O Lord - and let perpetual light shine upon her !

[eejqt]

The best high C I have ever heard...so pure. Would you please tell me who the portrait artist is who painted this exquisite portrait?

[MrSwifts31]

@eejqt

Hello there,the paiting of Joan Sutherland is by Robert Hannaford.

Just Google(Images) Robert Hannaford+Joan Sutherland and you will see it.,O would post a link to it but stupid YouTube doesn't allow links!

[normayschin]

"Alleluja" / Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate / Joan Sutherland

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[albanvic]

We can argue forever but she was THE best. May she rest in peace.

Victor.

[Dunks00]

May she rest in peace after bringing so much joy to so many people.

She's up there, front row with the choir invisible! Probably being conducted by Mozart himself!

[AmericanEvita]

RIP Joan Sutherland....singing in Heaven now....

[reribus]

@AmericanEvita How can we live without her?????

[missvivalaopera]

RIP Joan. Rest in peace and sing with the angels.

[skatesindreams]

I'm sure that the Angels above have welcomed her into the Heavenly Choir.

Thank you, Dane Joan!

[belcunto]

RIP Dame Joan Sutherland, and god bless you.

In the 1950's Maria Callas reopened the doors for the belcanto reportoire, but you sustained it for the next 30 years. Trills, scales, a soaring range, evenness of tone and a perfect legato line - your ubiquitous voice with it's agility and pearl timbre was perhaps not the most versatile - but where you stayed within your dramatic coloratura court you were incomparable; you were La Stupenda, the stupendous one.

[bellini7verdi]

UNICA.....SIMPLEMENTE

[LordHettrick]

Love the music. Her coloraturas are such perfect, effortless and legato.

However, it seems to lack a little bit of emotion; Alleluja is joy. Look at Damrau/Mehta. Even Bartoli, although hers is less legato, has more emotion.

[Shahrdad]

I have heard many performances of this piece, and none can sing it as easily and effortlessly as Sutherland. Her runs are done with such perfect legato precision and without any of the aspirating and gargling and glottal-stopping one hears nowadays, along is amazing trills. And all of this done with a voice which was infinitely bigger than just about anyone else's.

[emoClarinetist]

now THAT'S music...

[baird292]

Her runs are so clean, equal and every note is clear and in tune.

[blackbull84]

Her runs gave me Chills!

[hobgobblet]

Stunning

[MrDouglasfairbanks]

hello melba!

[sairamnagarajan]

Excellent trills. Gotta give her that and also the tempo was spot on! But c'mon people.. Exultation! Jubilation! Where is that in this placid performance?

[Eiswirth]

Sheer perfection!

[baritonebynight]

Her runs aren't clear? What do you mean by clarity? She sings them legato. I know this piece very well....they are at the center of the pitch and are right on in terms of rhythm.

[Antelopgrl]

Ah, yes, this is good!

I have to play this as a solo on my clarinet; listening to this helped me to better understand how to play the song stylistically.

Thank you for posting this! :)

[WiseMonki]

Thia is the one... the best i have heard. Wonderful. My warm and loving regards,

[garconfrancais01]

ok..this was made later in her career but its true her rendition is one of the most effortless, however i would prefer bartoli's

[exodus9000]

Diana Damrau rocks

[Chimbarazzo1Girlish]

her runs aren't clear

[abcjuan23]

Well, they do sound different without the commonly infected aspirations most singers use to mar this piece.

But, you should learn that this woman is a legend, and maybe take it upon yourself to build an understanding as to why she would be considered as such. Educate yourself, this is amazing.

[Chimbarazzo1Girlish]

ummm. her runs still aren't clear... that fact can't be blotted out only by considering whether or not she is a legend...

[RossiniSoprano]

Ummmm...that 'fact'? 'Fact' in your fantasy world! I tell you what.....you post a video/audio clip of you singing it cleanly, so we can see that you actually have a clue. btw, I won't be holding my breath....

[gimmeachallenge]

You are ridiculous. What are you expecting-- the glottal manipulations of one like Bartoli? That she can sing these florid passage with such ease, reserve and a molten legato speaks to what a sublime instrument she possessed. Your comment speaks only to your utter ignorance. For starters, can you not refer to melismatic passages as "her runs"? Thanks.

[baritonebynight]

Ummm..Chimbarzaaoi Girst...are you in special ed?

[Loismustdie26]

sorry, i clicked spam on the post below mine accidentally, i meant to hit reply.

I love bartoli as well, but i wasn't totally convinced by her Alleluja. They lowered it for her(she is a mezzo after all), and it just didn't have the same feeling to it. Technically she was perfect, and she gave it a flare that only Bartoli can give, but i have to say i prefer other recordings of Alleluja

[Loismustdie26]

I mean other than Bartoli this was heavenly

[garconfrancais01]

your entirely mistaken..bartoli's is the exact same key as sutherlands

[DarioPianist]

I'm sorry... Bartoli is my number one. She sings with a almost perfect technique. This piece needs a clear voice...

But... this one is not that bad.

Ciao!

[operamagnus]

Listen to the effortlessness! She can sing so much on one breath, without problems. Proper breath support should be more focused on in the vocal training of today.

[kngiht84]

Sounds "too relaxed", doesn't it ?

[midas45]

No, it's not too relaxed.

[Cleoxxxx]

@midas45  hahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­a

[operalover4567]

Perhaps you're too used to hearing sopranos 'struggle' with the coloratura :) ?

[kngiht84]

I don't recall hearing Joan struggle too many times, except for, of course, a very abysmal F in O Zittre Nicht. Oh and for the record, I spend most of my day enjoying our dear Joanie :>

[girlwithcurls90]

I almost prefer this relaxed interpretation to some of the others, but to me the jubilation and buoyancy that this piece should portray is somewhat absent.

[Cleoxxxx]

@kngiht84 haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhahahahah­a

[jbearch60]

@kngiht84

Not so much relaxed as just very easy. Most sopranos have much more difficulty with this piece. For la Stupenda, the easist thing in the world. It is called "technique"!

[raigekimaru]

@kngiht84

too relaxed?

lol were you expecting strangled screaming?

[Coloraturissimo]

WONDERFUL!! Divinissima!! by the way, people, how do you make file like this- with only picture in background, when you have only mp3 recording? I know only to upload .avi file, not to make .flv. ... apologize for ignorance, but- I'm new here. :) regards to all- C.

[kngiht84]

Using Windows Movie Maker, quite handy I have to say.

[Coloraturissimo]

THANKS !

[Merlin1940]

In addition, such a video (just one single still picture) is much smaller in Bytes, which translates in better sound quality, because algorithms need not compress as strongly, and because at playing, the low throughput required doesn't tease the limits of your connection.

Mon 14 Jul 2008 23:39 GMT

[Arch5280]

True.  Fewer photos are less distracting, too.

[OperaLover84]

Not a huge fan of her in this piece, but that coloratura is so effortlessy amazing!

[Macoperaking]

I love the music but I could never memorize all those lyrics... Lol

[andrecooper555]

@Macoperaking I'm with u!!

[regina2601]

@Macoperaking She only sings Alleuja the whole song through ;-) - I think I couldn't remeber the music

Nonetheless, she's simply wonderful, passed away only in October 2010

[freddyqueer]

Didn´t know this existed. Thanks for all the videos!

[syrinx79]

This is fabulous!! You're not going to hear a better high C at the end.

[meltzerboy]

Rich, pure tone allied to remarkable agility and breath control plus sensitive, warm expression: the Sutherland voice!

[LLehmannfan]

But here you can still hear the clarity in her voice, which she lost somewhere around 1962/63.

[Jabe88]

I think the fact that she had to change her technique after some health problems in the early 60s, and Bonynge's obsession with perfect legato, made her loose the tonal clarity of the middle register and made her diction "mushy" as she would say.

[PalazzoFarnese]

So refreshing to listen her without Bonynge, with all my respect to him...

[LLehmannfan]

This is a recording of the time before she work exclusively with him...

[drdre333]

Breathtaking is right... this is the sound I fell in love with in her.

[Hako2004]

Incomparable agility in this tricky music. Brava,

[Jabe88]

Breathtaking voice!