A report on Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland
Accompanying her was a young tenor named Luciano Pavarotti.
- Joan SutherlandAn early coup involved his connection with Joan Sutherland (and her conductor husband, Richard Bonynge), who in 1963 was seeking a tenor taller than herself to take along on her 1965 tour to Australia.
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Metropolitan Opera
3 linksAmerican opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Other celebrated singers who debuted at the Met during Bing's tenure include: Roberta Peters, Victoria de los Ángeles, Renata Tebaldi, Maria Callas, who had a bitter falling out with Bing over repertoire,, Birgit Nilsson, Joan Sutherland, Régine Crespin, Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballé, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, James McCracken, Carlo Bergonzi, Franco Corelli, Alfredo Kraus, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Vickers, Tito Gobbi, Sherrill Milnes, and Cesare Siepi.
Plácido Domingo
2 linksSpanish opera singer, conductor and arts administrator.
Spanish opera singer, conductor and arts administrator.
In 1990, he began singing with fellow tenors Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras as part of The Three Tenors.
Later the same year, he made his debut in the United States with the Dallas Civic Opera, where he sang the role of Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor opposite Joan Sutherland in the title role and Ettore Bastianini as Enrico.
Marilyn Horne
2 linksAmerican mezzo-soprano opera singer.
American mezzo-soprano opera singer.
For many years, Horne was associated with the Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland in their performances of the bel canto repertoire.
Verdi: Requiem (Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti, Talvela; Georg Solti, 1967) Decca
La fille du régiment
1 linksOpéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard.
Opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard.
It was revived at the Royal Opera, London, in 1966 for Joan Sutherland.
Luciano Pavarotti broke through to stardom via his 1972 performance alongside Joan Sutherland at the Met, when he "leapt over the 'Becher's Brook' of the string of high Cs with an aplomb that left everyone gasping."
Franco Zeffirelli
1 linksItalian director and producer of operas, films and television.
Italian director and producer of operas, films and television.
Zeffirelli also collaborated with Joan Sutherland, designing and directing her performances of Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in 1959.
Don Carlo with Luciano Pavarotti and Daniela Dessì (live La Scala – stage director)
Kennedy Center Honors
1 linksThe Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
2001 – Julie Andrews, Van Cliburn, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Luciano Pavarotti
2004 – Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Elton John, Joan Sutherland, and John Williams
Lucia di Lammermoor
0 linksDramma tragico in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.
Dramma tragico in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.
After World War II, a number of sopranos were instrumental in giving new life to the opera, including Maria Callas (with performances from 1954 at La Scala and Berlin in 1955 under Herbert von Karajan) and Dame Joan Sutherland (with 1959 and 1960 performances at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden).
Joan Sutherland, who was particularly noted for performances as Lucia, has also been recorded in the role several times including a 1971 Decca Records recording conducted by Richard Bonynge with Luciano Pavarotti as Edgardo.
Decca Records
0 linksBritish record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.
British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.
In the wake of Decca's lead, artists such as Herbert von Karajan, Joan Sutherland and later Luciano Pavarotti were keen to join the label's roster.
Giacomo Aragall
0 linksSpanish operatic tenor.
Spanish operatic tenor.
In 1966, Aragall sang Romeo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Scala with Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti.
In 1974, Aragall featured in Massenet's Esclarmonde with Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge in San Francisco and resumed his role singing Rodolfo in Covent Garden in 1979.
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
0 linksTelevised concert, lasting more than eight hours, that New York City's Metropolitan Opera staged on 22 October 1983 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of its first performance.
Televised concert, lasting more than eight hours, that New York City's Metropolitan Opera staged on 22 October 1983 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of its first performance.
8 (8:27) "Bel raggio lusinghier", with Joan Sutherland (Semiramide), conducted by Richard Bonynge
13 (10:37) "Teco io sto" – "Gran dio!", with Luciano Pavarotti (Riccardo) and Leontyne Price (Amelia), conducted by James Levine