in Opera Now (Jan, 2012)
Vocally, Joan Sutherland was at her freshest when she recorded The Art of the Prima Donna in 1960, just a year after her Covent Garden triumph Lucia di Lammermoor had launched her as an international star. This set was conceived in homage to earlier prima donnas, but inevitably it also represents Sutherland herself setting down her marker to be placed amongst their august company – and she does not fail the challenge. Her brilliance in vocal pyrotechnics amazes, and is here matched by the fullness of a fleshy tone rarely heard in such offerings. The repertoire consists of showpieces by Bellini, Gounod, Thomas, Verdi, Mozart, Arne and Handel, all associated …
Joan Sutherland : L’Art de la prima donna.
Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
Artaxerxes
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Samson
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Norma, opera
Les puritains, opera
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Semiramide
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
La Sonnambule, opera
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Faust
Roméo et Juliette
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Othello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
Hamlet
Léo Delibes (1836 – 1891)
Lakme
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)
Les Huguenots
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Rigoletto
Spoken Word
Joan Sutherland Discusses her life and career with Jon Tolansky (with musical excerpts)
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
France Molinari-Pradelli
26,90€
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