Joan Sutherland sings The Bohemian Girl (vaimusic.com)

http://vaimusic.com/VIDEO/DVD_4254_ArtofSutherland.htm
Joan Sutherland sings "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" from The Bohemian Girl (Balfe)
From: VAI DVD 4254 The Art of Joan Sutherland

The first half of this remarkable DVD is a 1963 television special from Canadian television which presents Miss Sutherland in fully-staged arias and scenes from La Sonnambula, I Puritani, and La Traviata. The second half finds Miss Sutherland in a rare 1969 solo recital, with Richard Bonynge, piano. The program includes arias and songs by Bellini, Handel, Rossini, Gounod, Bizet, Massenet, and others, and was taped live at the University of Toronto.
Optional English subtitles.
Approx. 110 minutes, Black & White / Color.
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[vocalissimo1]

Joan's ability to float such a ravishing vocal line is an object lesson to all singers in breath control and support. The ease of production, beauty of tone and shaping of line are all superlative. Notice how Richard never plays for Joan with the lid fully closed (in this case it is fully open!) as her full tone always carries effortlessly over the piano (and any sized orchestra, for that matter).

[paminaase]

There's a huge different...

Callas can act but Sutherland can sing!!!!

I think that Callas should have learnt something from her!

[Eiswirth1]

Exquisitely beautiful. IMO the greatest voice of all time.

[musicloversingable]

Refined, elegant, beautiful. Where is such singing now?

[Randomhall1]

I love this - Dame Joan is perfection ;)

[mstrsims2]

Early Joan Sutherland like this is perfection! Thanks for posting

[JeeRant]

I'm sorry, Joan, I couldn't hear you over your massive headgear.

[mountainsong100]

Jesse Norman is a conceited unpleasant woman. Completely self absorbed. She will never have the great career that Joan had.

[harold9619]

@kavallan Perhaps she had no choice in jaws...

[elisepoetry1603]

Wonderful, thank you for sharing

[gustavtube1]

XXX Factor . Was she really 80 when she performed this?

'Look at my works ye mighty and despair'

Better when she was younger, but ........

[jjmmcc1949]

Excellent, but go to  Jesse Norman's rendition & compare.