Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento, Sextet from Lucia, Dame Joan Sutherland

[rafaelpelaezf]

This is a piece of anthology. All of the singers are the best in his roles, Kraus, Sutherland, Pablo Elvira, Plishka. I met almost all of them, shake hands and listened to their perfect voices and perfect singing. except Sutherland. Thank you God for giving me healthy ears, music aducation, and a heart capable to feel deep emotion caused by such magnificent performances......... MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MUSIC LOVERS..

[profgv2011]

This is a great emotion charge Lucia with the great Sutherland not the faceless Lucia of Netrebko...This was when singers sang and didn't cater to busy directors from Broadway who direct like they never heard the music before....and before HD didn't turn this into a glamor show of closeups........Thank you Joan Sutherland..

[anacleto2011]

quanto verdi si intravede in questo sestetto 

[martythetickler]

I have said this for quite some time & I'll say it 1000 times over if necessary: Dame Joan Sutherland is the greatest female singer who has ever lived.

[JoanLorraineN]

That was so beyond PHENOMENAL - I don't know what to say! Sorry - there are NO comparisons with today's crop of singers. NONE! Sutherland and Kraus were voices only found rarely in any century - and how blessed we are that we have "recorded history" of both of them- together no less!. RIP Dame Joan and Maestro Kraus! You live in our hearts, eardrums, and souls FOREVER!

[vorspiel1023]

I always loved Dame Joan's voice; I just wish her diction was better; all of her Italian is muddled.I adore the huge voice but I also love the emotion that one gets from the words; she also occasionally had a pitch problem here and there. She was a great one, but she wasn't Callas.

[Hako2004]

@vorspiel1023

Madame Callas had a few problems with pitch as well in the later career, so lets be fair. Dame Joan is 56 here. Sutherland could never be Callas, but neither could Maria ever be Sutherland.

[jmccracken1963]

@vorspiel1023 If you listen to Joan Sutherland's recordings up to about 1965 or 1966, you will hear not only that clear, beautiful sound and pinpoint intonation, but also clean, clear diction. However, in the 1/28/1967 Met broadcast of DON GIOVANNI (conducted by Bohm), hers is the one performance in the cast in which the Italian is completely unintelligble (but her singing IS good). And so it would be for most of her performances, live and studio, thereafter, sadly.....

[AustrianAdrian]

A pity Ms Sutherland cannot teach Ms Netrebko to sing this part anymore

[Drelnis]

@AustrianAdrian She left dozens of recordings though, throughout her entire career of this great role - Netrebko if she wanted to study she could very well listen to them more often :)

[PietroAntoni]

@Drelnis 

[branko1b]

@AustrianAdrian lol - MS Netrebko is a fine singer in her own right - she just can't sing this role, NOBODY can teach her to sing this role - lust like one can't squeeze orange juice out of an apple (nothing wrong with apples or oranges) ... somebody should teach the that maybe - one would see it as a simple realisation, but she obviously can't come to it herself

[hotdogthevender]

I'm going around watching all the different versions of this song, and I think this one has the best group performance AND best sound quality. The other vids each have a stand out performer (Pavarotti, Anna Moffo, Lanza) but this one is the best overall.

[pointemeout]

oh man...that was fucking awwwwwwwweeeesome!! i love hearing such strong, well-timed high notes. lovely sutherland

[emma41093]

Right, this has decided for me. I'm going to have to buy every single recording (DVD/VHS and CD/Tape/LP) dearest Dame Joan ever made - Lord knows how I'll fund it!!!

[CaptFitzbattleaxe]

Ooo, Karus takes the D-flat with Sutherland. Very nice. Thanks for posting.

[mrluistena]

@CaptFitzbattleaxe Kraus did take the D - Flat, he was a master.

[bellini7verdi]

LA MARAVILLA DE LAS MARAVILLAS........EL VERBO CANTADO EN LA VOZ DE JOAN SUTHERLAND.........LA FILOSOFIA DEL SONIDO MAS BELLO QUE SE HAYA ESCUCHADO.......MAS DE 40 AÑOS DANDONOS ESAS VIBRACIONES DIGNAS DE ESTUDIO....OBRAS ESCRITAS HACE 100 Y 200 AÑOS CANTADAS POR UNA MUJER DEL SIGLO XX........EL MAXIMO EXPONENTE VOCAL DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS....UN SER ESPECIAL......PARA LA ETERNIDAD DE LA CULTURA......GRACIAS JOAN SUTHERLAND......MILLONES DE GRACIAS......VIVA JOAN SUTHERLAND TU LEGADO SERA ETERNO