Product Details
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0028946711521
Label : Universal Music Group
Number of Discs : 2
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2000-10-10
Running Time : 109minutes
UPC : 028946711521
ASIN : B00004XQ8G
Track Listings for
Disc-1
1. Artaxerxes: The Soldier Tir'd
2. Samson: Let The Bright Seraphim
3. Norma: Sediziose voci ... Casta diva ... Ah! bello a me ritorna
4. I Puritani: Son vergin vezzosa (Polonaise)
5. Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier
6. I Puritani: O rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce ... Vien, diletto
7. La Sonnambula: Care compagne ... Come per me sereno ... Sovra il sen
8. Faust: O Dieu! que de bijoux ... Ah! je ris de me voir
Disc-2
1. Romeo et Juliette: Ah! Je veux vivre
2. Otello: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella ... Piangea cantando
3. Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail: Martern aller Arten
4. La Traviata: E' strano ... Ah, fors'e lui ... Sempre libera
5. Hamlet: A vos jeux, mes amis
6. Lakme: Ah! Ou va la jeune Indue
7. Les Huguenots: O beau pays de la Touraine!
8. Rigoletto: Gualtier Malde ... Caro nome
Editorial Reviews
From Amazon.co.uk
In February 1959, an unknown (well, comparatively) Australian singer appeared at Covent Garden in Franco Zeffirelli's new production of Lucia di Lammermoor and took the world by storm. The following year Joan Sutherland went into the studio to record this reissued tribute to prima donnas of previous generations, illustrating along the way, the bel canto tradition of which she was to become a leading exponent. The 16 excerpts on this digitally remastered double CD include several roles she had already sung or was on the verge of singing, from Gilda in Rigoletto, which she had sung at Covent Garden before her Lucia debut, to Norma. What a performance! The voice is fresh, remarkable in its beauty and she makes it all sound so effortless, tossing off Handel's "Let the bright Seraphim" or the Jewel aria from Gounod's Faust as if they're the easiest things in the world. This sparkling selection of glorious singing demonstrates just why Sutherland was to remain at the top of her profession for the next 30 years and join those to whom she here pays tribute as one of the great singers of all time. --Richard Fawkes
Customer Reviews
The One Soprano Recording Every Collector Should Have! (2004-06-21)  Sutherland's "Art of the Prima Donna" has never been surpassed by any other great soprano of the 20th century. Her voice is at once a glory to behold: the perfect vibrato, amazing power balanced by a delicate grace, the most glorious top, unsurpassed technical skills, and sheer beauty. I have purchased hundreds of other soprano recordings over the past 35 years but none has come close to this collection. I'm simply in awe of it every time I hear it. Critics who complain about her diction must find something to nag about; to me it's a non-issue. There have been many great female artists over the past 50 years, and many marvelous recordings (I ought to know--I own them), but you'll never hear ANYTHING like this. They don't call her "La Stupenda" for nothing!
Like a walk in the clouds! (2004-05-25) What can one say about one of the greatest soprano recitals ever. Despite all her later achievements, this early recital is Sutherland's most significant contribution to operatic discography. This recital is full of her huge but always sweet high notes. This is after all, what made them so special. When I listen to these high notes it's as if a bird is taking me on a trip to the sky. Her coloratura abilities are jaw dropping to say the least. You have no idea what a trill or staccato means if you haven't heard Joan singing! Everything here is stunning but my favourites are her Bell Song, Care compagne and The soldier Tir'd. I've never been Sutherland's greatest fan due to her mushy enunciation, which fortunately is restricted to the minimum here but this early recital never stays far from my cd player! Indeed the art of a primadonna, Sutherland's art!
All-time desert island recording! (2004-02-15) Haven't you been disappointed sometimes by 5 star reviews? Gushing superlatives? Well, it's simply impossible to indicate in mere English how exceptional this recital is. Can a human being actually do that with her voice? Can we give it 100 stars? If stranded on an island, this would be the recording I would want. I never tire of it -- it always amazes. This is required listening for any opera fan, but also for music buffs of any kind.
Compulsory Operatic Recordings (2003-09-30) There are a few sopranos that every opera listener MUST listen to: 1. Joan Sutherland (The Art of Prima Donna - this CD)2. Birgit Nilsson (Elektra - Solti, Decca & Der Ring des Nibelungen, Solti, Decca)3. Christa Ludwig (Fidelio - Klemperer, EMI & Celebrating Christa Ludwig - RCA)4. Kisten Flagstad (Tristan & Isolde, EMI)5. Leonie Rysanek (Operatic Arias - Basile, RCA & Salome, Kempe, Golden Melodram)6. Astrid Varnay (Original Masters: Excerpts from Der Ring des Nibelungen and Tristan & Isolde - Deutsche Grammophon) The Art of Prima Donna contains the most astounding dramatic soprano coloratura ever committed on recording. Don't miss it.
Give it a rest! (2003-08-13) This is a Callasfan speaking. I love Callas and Sutherland, I think this and "The art of the Primadonna" is supreme. But hear me out: I think it's obvious that only the famous Callas-recs on Emi are slandered and the efforts on other labels judged fairly, even if the reviewers didn't like Callas. Lets get back to balance and fairness. I never wrote a one-star review on Joanie and I never will. Here and there I complained and fought against fanatism. (See my review on her first Norma) Neither Callas-fanatism nor Sutherland-fanatism is good. Neither of them was perfect. Both had their pros and cons. Please, you guys, edit your reviews and write them fairly. Thus we'll prevent an even greater outrage. Us operafans should stick together. I'm willing to start. Please, lets be on this together! And a little P.S. This did not force Callas in retirement, she never officially retired and sang her last performance (Tosca) in 1965.
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