Sumi Jo - Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor - Mad Scene

This video clip is one of Sumi Jo's
DVD Title "Mad for Love/Amore di Pazzia
- Coloratura Highlights." This Opera Gala
Concert DVD consists of Sumi Jo's 4 coloratura
mad scenes and 5 encores. Elvira (I Puritani),
Lucia (di Lammermoor), Amina (La Sonnambula),
Ophelie (Hamlet) are main arias.

This clip is Lucia's mad scene.

2003, Seoul, South Korea.
Conductor - Paolo Olmi
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

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[Sandy du Soleil]

I have tickets to see her in London later this year in a Mozart recital! I'm going to be right at the front- I'm going to be breathing in Sumi Jo's breath...Hopefully I'll be able sing like her afterwards!

[Ruben Gutierrez]

Absolutely right @operafantic, she is passing every note with the requirement of composer not subordinating the aria to her habilities, she is someone who deserves the crown of extraordinary perfection

[Staiduk]

My God - so perfect; so beautiful.

As much as I admire and love Sumi I don't think she can yet match the passion and power of the great Maria Callas; but she's getting VERY close. The best point is Sumi's still relatively young; she still has room to grow. She will easily surpass Maria; I'm sure of it.

[Robert Valence]

Sandy - hi.

How did you hear of her performance? I'm a new admirer of Sumi - but I can't find any details of future engagements. Where are they published?

[alouise47]

💘...sigh....💕

[Nicholas Brown]

this is truly fantastic

[rmcinuk]

Ah! Robert, how many times over the years have I bemoaned the fact that the poor medium of language cannot describe the glory that is Sumi Jo? My pathetic list of superlatives ran out two and half decades ago about five minutes after I first fell headlong into this wondrous voice. Many year later I found them to be lacking still when I saw Sumi on video and then again when I saw her live. Non of this prepared me for meeting her, truly the finest woman I shall ever hug. <3

[Robert Valence]

I do quite a lot of writing and English is my first language.

But I just don't have the words to describe Sumi Jo and this performance.

Not in this world, that's for sure..

[Issy Malin]

Just brilliant, that's all.

[mouad B]

WOW !!

[puerca2323]

Immaculate performance! Utterly breathtaking at least!

[onpsxmember]

thanks, I really like it:)