Joan Sutherland Sings "Care Selve" by Händel

A young Joan Sutherland singing "Care Selve", an aria from Handel's Atalanta. 1961 with Gerald Moore at the piano.

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[stiemogo]

And just to make things interesing, I must say....Handel would not have liked the operatic runs between the pitches. He WOULD have encouraged ornamentation, but only pure, clean melismas, not "sweeping" ones...(hoping this excites some conversation...smiles wickedly)

[tamerlano]

@ludvan64 What I find odd is the idea that she was ugly...she's beautiful here...the noble chin, the high cheekbones, perfect beehive do. She was not stunning in the Anna Moffo model (but neither was Anna Moffo, really...until the nose job) but she is perfectly lovely. And that voice is, and always will be, one of the world's great wonders.

[tyforjesus]

THANK YOU for doing a trill!

[stiemogo]

@afrikasouth That comment was directed toward "Hako2004", who said Handel would have changed things had he heard this version. Why must every comment people post be in argument with other posts? My comment isn't killing opera. And my observations about this video have been truthful and honest. And there are many books written on how the music of Handel's time was to be performed. This is not all modern interpretation, as you said. - Music Graduate - Sara Tiemogo

[akrifasouth]

@stiemogo I'm not sure you could say what Handel would or would not have liked. Our interpretation of what was written about how people sang so long ago is a modern interpretation that we approach from a modern understanding of singing. Besides, puritanism kills opera.

[Operastar17]

Yes people... even La Stupenda can sing flat some times. Though its by such a small fraction that for me, at least, it has no effect what-so-ever in the overall interpretation of this most heavenly piece. I still find astonishing that someone who is famous for having a huge voice, can sing this incredibly intimate piece so beautifully. You are and will always be my eternal Prima Donna, Joan. Rest in peace.

[thebraveheart410]

Tihs is succcchhhh a hard song to learn i take voice lessons and its is by far the hardest thing ive ever learned

[stiemogo]

@Hako2004 Yes, perhaps. If Handel ever heard my pop music, maybe he would change genres entirely. :) ....I have stuff on my channel, but it's not classical music. :P

[Hako2004]

@mack0014

Really....is that all you heard?

[Hako2004]

@stiemogo

If Handel had ever had the opportunity to hear Sutherland's voice, he may have changed his mind about a few things......or perhaps he would have been too dumb-stuck to comment at all. We will never know, but this version is absolutely lovely, and I wouldn't change a thing.

[jmiller05]

That Ab is most beautiful though.

[tamerlano]

@ludvan64 I find it hard to believe A. that joanie would be seen as ugly, even today, and B. that a voice of this extraordinary quality would be overlooked in favor of big tits...opera hasn't changed THAT much.