June Anderson - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (1983) - Mad scene Part 1

[SuperHartline]

I too saw Anderson in L.A. at the Dorothy Chandler pavillion, singing this very scene. But I thought it was in 1981. What if it was this one? Wow! Anyone know whether or not she sang Lucia in L.A. in '81 too? Superhartline

[MastersoftheOpera]

June's Lucia is excellent. Today's sopranos are smart not to do a campy, over-the-top Mad scene & instead focus on technique and coloratura, but Lucia's Mad Scene does call for some acting & expression. The best way to do the Mad Scene is the way June does it. She does it like a Sleep Walking Scene, slow, eerie, detached, ghostly. That's the way to sing Lucia. Others who have done it like this have include Edita Gruberova & Joan Sutherland.

[cantanteporsiempre]

Woo no conocía esta versión, maravillosa, que voz tan limpia y que control, brava.

[schaubjh]

I was blown away by her Lucia in LA in either 1989 or 1991ish. I remember being stunned by this woman in a nightgown running around some tombstones. I was so moved by her performance.

[marrieter08]

lucia di lamermoor is perhaps the MOSTCOMPELLING HEROINE of the operatic repetoire

[FriarJim]

I will never forget the amazing performance Ms. Anderson gave of this in Chicago. (Lyric Opera) It was flawless!

[benyviirigala]

love the video, it gives a phantasmagoric appearance to Lucia...quite poetic. Otchen jorosho.

[LaMostraESopra]

Her voice sounds rather like Sutherland's here, which I think works to her advantage.

Joanie will always be my favourite Lucia, but Anderson really suprised me by doing a pretty damn fantastic job!

I was blown away, considering how awful her Sempre Libera was.

[FeDuS27]

Porque seguismo con la mania de Comparar a cualquier soprano con "La Callas", Nadie dice que no fue Excelente... Pero ahora es el momento de otras... No comparemos... A veces las comprarciones son MALAS !

[lobonegro4]

Por que la Callas es La Callas...y nadie se da cuenta que ya paso a mejor vida, y todos esperan que vuelva otra Callas pero esta generacion no la va a ver, igual no ha habido otro Mozart Bethoveen Chopin Bach cada uno unico en su estilo

[segarnette]

Agreed. Callas and Anderson should not be compared. They are both phenomenal singers, but each differs in her own regard.

[filiodecallas]

UNa interpretación muy genuina porque aunque no posee la Anderson la ligereza de las coloraturas, nos da una Lucia humana, de carne hueso como la que Callas dio.

[Dune137]

Beautiful! The second and third parts are even better. Also, can someone tell me the real name of the male that you hear at the very beginning of this clip? I think he is the one playing th part of Arturo, but Im not sure.

[nickbigd]

Dune137: I believe the voice you asked about is Agostino Ferrin.

[colibridelapampa]

Muy bien!!!

[guiradobrasil]

Beautiful!!!

[Rossalita]

GRAND ANDERSON!

[justwatchingyours]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!