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Joan Sutherland

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Also known as Dame Joan Sutherland, Joan Alston Sutherland

Australian soprano (1926-2010)

Person · Open Library

Works
15

Top works

  • The Enchanted Country
  • DRAMA OF OPERA
  • Edge of Empire
  • Onslaught
  • The Knot

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Film & TV

Acting · Sydney, Australia

Known for

  • Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann2019
  • Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life — Herself2018
  • Legends — Self2006
  • Dad and Dave: On Our Selection — Mother Rudd1995
  • La Stupenda — Self1991
  • Die Fledermaus — Party's Guest singer1990
  • Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots — Marguerite di Valois1990
  • Lehár: The Merry Widow — Anna Glawari1988
  • An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti — Self1988
  • Maria Stuarda — Mary Stuart (singing voice)1988

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Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (November 7, 1926 — October 10, 2010) was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano, noted for her contribution to the renaissance of bel canto repertoire initiated in the 1950s by Maria Callas. 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 Handel's Alcina. She possessed a voice of extraordinary agility <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Joan+Suthe

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Key facts

Born
Joan Alston Sutherland , ( 1926-11-07 ) 7 November 1926, Sydney , New South Wales, Australia
Died
10 October 2010 (2010-10-10) (aged 83), Les Avants , Vaud, Switzerland
Other name
La Stupenda
Education
Royal College of Music
Occupation
Operatic soprano
Spouse
Richard Bonynge ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 ) ​

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Wikidata facts

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Dame Joan Sutherland 21 Allan Warren.jpg
Number of children
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date of birth
1926-11-07
date of death
2010-10-10
birth name
Joan Alston Sutherland
Commons category
Joan Sutherland
start of work period
1947-00-00
name in native language
Joan Sutherland
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Dame Joan Alston Sutherland (7 November 1926 – 10 October 2010) was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

She possessed a voice combining agility, accurate intonation, pinpoint staccatos, a trill and a strong upper register, although music critics complained about her poor diction.

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