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Comparisons are not always bad but usually are odious. In this case, it would be odious for Joan Sutherland, in fact one of the greatest singers from last Century. She was great but sometime there is one greatest.
Obviously I am an unconditional Montserrat’s admirer, but I also admire other singer as Joan Sutherland in my opinion the best Luccia, better than Caballe’s.
But in this aria that today I offer you Dame Sutherland look certain to lose. The Caballe’s great trick was her incredible pulmonary capacity. This aria is a great opportunity to exhibit it.
A great capacity is not sufficient, the most important is how to administer it. Sutherland couldn’t fight against that, she had other values. I would like offering you more examples but this aria is not very lavish on YouTube. The image is deplorable specially on Sutherland’s. But today the importance is listening the no-ending piano, meandering under chorus voices and finishing “in crescendo”. Caballé drag out it for 21 seconds, without breathing. Whereas Sutherland must cut it to breathe. Listen and compare. Xabier I promise you to look for a sample where Sutherland would be the winner, there are. (He is a Sutherland’s fan)
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