Lyric Sutherland: German opera and operetta
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Uploaded by Homoclassicus on Jul 22, 2009
I'm uploading videos showing the lyric side of Sutherland's career, which, unfortunately, is sometimes underestimated. Even if Joan Sutherland was indeed a legendary coloratura phenomenon, she was also a supreme singer in lyric roles and lyric arias in other roles, always demonstrating a very subtle, elegant and expressive phrasing and her lush and rounded middle register.
In this video the "Koloraturwunder" shows off her ability to sing delicate or long lyrical lines and powerful dramatic passages with extreme beauty, in a large range. As I said before, I doubt anyone who listen to this could still think of her as a "mere" coloratura phenomenon or an insufficiently expressive singer. The excerpts are from:
1) "Selig, wie die Sonne" from Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, in English [1957, live]
2) Extract from Euryanthe-Eglantine's duet "So einsam bangend find' ich dich", from Weber's Euryanthe [1955, live, with Marianne Schech]
3) "Ocean, thou mighty monster", from Weber's Oberon [1963, studio]
4) "Einsam in trüben Tagen", from Wagner's Lohengrin [1979, studio]
5) "Die Loreley", lied by Liszt [1960, broadcast]
6) "Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle", from Weber's Der Freischütz [1964, studio]
7) The Last Rose of Summer from Flotow's Martha [1966, studio]
8) Hanna's Entrance from Lehár's The Merry Widow, in English [1978, studio]
9) "O Madonna, auf uns sieh", the Nuns' Chorus, from J. Strauss II's Casanova [1966, studio]
10) "Im Chambre separée" from Heuberger's Der Opernball [1966, studio]
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BRAVA!
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Her Agathe made me have goosebumps...
she was such a great artist.
May god give her the health for some more years here on earth.
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i wana date an opera singer, thats one thing on my list before i die yo ha
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What a great tribute to an artist whose versalitlity is taken for granted. The entire 2 LP of Operettas is tremendous.
Thank you-John
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Ps I meant Eva...sorry.
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Elsa is heartbreaking!!!!!!
She had a lor more then we have heard in all these years...
Made right choices!
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Thanks for the lovely music to start my morning. I love Sutherland's Agathe in particular.
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I uploaded this video again because the previous one had a problem with the sinchronization between the images and the sound. :-)
Homoclassicus 2 years ago