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Joan Sutherland
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Australian soprano (1926-2010)
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Joan Sutherland was an Australian opera singer and coloratura soprano. Born Joan Alston Sutherland in Sydney, Australia, on November 7, 1926, she began her work period in 1947. She was educated at the Royal College of Music and recorded for Decca. Her repertoire focused on opera, and she was recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors collection.
Sutherland was married to Richard Bonynge and had one child. She received several awards, including Australian of the Year, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Order of Merit, and the Kennedy Center Honors. She spoke English and used her voice as an instrument. She died of heart failure on October 10, 2010, in Geneva, Montreux.
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Film & TV
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
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28,899
- Total plays
- 269,071
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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
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
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Sutherland
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Point Piper
- Place of death
- Montreux
- Spouse
- Richard Bonynge
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Educated at
- Royal College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Image
- Dame Joan Sutherland 21 Allan Warren.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- date of birth
- 1926-11-07
- date of death
- 2010-10-10
- Fach vocal classification
- coloratura soprano
- birth name
- Joan Alston Sutherland
- cause of death
- heart failure
- Commons category
- Joan Sutherland
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- name in native language
- Joan Sutherland
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joan Sutherland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.