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Dame Joan Sutherland's Farewell Gala & Performance

Strauss / Sutherland / Chorus & Orchestra Of The Release Date: 11/13/2015
Label: Arthaus Musik Catalog #: 109161
Composer:  Johann Strauss Jr. ,  Francesco Cilča ,  Gioachino Rossini ,  Camille Saint-Saëns  ...  Performer:  Luciano Pavarotti ,  Marilyn Horne ,  Dame Joan Sutherland Conductor:  Richard Bonynge Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra ,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus Number of Discs: 2

Also available on Blu-ray

Known as “La Stupenda” (the stunning one), Dame Joan Sutherland is considered one of the great soprano divas of the 20th century along with Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi. Throughout her long career, her voice impressed with its clarion qualities, and arguably Sutherland may have been the most down to earth diva amongst the troika. This DVD captures her farewell gala concert in London at the Royal Opera House in 1990 conducted by her husband Richard Bonynge and including the complete operetta “Die Fliedermaus” by Johann Strauss which features the star studded addition of colleagues and fellow opera greats Marilyn Horne and Luciano Read more Pavarotti in Act II. Includes bonus features of three rarely seen performances by Sutherland with the Australian Opera including ‘Casta Diva’ the moving aria from Bellini’s “Norma” as well as arias from both Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore’ with the dramatic ‘Mad Scene’ from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor a role that first brought Sutherland to acclaim.

DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND’S FAREWELL GALA

Johann Strauss II
DIE FLEDERMAUS
(Sung in English with text by John Mortimer)

Adele - Judith Howarth
Rosalinde - Nancy Gustafson
Alfredo - Bonaventura Bottone
Gabriel von Eisenstein - Louis Otey
Dr Blind - John Dobson
Dr Falke - Anthony Michaels-More
Colonel Frank - Eric Garrett
Prince Orlofsky - Jochen Kowalski

with special guests in Act II
Dame Joan Sutherland
Marilyn Horne
Luciano Pavarotti

performing
Cilea: L’arlesiana, Act II: E la solita storia (Lamento di Federico)
Rossini: Semiramide, Act I: Serbami ognor si fido
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act II: Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix
Verdi: La traviata, Act III: Parigi, o cara
Bishop: Clari, “The Maid of Milan”: Home, Sweet Home Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Robin Stapleton)
Richard Bonynge, conductor

John Cox, stage director
Julia Trevelyan Oman, set and costume designer
Robert Bryan, lighting designer

Recorded live from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, 31 December 1990

Bonus:
- 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 and Casta Diva from Bellini’s Norma)

Picture format: NTSC 4:3
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Audio Language: English
Subtitles: German, French, Japanese
Running time: 197 mins (opera) + 27 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 2 (DVD 9) Read less