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JOAN SUTHERLAND - Semiramide aria

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Uploaded by on Apr 26, 2007

Joan Sutherland sings "Bel raggio lusinghier" from Rossini's Semiramide.
Richard Bonynge, piano
Perth 1982

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  • I really enjoy reading all the comments and enjoy everyone's honesty :-)

  • LA STUPENDA! however, after singing this 200,000 times, i don't know why she needs a score. She is simply the best even though she had a cold.

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  • Here Dame Joan is 56 years old and the voice sounds as vibrant as it did when she was 37! And apparently she had a cold?! Shame, even though she didn't hold the final note you could have fooled me about the cold! La Stupenda indeed! Bravissima Dame Joan. RIP.

  • @wenarto By the parchment paper, you can tell this was probably only the 198,947th time that she'd sung it.

  • Dame Joan with a cold. Huh. Still better than most singers who ever lived.

  • Che meraviglioso ! Che caverna di strumento strepitoso !

  • Extraordinary...

    La Stupenda o The incomparable...

    Her secret...

    Effortless, warm, vibrant...

    Freely, powerfully, intensely...

    Clarity and finesse...

    Her voice was so naturally glorious...

    Una diva

    ©...Aronne

  • We'll miss her! RIP

  • @raigekimaru Natural agility is a great thing to possess in singing. There is a lot of Handelian stuff for baritone....try "See the raginging flames" from Joshua or "Honor and Arms" from Samson both with good colortura passages. Depending on your skill level, there is also the duet with Rosina from Il Barbiere "dunque is son"...and its a challenge for even the most flexible of baritone voices to keep up with Rosina.

    Best wishes on your studies.

  • I am not, but Ok, if you think so.

  • May you read the entire comment of mine please?? I did point out almost every role and this is not an opinion, It is a fact. The whole opera world knows him best for transposing down roles, and I find this not good to the art of opera. You can change a few things to accomodate your way of singing but not trasnposing down which probes you cannot sing the piece which is just fine to me. He has already won the heart of many.

  • @tena2 Well, not really every role... I've heard him life in Fedora, Walkure,Otello (just 4th act),... and nothing was transposed :)

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