Joan Sutherland - The Reluctant Prima Donna (3/3)

[RRydnew]

She still gives me goosebumps! Her, Callas, Price and Norman!....Viva to the Divas!

[RRydnew]

She still gives me goosebumps! Her and Callas....DIVA!

[Judill]

The recording of Horne and Sutherland at the beginning gives me non-stop chills. So beautiful.

[ecceben]

Could someone point out where her Italian encore of "Let the Bright Seraphim" is? I can't find it on any of her commerical releases. Is it from a recording from an actual performance?

[emma41093]

@ecceben I should think so. There are plenty recordings of her singing the Samson aria in English but she never commercially recorded it encore style (with the sneaky new lyrics in Italian). I would think there is probably a recording of her doing the Fenice version somewhere - I just don't know where. Sorry I couldn't be more use :)

[emma41093]

@ecceben and as if by magic CaptFitzBattleaxe has uploaded it!

[MrSwifts31]

Thank You SO much for posting the 3 parts of this documentary.

As we (in our area) are not Digital yet we cannot get BBC4,and so I had missed this.

[emma41093]

@MrSwifts31 You're welcome. I just had the good fortune of having sky and being up at the right time (1.30am...) scrolling through the channels. I just hoping that another documentary is made in the next couple of years which focuses on the not so nice consequences of having a career like she had.

[matthieusarah]

what Sherill Milnes says at the end is the sweetest thing that can be said about Joan Sutherland.

[emma41093]

@matthieusarah Agreed, it is about the greatest compliment one can receive in my opinion.

[renaccio]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for uploading!

[ChrisStockslager]

Thank you for posting the third part!

[emma41093]

@ChrisStockslager You're welcome - sorry for the delay :)