Joan Sutherland interview 1972 part 1/5
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seriously. singers today I'm like "okay, you're good looking, you have great diction, you're a decent actor...but you have no legato!" I'm a young singer myself, but I guess you could say my values are a little what you would call "old school". legato, technique and vocal placement trump all other areas of singing in terms of importance.
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@RossiniSoprano Have to agree
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@RossiniSoprano The critics want fluid legato, but they criticized her diction. Tell me.... how does one perfectly enunciate individual syllables when you're supposed to seamlessly string notes together? So yes, like you said, it's the need to find a criticism.
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@aaronwellman55 Her diction was no worse than the average opera singer's, but because she was such a technical wonder, people have this need to try to find something that wasn't perfect about her.
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What a great Lady!!!!!
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What a wonderful woman. I met her once in Cardiff when she came to do a recital. She was warm engaging and fun at the stage door putting up with a bunch of us overeager fans and enjoying herself.
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Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft starlight at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.
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the most celebrated opera star on the planet.
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Extraordinary...
La Stupenda o The incomparable...
Her secret...
Effortless, warm, vibrant...
Freely, powerfully, intensely...
Clarity and finesse...
Her voice was so naturally glorious...
Una diva
©...Aronne
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She reminds me of my great-grandma, a warm loving person with a great voice. Although my great-grandma sings our southern folk-tunes.
One thing I would like to know is--why is everyone so vicious when it comes to sopranos? Is there something about opera that brings out the jackal in people? Everyone has to love Joan Sutherland and hate Nathalie Dessay, or hate Joan and love Maria. Why? Can they not all be great in their own way? (PS-Joan Rules!)
applejelly87 2 years ago 18
each Diva is one of a kind and special in her own way...Dessay still has years and years of hard work to be even close do Divinas like Callas and Sutherland
webbersarahlover 2 years ago 9