A report on Joan Sutherland
Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
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Sydney Opera House
1 linksMulti-venue performing arts centre in Sydney.
Multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney.
1974 – Opera singer Joan Sutherland performed for the first time in the theatre that would be named for her.
St Catherine's School, Waverley
0 linksPrivate Anglican Junior and Senior day and boarding school, located in Waverley, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Private Anglican Junior and Senior day and boarding school, located in Waverley, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Dame Joan Sutherland – operatic soprano
Trill (music)
0 linksMusical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or tone apart, which can be identified with the context of the trill (compare mordent and tremolo).
Musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or tone apart, which can be identified with the context of the trill (compare mordent and tremolo).
Soprano Dame Joan Sutherland was particularly famed for the evenness and rapidity of her trill, and stated in interview that she "never really had to learn how to trill".
Rodelinda (opera)
1 linksOpera seria in three acts composed for the first Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel.
Opera seria in three acts composed for the first Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel.
A further notable London revival by the Handel Opera Society, in English and using a cut text, including both Joan Sutherland and Janet Baker in the cast, conducted by Charles Farncombe, was performed in June 1959.
John Pritchard (conductor)
3 linksEnglish conductor.
English conductor.
His recordings include Idomeneo, L'incoronazione di Poppea, Falstaff, Macbeth, Hansel and Gretel, L'elisir d'amore (with Plácido Domingo), Il segreto di Susanna (with Renata Scotto and Renato Bruson), Lucia di Lammermoor and La traviata (the last two with Joan Sutherland).
Lakmé
2 linksOpera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille.
Opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille.
1967: Joan Sutherland (Lakmé), Alain Vanzo (Gérald), Gabriel Bacquier (Nilakantha), Jane Berbié (Mallika), Chœurs et Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Richard Bonynge (conductor) (Decca)
Regina Resnik
0 linksAmerican opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades.
American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades.
Surely among the happiest memories are three comic masterpieces – her Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus, the Marquise in La fille du régiment (with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti) and her Mistress Quickly in the Bernstein–Zeffirelli Falstaff of 1964.
Australian of the Year
0 linksNational award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Governmentowned social enterprise.
National award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Governmentowned social enterprise.
In 1961 several news outlets incorrectly referred to Sir Macfarlane Burnet as 'Man of the Year'; the mistake was not allowed to continue, as Joan Sutherland took out the second award, but it is certainly true that women are under-represented.
Leo Nucci
0 linksItalian operatic baritone, particularly associated with Verdi and Verismo roles.
Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with Verdi and Verismo roles.
His career is remembered for high-profile performances in opera including appearances with Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland and Plácido Domingo.
Piero Cappuccilli
2 linksItalian operatic baritone.
Italian operatic baritone.
I puritani, with Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, conducted by Richard Bonynge, Decca 1975.