A report on Opera Australia and Richard Bonynge
While not yet appearing with this company, Joan Sutherland, then an internationally known Australian soprano, and her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge, helped the cause of opera in general in Australia during the 1960s.
- Opera AustraliaCommencing in 2007, he has conducted a series of performances in a few opera houses around the U.S. (Florida Grand Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre), and now is mostly involved with the Opera Australia company (Lucia di Lammermoor in August 2008, and in 2006 for Opera Queensland; I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Melbourne and Sydney in middle of 2009).
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Joan Sutherland
0 linksAustralian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
Sutherland married Australian conductor and pianist Richard Bonynge on 16 October 1954.
Her funeral was held on 14 October and Opera Australia planned a tribute to her.
Rosamund Illing
0 linksEnglish Australian soprano.
English Australian soprano.
Together with Richard Bonynge and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Illing was nominated for the 2000 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album for the album Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias.
Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias (with Richard Bonynge and Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra)