Joan Sutherland "Exultate, Jubilate" Mozart 1965

[n5rnd]

If only we had a castrato to sing it...

[muzhelozhstvo]

ONE OF A KIND!!!! A JEWEL...since I was 15 started listening and at 17 saw her Norma at the MET!!!will never ever forget saw all she did after that even flew to places to see her do things She wasn't doing in NY

[Zpevacek15]

1.part con diva Sutherland- dove é?:(

[truediabolique69]

W~O~W!

[flaze3]

I don't much like the 'cover', but despite that she still sings very beautifully.

[EADutton]

She was so pure in her tonality. And, I agaree with marchesano....she has always kept that impecable trill.

[soulessblade]

The seraphim will sing ever sweeter now. Rest in peace and thank you for such an amazing gift.

[Javier86663]

Simplemente una hermosa voz de una bella mujer. La perfección en la tierra

[AmericanEvita]

Gorgeous singing here....RIP Joan Sutherland La Stupenda

[musicalme27]

So beautiful. Rest in Peace. Another star in Heaven.

[missvivalaopera]

Rest in Peace Joan. May you sing with the angels. <3



[missvivalaopera]

Rest in Peace Joan. May you sing with the angels. <3

[ChrisStockslager]

My guess is that this recording pre-dates her studio recording. My guess it is also from 1959, since she never trilled so easily or in that particular way after 1959 --- not even on the Art of the Prima Donna album.

[marchesano]

@ChrisStockslager This is not 1959. You can hear the covering in her voice here as is typical in the mid-1960s. I will disagree, she always kept a miraculous trill. Better than any singer I've ever heard. The singing is silvery and glistens while still being warm. It is surely young Sutherland, but I belive the date is accurate, as she did multiple operas in Australia in 1965.

[ChrisStockslager]

@marchesano Well, yes, her trill was always the best ever recorded, but pre-1960, she had a different approach to trilling than that she developed later.

[marchesano]

@ChrisStockslager Indeed. I might suggest that two factors came into play: The sinus surgery and re-working her technique, and that perhaps pre-1960 she had not fully perfected her technique for the trills, or esp. the rapid, climbing or descending trills. I agree about the dates, this is young Suntherland in the mid-60s "covered" period. Something that in itself deserves study. They never addressed it much, but clearly it was to preserve the voice and range.

[CaptFitzbattleaxe]

@marchesano This is the 1959 recording. I've posted it on my channel, and it sounds just like this one. :)

[andyuk]

This is sublime. It takes great skill for a voice this big to scale down so suitably for Mozart.

[edgarbiervliet]

Has there ever been any other singer who has gone through such amazing stages of development? With Joan you can just hear when the recording was made, because her voice has changed so much over time. But then again in a way it has never changed. She is just fascinating. The bright shining radiant sound...but again deep and warm. Its like a contradiction in itself. Like a riddle....a mystery. Never heard any voice like hers.

[dolcefico]

Astonishingly, breathtakingly beautiful throughout. Expected fireworks with the alleluja, but 4:57-5:24 is sublime! Listening to her is like a religious experience. Wonderfully in idiom, too.

[Richiesutherland]

How right you are, dolcefico! There are few things that humans do that are anywhere near as beautiful as nature, but that section mentioned above is like a glorious waterfall or mounain stream in its hushed beauty. Joan is our line to whatever you think is immortal.

[64marc64]

Glorious, effortless sound. When I hear her voice, sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not just dreaming...

[operamagnus]

This was recorded in December 1959 :)

[Homoclassicus]

Actually, there is a recording from Dec. 1959, but it's not this one. The voice there is much lighter and more focused, as opposed to the more enveloping sound she has here. :-)

[AmorediPazzia]

Joan's crystal ton voice is really fastinate!

(I think this is recorded in 1959. :-))

[JDOopera76]

I am not sure...I do not think it is 1965 though...I think it was 59, or maybe 61? I have the recording, but I lost the info :(

[tailspin37]

She sings like an angel..

Thanks for posting.....John