Joan Sutherland sings "Regnava nel silenzio" from Lucia

Sutherlans's last Lucia. Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona. Richard Bonynge conductor. November 30, 1988

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• Donizetti
• Lucia
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• Lammermoor
• Joan
• Sutherland

[skitzo429]

first off, joan sutherland was 62 when this was filmind. more importantly, netrebko is NOT a coloratura, she has no business singing the kind of roles she sings, most of her coloratura sounds like a big sloppy mess.

[baritonebynight]

I hardly think that Dame Joan was in "sad shape" here. After hearing one or two notes, you know its Dame Joan singing. She made many people very happy by singing into her mid 60s. I don't care if she transposed music occasionally by the mid 1980s...she could sing the heck out of it. Her voice darkened with age of course, but her interpretations of the roles were still unparalled. One knows a thing or two when one has sung as role for 30 years.

[ChrisStockslager]

@lastupendaboy What did her high D's and Eb (at the end of the mad scene) sound like by that point? :)

[mgnooonh0]

هههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه­ه

ياربي لا تبلاني ع الصراخ هههههههههههههههههههههههه

[MrAndredekock]

Brava Dame Joan! A bit laboured, but for your age BRAVISSIMA! My favorite Lucia will always be Beverly Sills, but Dame Joan came a damn close second in the race!

[moghedien13]

@baritonebynight i dont think sad shape either. def a shadow of her former self but i mean its dame joan. id take her singing at 70 years old with the flu over many of todays singers.

[skitzo429]

@TraVoiBelle Perhaps youre cofused, or just do not know anything about opera. Donizetti is part of the bel canto trifecta (along with Rossini and Bellini), and this style is ALL about coloratura (and long phrasing, and high notes, but with heavy emphasis of technique and colroatura), to say that Lucia is not a coloratura role is perfectly absurb. This role is LOADED with coloratura writing, and a number of famous coloraturas have made their names singing Lucia, Joan being one of them

[voicemad]

What is wrong with a voice "darkening". Many of the "greats" sounded better when they were more mature and really new their stuff. I'm fed up with the "in their prime" shrill imature screaming. Callas and a few others were exceptions where they had screamed too much, too early and too long.

[teatrumuzical]

Great Lucia!

[JoyEvelynT]

..................veramente STUPENDA ! ................Che tristezza la sua scomparsa.

E che tristezza che il suo dono alla cultura, all'umanità, almeno per quanto riguarda i mezzi di comunicazione in Italia, che sarebbe la patria del Bel Canto, è passato quasi inosservato............. Charles Terry

[cleanears]

STUPENDA!!!!!!!!!!!

[Heartlessiceboy]

Of course she was in "sad shape" she was 62. At that age most sopranos are retired but Sutherland was singing Lucia. And even in sad shape she sounds way better that Netrebko (who probably was going to be retired at 62)

La Stupenda for ever