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Uploaded by on Mar 13, 2007

Joan Sutherland, Justino Diaz, and Livia Budai perform the trio from the Antonia scene of "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" at the Richard Tucker Gala (October 1987) in Carnegie Hall

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  • Even at that age, Joan Sutherland's voice had such presence!

  • @Hako2004 Obviously I didn't mean her best ever... of course after her prime there's natural decline... but in context, I've heard performances she's given at this age, and older, that I preferred.

  • @PianistandFencer

    She had not been "at her best" for a while....she was 61 when this performance took place.

  • I love Joan, but this trio just wasn't very good... and even she was, obviously, not at her best.

  • Although this is not my favorite Sutherland version of the trio, it's still a fine one, and it is good to remember that she was just about to turn 61 when she sang this!

  • Neither of those singers have a chance against Sutherland.

  • Dommage pour Justrino Diaz et Livia Budai d'être avec Joan Sutherland !

    Sans être obligé de la regarder j'ai souffre déjà assez :sa voix me rend mal à l'aise..Attraper à tout hasard des notes hautes ne veut pas dire chanter .

    Pourtant j'aime beaucoup de sopranos , J'évite tous les enregistrements

    où elle participe.Serais-je le seul dont les tympans font la grève lorsqu'elle

    "chante" ?

  • 5* and 1000 thaks...

    is it possible, when available ( most of them are ) add the lyrics on more info ?

    sarebbe grandioso !

    Auguri per il 2010

    Eu

  • Sadly, not too long after this performance, Livia Budai had a very unfortunate Metropolitan Opera debut. If I remember correctly, she debuted as Azucena in Il Trovatore (with Sutherland, Pavarotti, and Nucci) where the Met audience roundly booed her and some actually laughed at her singing. I think she was replaced after just that one performance, first by Elena Obraztsova and then by Shirley Verrett. I never heard of her after that and don't know if she ever sang at the met again.

  • No, I think the person was shouting "Bravi!"

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