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| Dame Joan Sutherland’s Farewell Gala
Recorded at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, December 31, 1990 Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma) Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano) Bishop, H R: Home, Sweet Home Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano) Cilea: È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Donizetti: Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano) Rossini: Serbami ognor (from Semiramide) Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (soprano) Saint-Saëns: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Marilyn Horne (soprano) Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Judith Howarth (Adele), Nancy Gustafson (Rosalinde), Jochen Kowalski (Prince Orlofsky), Bonaventura Bottone (Alfredo), Louis Oley (Gabriel von Eisenstein), John Dobson (Dr Blind), Anthony Michaels-More (Dr Falke), Eric Garrett (Colonel Frank) Verdi: Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, The Royal Opera Chorus, Richard Bonynge This special performance of Die Fledermaus was Dame Joan Sutherland’s farewell gala from the Royal Opera House after singing on the London stage for almost 40 years. In this gala, she sings in Act II with her two special colleagues and friends Luciano Pavarotti and Marilyn Horne. The celebrated dramatic soprano Joan Sutherland was born and grew up in Australia. She joined the Covent Garden Company in 1952 singing the First Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberfl öte. Amongst her numerous honours she was named Dame of the British Empire in 1979 and joined the Order of Merit in 1991. Even after her retirement from the opera stage she was frequently seen at major vocal competitions as adjudicator along with her colleague and friend Marilyn Horne. She died in 2010 in Switzerland, aged 83. Special Feature: Dame Joan Sutherland singing at the Australian Opera under the direction of her husband Richard Bonynge: “D’amor sull’ali rosee“ from Verdi’s Il trovatore“ The Mad Scene” from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor| “ Casta Diva“ from Bellini’s Norma Sound Format: PCM Stereo Audio Language: GB Picture Format: 4:3 Subtitles: FR, DE, JP Blu-ray Disc 50 GB (Dual Layer) Resolution: 1080i High Definition (Upscale) Running Time: 223 mins FSK |