Joan Sutherland "Fine al rito" from "Norma"

Joan Sutherland sings "Fine al rito" from "Norma"
composed by Vincenzo Bellini

Joan Sutherland - soprano
The Elizabethan Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Richard Bonynge
from Sydney Opera House

Category:

Music

Tags:

• joan
• sutherland
• fine
• al
• rito
• norma
• Bellini
• soprano
• sydney
• opera
• house
• classical

[leslielandberg]

She sings the role with restraint, considering the tradition at the time was to really use a lot of embellishments - and the ones she chooses are right out of the book. She only distorts the tempo noticeably once. What a wonderful voice and what womanly feeling she puts into her interpretation. That said, I'd like a bit more steel and some darker tones in the low notes - just my preference.

[annyfenton1]

Love the passsion Joanie puts into her voice! Isn't that what opera is all about?

[Wotan123456789]

@DiegoMartinazzoli Don't mean to be disrespectful, but I wonder if you understand anything of opera

[jphilipps89]

@rodrigououo Not really. Her voice was too bright for this role and she didn't have the low notes for it. This role belongs to Callas and to Callas alone.

[thomastmwc]

no wonder it's bel canto...it's difficult, no? Not for Joanie of cz...right now she's outsinging the angels

[leprincebeaumont]

@Richiesutherland Carissimo, non sprecare fiato con Martinazzoli: è un gruberoviano fanatico che nega spudoratamente ogni evidenza. Se pensa che Dame Joan non sia una grande Norma, peggio per lui. Si merita proprio le allucinanti Norme e Lucrezie Borgia della Gruberova.

[rodrigououo]

a great performance.

[kgarmaker123]

@DiegoMartinazzoli You said it all.. Good for you ... on taking on a sacred coiw o you tube.. she is not all that if all she does is do whatever she thinks is Bellini.. rather than what he thought norma was.

[kgarmaker123]

All these vocal mastubation embellishments.. WOW... This is Norma by Sutherland.

[leprincebeaumont]

@Richiesutherland Carissimo, sono perfettamente d'accordo con te. Qui (e altrove) la Sutherland è strepitosa, un modello di stile e canto. Martinazzoli è un gruberoviano fanatico che, intossicato dalle raccapriccianti Bolene, Elisabette e Norme dell'ultima Edita, ha smarrito completamente il senso della realtà e non ha più la percezione reale di che cosa sia il vero belcanto.