Joan Sutherland, Maria Stuarda, 1975 .Final scene, Live recording.

Maria Stuarda, final scene.

Maria Stuarda, Regina d'Inghilterra: Joan Sutherland
Elisabetta, Regina di Scozia: Huguette Tourangeau
Roberto Conte di Leicester: Frank Little
Giorgio Talbot: Cornelius Opthof
Lord Guglielmo Cecil,
Gran Tesoriere: Malcolm Smith
Anna Kennedy, nutrice di Maria: Alzola

Orquestra Simfònica i Cor del Teatre del Las Palmas
Richard Bonynge

Las Palmas, 2/5/1975

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Music

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• Joan Sutherland
• Richard Bonynge
• Donizetti
• Maria Stuarda

[Richiesutherland]

This is perhaps the greatest of all the Stuarda final cabalettas I have heard. The force, the gleaming sound, the fervor and command of her singing are supreme. Is this from Las Palmas? For me, Stuarda was one of her top five best roles, not just vocally, but for her majesty. The Philadelphia Stuarda I saw remains one of the great experiences of my life. THANK YOU for posting this!

[LeilogOpera]

@Richiesutherland A great pleasure! Yes, it's in Las Palmas. Anyway, I've been advised there are some errors in the cast info. I'll correct as soon as I check it.

[ChrisStockslager]

I love that D at the end!! She just punches it out, which she seemed to do quite a bit with Ds in the '70s!

[LeilogOpera]

@ChrisStockslager Who cannot love this D? :-)

[Richiesutherland]

The final sentence says it all.

[canpete1]

I have a live '71 recording. She was sublime in this role...sterling vocalism

[65attila]

@Richiesutherland

I saw both her Stuardas in Philadelphia OMG.

[Eiswirth1]

More proof that she was the greatest singer of the past 50 years.

[leprincebeaumont]

Strepitosa!!!!!

[bellini7verdi]

un fenomeno en mi isla y yo a mi edad en aquella epoca lo ignoraba.....ella cantaba en el teatro y yo en mi barrio sin darme cuenta...........estaba cerca de mi y no lo sabia.....que fuerte....un gran acontecimiento ....estaba ocurriendo cuando yo me debatia entre ni adolescencia ...estudios...miedos y ganas de vivir...y no conocia esto....pero...lo conoci 7 años mas tarde en lanzarote.....por informacion cultural.....desde entonces vive conmigo........dia a dia......el mayor de mis orgullos...