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Joan Sutherland
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Australian soprano (1926-2010)
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Joan Alston Sutherland was an Australian opera singer and coloratura soprano. Born in Sydney, Point Piper, on November 7, 1926, she began her professional work period in 1947. She was educated at the Royal College of Music and recorded for the Decca label. Sutherland was married to Richard Bonynge and had one child.
She received several honors, including the Australian of the Year, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Order of Merit, and Kennedy Center Honors. Sutherland died of heart failure in Geneva, Montreux, on October 10, 2010.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- The Enchanted Country
- DRAMA OF OPERA
- Edge of Empire
- Onslaught
- The Knot
via Open Library + Wikidata
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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1926
- Active to
- 2010
Discography
- Command Performance1963
- Songs My Mother Taught Me1973
- Live From Lincoln Center1981
- Sutherland Pavarotti Operatic Duets1982
- The Art of the Prima Donna: Joan Sutherland1986
- Talking Pictures: Songs From the Movies1987
- Great Love Duets • Célèbres Duos d’amour • Grosse Liebesduette • Grandi duetti d’amore1988
- Joan Sutherland: Verdi · Bellini · Donizetti1988
- An Evening to Remember1990
- Coloratura Spectacular1990
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28,899
- Total plays
- 269,071
Tags
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,265x
- Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial Reliability and Validity Data
· 1997 · cited 8,142x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,019x
via Crossref · CC0
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 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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
Show 10 more facts
- 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
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
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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.