Joan Sutherland
Vocals, Musical Artist
1926 – 2010
Who was Joan Sutherland?
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, DBE, AC, was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
One of the most remarkable female opera singers of the 20th century, she was dubbed La Stupenda by a La Fenice audience in 1960 after a performance of the title role in Handel's Alcina. She possessed a voice of beauty and power, combining extraordinary agility, accurate intonation, "supremely" pinpoint staccatos, a splendid trill and a tremendous upper register, although music critics often complained about the imprecision of her diction. Her friend Luciano Pavarotti once called Sutherland the "Voice of the Century"; Montserrat Caballé described the Australian's voice as being like "heaven".
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- Born
- Nov 7, 1926
Sydney - Also known as
- Dame Joan Alston Sutherland
- Sutherland, Joan
- Spouses
- Richard Bonynge
(1954/10/16 - )
- Richard Bonynge
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Royal College of Music
- University of Sydney
- St Catherine's School, Waverley
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- Lived in
- Sydney
- Died
- Oct 10, 2010
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on July 23, 2013
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