Joan Sutherland - Les Filles de Cadix

Dame Joan Sutherland sings this little song by Delibes with her husband, Richard Bonynge playing the piano. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the exact year of the performance.

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• joan
• sutherland
• richard
• bonynge
• opera
• delibes
• filles
• cadix

[meltzerboy]

I heard Sutherland many times in opera and recital and rarely got the impression she lacked feeling. The voice itself was rich, luminous, and powerful, and it could aptly express pathos as well as comedy. However, sometimes on recordings, she appears to be more concerned with beauty of tone and technique than the expression of emotion or the meaning of the text.

[LLehmannfan]

One more fantastic rendition of this song by Delibes.

Again made by a great opera singer...

[DiomedesDioscuro]

@mymz01 There's no third stanza, that's an addition of some singers.

[mymz01]

WHY DO ALL OF THE VERSIONS OF THIS SONG ON YOUTUBE NOT HAVE THE THIRD VERSE??!?!?!!!??

[CaptFitzbattleaxe]

@MadonnaImperia And a third time in 1969. This last recording wasn't released until 2004, however, in the Art of Joan Sutherland 6CD set.

[MadonnaImperia]

@RossiniSoprano That is correct, and it was recorded in 1960. Unfortunately that entire recital which contains such Sutherland rarities as Liszt's "Die Loreley" and Delibes' "Regret" is pitched a semitone too low on that cd. As for "Les filles de Cadix", Sutherland recorded it twice for Decca. First in 1972 with orchestra for the album" Son My Mother Taught Me" and again in 1978 with Richard Bonynge at the piano for the album "Serate Musicali"

[livelifealwaysx3]

RIP :(

[anastaire33]

Very rich voice! Amazing!

[RossiniSoprano]

I think this is from the cd "BBC recitals 1958-1960-1961" put out on the Bella Voce label.

[MastersoftheOpera]

This little song by Delibes is better suited to a MEZZO SOPRANO than a soprano. Sopranos love to sing it for some odd reason - Sills, Sutherland, Streich, Pons, Damrau, Netrebko. But it's better handled by mezzos like Grace Bumbry, Shirley Verrett, Federica Von Stade, Cecilia Bartoli, Jennifer Larmore. The lower notes are important here and the Gypsy quality is clearly perfect for a mezzo who can also sing Carmen.

[alexandrachernyshova]

agree with kremetart1 :) Sutherland - the best.

simply beautifull interpetation and perfect vocal technique.

[rigoletto61]

As a French man, I can say that here her French is not too bad. It is not as clear as Felicity Lott's, for example, but I can understand most of what she says. Moreover, some French singers are not easier to understand than she is.