Lucia di Lammermoor [Import]

Donizetti (Artist), Sutherland (Artist), Pavarotti (Artist), Bonynge (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 17, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Bella Voce Records
• ASIN: B000005SJE
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,388 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #50 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Sutherland, Joan

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'Let Us Search The Neigbouring Shores'

2. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'You Are Troubled!'

3. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'Cruel, Baneful Torment'

4. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'Your Doubts'

5. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'He Has Not Yet Come!'

6. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'Enveloped In Silence'

7. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'When Enraptured, Ecstatic'

8. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'He Is Coming'

9. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'On The Tomb That Holds'

10. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act One: 'Born By Gentle Breezes'

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'With A Great Joy'

2. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'Ah! From The Rooms Where Lucy'

3. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'The Sweet Sound'

4. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'The Incense Is Burning'

5. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'Henry Approaches!'

6. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'Spread With Bitter Tears'

7. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'Tombs Of My Ancestors'

8. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'Soon An Uncared-For Tomb'

9. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'Oh, Poor Girl!'

10. Lucia di Lammermoor: Act Three: 'You Who Have Spread Your Wings To Heaven'

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was privileged to hear Sutherland perform this in person, November 29, 2000

By 

David E. Levine (Peekskill , NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucia di Lammermoor (Audio CD)

In the early 1980s, I believe around 1983, Joan Sutherland returned to the Metropolitan Opera after a ten year hiatus. I was privileged to be there when she made her great return. After the mad scene, she received an extended standing ovation, right in the middle of the act. This was deja vu .. she received such an incredible reception many years earlier in her debut at the Met. Her performance in this CD captures this brilliant, bel canto artistry. In contratst to Maria Callas, who portrayed a dark, ominous side to Lucia, Sutherland's performanc is replete with coloratura trills and flutters. Rather than being dark and brooding in the mad scene, as was Callas, Sutherland is beautifully pitiful. I recommend this recording of one of the great Lucias of the 20th century and I recommend also getting one by Callas, another great, as an interesting contrast.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars La Stupenda!, May 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lucia di Lammermoor (Audio CD)

This is a live recording of Lucia. And in my opinion, Sutherland excels in live performances. From beginning to end, not a single note out of place, and we all know how many notes there are in this extremely difficult Donizetti opera! One can almost visualize Dame Joan darting back and force in that blood stained white nightgown. And I couldn't help but yelled BRAVA, DIVA after she sang her last high E-flat.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sutherland's 1959 Lucia...the marvel of the 20th century!, August 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lucia di Lammermoor (Audio CD)

Without question, this Lucia is the best there is. Yes, Sutherland's two studio recordings are quite good, but can't touch this LIVE recording. Please take my word for it, this is true bravado singing in the highest magnitude. Sutherland's sumptuous voice here is just super human, every trill, staccato, and arppegio, breath-takingly accurate. The high E's are staggering, fantastic, amazing. Dame Joan singing is moving, and full of pathos. It just doesn't get any better than this. La Stupenda deserves the supreme title of....Prima Donna Assoluta.