Joan Sutherland - "Ma la sola...Ah! la pena" (Beatrice di Tenda) - Bellini - Naples 1962

[LohengrinT]

the line at 2:38 is not real in its concept and execution with one breath - scales and 3 different trills in one line that lasts 12 seconds - simply amazing and almost as flawless as in her studio version of this most difficult Bellinian line

[bellini7verdi]

UN MILAGRO DE VOZ...........SUPERESTRATOSFER­ICA........DE UNA SOLIDEZ ESPELUZNANTE....UN ROMANTICISMO SUPERCOHERENTE......Y UN PODER CONTROLADO SUBLIME.........UN MONSTRUO VOCALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[iriisblue]

As brilliant as this is, try to get ahold of the New York debut at Town Hall. I own it and it's a treasure. And remembering the circumstance surrounding the loss of her mother that day, and now with the great Dame passing, it's even more special. Thank you for posting!

[youfeda]

GIGANTE!!!

[leprincebeaumont]

Stupefacente e poeticissima!

[kgarmaker123]

It is lovely singing. Not crazy about the manufactured middle.. but thats me.

[operamagnus]

Manufactured middel? Could you elaborate, please?

[kgarmaker123]

Have you listened to early Joan? Her middle voice sounded like her top.. it was bright, and light, and not covered, and bottled ...and natural sounding. Here, she sings with a deliberately held low soft palate, (manufactured)... it is not her natural sound, or a natural sound... its beyond darkening the vowel, which she also does, which makes her middle .. muddled. to me......

[65attila]

@kgarmaker123

She has performances from as early on Youtube - the middle sounded

much the same as later. When do you propose the manufacturing took place?

[christiaandhooghe]

Her LIVE Beatrices are so GREAT!!!!!!!!

She lives her, and IS Beatrice!!!!

[primohomme]

Wonderful, hands down the best Beatrice. I think is her best Pasta role, along with her Sonnambula and bits of Norma.

[LohengrinT]

This is the best live reading of this aria I have heard. She actually sings the dreadful phrase at 2:38 complete :p The photos are fantastic