Joan Sutherland in Lakme dress

[Richiesutherland]

Yes, the tenor was defintely Pavarotti, being his normal piggish self. A few nights later in Puritani, he did the worst thing. On the high C# of their act III duet, he had taken to hiding behind Joan. Well, on one particular night, not only did he hide, he put his enormous arm around her neck and accidentally choked her, which made her own C# (it was transposed down a half-step for HIM) go horribly flat. It was one of the few times I ever saw her get angry, and rightly so!!

[emma41093]

@Richiesutherland Unbelievable!

[emma41093]

Are you able to post the entire documentary because I can't find it anywhere

[emma41093]

She is such a hoot!!!

[Nhlvrnfla]

I thank God every day that Dame Joan and I are in the world at the same time.

[mdancer01]

she is magneficent what a huge and succesfull career she iss  one of the best coloratura sopranos of the world and my favorite

[drdre333]

The tenor mopping his sweat on the costume I think is probably Pavarotti if they're talking about her I Puritani costume, HAHAHA.

[SueAnnNivens]

Yeah! That´s what I think too... jajajaja

[drdre333]

It certainly makes sense, ;-)

[mariogorga]

The tenor here is the Mauritian Henri Wilden he was adecuate in the French repertoire and sung with The Australian Opera for a few years.

[remrom2]

i adore her!

[Hako2004]

So funny, Joan is always so genuine and happy.

[Jabe88]

Isn't she awesome?

[radicalclassic]

Yes, she IS awsome. Unfortunately they managed to get the ugliest tenor to sing with her. Boy he's hideous!

[Jabe88]

haha... I couldn't agree more! he's not even a good tenor.

[TheMusicgold]

@radicalclassic @Jabe88 You are both ridiculous. Henri Wilden is renowned for his performance in Lakme. If you knew anything about Opera you would know that. He is one of Australia's most respected tenors. He is far from hideous, but you however are rude and disrespectful.

[LaStupenda]

Yes she is awesome. I love how she looked during this period.  Was this the 70's?