Joan Sutherland: "O Divine Redeemer" by Charles Gounod

[zxzllamazxz]

Just incredible. Simply incredible. Words are inadequate.

[666lainey1]

Absolute perfection. I love you Joan.Miss you lot's ..

[Sotzume]

Joan Sutherland was one of the greatest geniuses and vocal phenomena of the 20th century. We should genuflect and simply be grateful for all the joy she brought into the world with that amazing voice.

[TheDaisycler]

où se trouve la Grande Françoise POLLET?Elle interprète cette oeuvre d'une façon MAGISTRALE. Merci d'y penser

[TheVaughan5]

You really needed to have heard her in the 1960's at the height of her career, the voice was much better in the those days by the 80's there was a slight beat creeping in and the sound had lost much of it;s brilliance. Some of her televised performances from the 80's show a singer who was simply a pale shadow of her former self, sad but true. R.I.P. Joan, you were totally unique, a vocal phenomena.

[65attila]

This is NOT Joan in florid mode but as a spinto soprano with tone like lava - warm, smooth, flowing and glowing.

Magnificent- when Joan sang it was a GOLDEN AGE.

[MyInfiniteWisdom]

I was at her Pasadena, CA recital sometime in 1986 (at the Pasadena Conventon Center, along Colorado St., I think....). I was so fortunate to have seen and heard l her in person!!! Wow, that was a long time ago - when I was still a graduate student!!!

[GmaM11]

I had the magnificent pleasure of experiencing her in concert three times. Once in Salt Lake City, once in the Watergate concert hall, and then again in Minneapolis.

She, like Pavarotti, had an exquisite, ethereal quality the recording equipment of the day could not capture, but she still brings goodbumps.

[jorgegs41]

JOAN SUTHERLAND TRULY IS THE GREATEST OF ALL SINGERS, SHE HAS A UNIQUE VOICE AND VERY DISTINCTLY HER OWN. NO ONE CAN MATCH HER VOICE. SO MAGNIFICENT!!!

[raigekimaru]

I don't care if it's over half a year until christmas, Joan Sutherland's rendition makes my spine tingle

[dereske]

Quel bel air!...on dirait du Massenet...quelle belle interprétation!...quelle belle direction! Un vrai bonheur! Thanks Dame Sutherland!

[TheValdoro]

heaven must be overflowing with the great floods of beautiful tones that emenates from this great singer.I for one remember that during the mad scene at covent garden in one of her last "Lucia`s" I realised that not only me ,but the whole theatre was holding its breath when she sang "alfin son tua.......alfin sei mio.." I could hear her clearly but no longer see her through the tears.

[bellini7verdi]

CANTABA DELICADAMENTE.....CON UNA VOZ INMENSA Y BRUTALLLLLLL.....POR ESO ESTA VERSION...ES MAS ACOGIBLE...POR RENATA TEBALDI......PARA LOS OIDOS HUMANOS.........PORQUE ..LA VOZ DE SUTHERLAND...ES PARA OIDOS MAS EVOLUCIONADOS.......

[PianistandFencer]

What a moving rendition...by far, obviously, the best on youtube...It almost brings me to tears thinking about the fact I'll never get to hear her voice live. Thank God for recordings, though.

[1985lorraine]

Thank you, operazaile for posting this!

[timsuffolk]

I will never forget that voice, this is just beautiful