Joan Sutherland - L'oracolo

Описание: Joan Sutherland sings "Ferito! L'hanno ferito!" from Franco Leoni's opera in one act "L'oracolo". We can also hear in this excerpt Clifford Grant and the John Alldis Choir. Cond: R.Bonynge 1977

Photo montage of Sutherland, yet again in very good company: Callas, Bernstein, Simionato, Santini, Ganzarolli, Cioni, Gedda, Bacquier, Nilsson, Resnik, Serafin, del Rio, Gwyneth Jones, Summers, Sir John Tooley, Sir David Webster, Zeffirelli, Tourel, Merrill, Lance, Shaw, Otokar Kraus, Kraus, Menuhin, Moscona, Brownlee, Dondi, Lewis, Collier, Dame Edna, The Queen, The Queen Mother, Prince Charles etc.

The letter is from the great Yehudi Menuhin and it reads:

Dear Miss Sutherland
You transported me last night: I have never heard such beautiful singing - your voice would be the dream of any string player, as in addition to the most wonderful articulation each note seemed to carry a warm weight as it were, as if your bow arm was drawing the sound out of the vocal chords in a way which makes me feel both inspired and discouraged at the same time.
I came backstage hoping to express some of my feelings at least, but as Princess Margaret was due back and there were so many formalities I left the message with Ronald Anderson, hoping that at some future date I might have a more propitious occasion to speak to you.
Sincerely yours

Yehudi Menuhin