Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

Hardly any other singer of our time has had such an uninterrupted and brilliant career as the Australian soprano, Joan Sutherland. Already described as `La Stupenda', the `Koloraturwunder' or `The Incomparable', she can look back on a career stretching over more than forty years which was soundly based and intelligently developed; but despite her international renown, despite the many honours she has received all over the world (in 1979 Queen Elizabeth II conferred on her the title of Dame of the British Empire) the artist has remained a completely natural human being. Sutherland has been on the stage since 1947. In Sydney she sang the title role in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, followed by performances in Handel's Samson and as Judith in Eugene Goossens' opera of that name. Her European career began in London in 1952 (including the part of Giorgetta in Puccini's Il tabarro at the Royal College of Music) and in the same year she also made her debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as the First Lady in The Magic Flute. Before appearing in front of highly critical London audiences in a leading role, as Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, she sang the parts of the Priestess in Aida and Clotilde with Callas in Norma. Even at this early stage this exceptionally gifted soprano demonstrated her range as the Countess in Figaro, but she had to wait another year for her next leading role, during which time she sang the Overseer in Elektra, Lady Rich in Britten's Gloriana, Frasquita in Carmen and Helmwige in Die Walküre at Covent Garden and with the company on tour. Her most important parts in 1954 were Aida and Agathe, in addition to which she was still performing smaller roles such as Woglinde and the Wood Bird. Surprisingly this soprano who has for so long tended towards coloratura, originally appeared in Tales of Hoffmann, not as Olympia, but as Antonia and Giulietta; it was fifteen years later (in Seattle in 1970) that she sang all four female parts in Offenbach's opera -- an achievement captured by DECCA in a complete recording made in the following year. Micaëla, Pamina, Eva in Meistersinger, Alcina, Gilda, Desdemona, Jennifer in the premiere of Tippett's Midsummer Marriage, and Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites were further London landmarks, together with Madame Herz in 1957 in Mozart's Schauspieldirektor at the Glyndebourne Festival. The year 1958 saw her first important appearances outside Great Britain. For instance in Vancouver she sang Donna Anna in Günther Rennert's production of Don Giovanni. The decisive turning point in her career came in February 1959, when she performed Lucia di Lammermoor in London in Franco Zeffirelli's production, conducted by Tullio Serafin; she became a star overnight. No other singer has kept this exceptionally demanding part in her repertoire for thirty years; she was still to be heard as Lucia in Barcelona in 1988. In 1959 the producers at DECCA became aware of the new vocal miracle and entered into an exclusive contract with Joan Sutherland. Since that time her regular recordings have captured all the important stages of her career, beginning with the double album The Art of the Prima Donna containing representative roles from the Italian dramatic coloratura repertoire. Handel's Rodelinda, Violetta, Elvira in I puritani and Amina in La sonnambula followed. The Australian was acquiring an increasing international reputation, since sopranos in the tradition of Malibran, Grisi and other great primadonnas of the 19th century were becoming ever rarer. In view of the great potential of Sutherland's voice it was only a matter of time before she made her debut at La Scala Milan. In 1961 she appeared there in the title role in Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda; a year later she sang, with sensational success, Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots (with Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Fiorenza Cossotto) and as Rossini's Semiramide. In 1962 she was a highly praised Queen of the Night in a production with Otto Klemperer at Covent Garden, and the following year she sang the role of Cleopatra in Handel's Julius Caesar at Sadler's Wells. In addition she toured Australia with her own opera company between 1965 and 1974. Up to that time Joan Sutherland had sung under many of the leading opera conductors of the day: John Barbirolli, Vittorio Gui, Erich Kleiber, John Pritchard (who conducted her first complete recording of Lucia), Raymond Leppard, Nello Santi, Antonino Votto and many others. They all praised her musicality, her feeling for a part and her artistic integrity, though some, who were less conscientious, feared her precisely for these reasons, because professionalism was and still is all-important to her. Since 1963 she has worked almost exclusively with her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge, under whose stylistically expert direction her career has been planned with exemplary care. Highly promising voices are quickly `burnt out' in the international opera business, and following her London success in Lucia she was offered Lady Macbeth and other heavy, dramatic roles, but the singer and her constant (musical) companion and accompanist concentrated on parts which have ensured a long career. She sang her first Norma in Vancouver in 1963; which other soprano has been able to retain this murderous part in her repertoire for a quarter of a century? Soon the Sutherland-Bonynge team were able to make their own choice of works in the leading opera houses of the world. In 1965 they performed Gounod's Faust in Philadelphia. In 1966 they followed it with The Daughter of the Regiment in London and in the following year with Lakmé in Seattle; in the same year she sang Haydn's Euridice at the Vienna Festival. To the standard roles in her growing repertoire, she added largely forgotten operas, in which the demanding leading parts at last found a fitting interpreter; Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (1971 in San Francisco) and Lucrezia Borgia (1972 in Vancouver), Rosalinde in Fledermaus and Massenet's Esclarmonde (1973 and 1974 respectively in San Fransisco), Leonora in Il trovatore (1975 in San Fransisco) and The Merry Widow (1976 in Vancouver), Puccini's Suor Angelica, Sita in Massenet's Le Roi de Lahore (1977 in Sydney and Vancouver), Electra in Idomeneo and Amalia in Verdi's I masnadieri (1979 and 1980 respectively in Sydney). In 1980 she performed the part of Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) in San Diego, where in 1983 she also appeared as Adriana Lecouvreur, and in 1984 she sang Anna Bolena for the first time in Toronto. Her most recent new stage role was as Ophelia in Thomas's Hamlet (1985 in Toronto). The world of music has much for which to thank Joan Sutherland, who has rescued so many operas from oblivion, not only in the field of Italian bel canto, but also in the French repertoire. Fortunately her work is almost completely preserved on record, with the leading stars of our time such as Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Giacomo Aragall, Sherrill Milnes, Ingvar Wixell, time and time again with Marilyn Horne, with whom she has formed a close artistic friendship, with Huguette Tourangeau (a discovery of Richard Bonynge's), Montserrat Caballé and many others. There are very few roles which Sutherland has only sung on record, but they include Puccini's Turandot, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Ah-Joe in Leoni's L'Oracolo and most recently Handel's Athalia in an 'authentic' recording with the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of Christopher Hogwood. This recital of roles and details of first performances can only give a very sketchy idea of Sutherland's career. Anyone who has had the good fortune to work with her will confirm that it has failed to do justice to the human qualities of the singer. She has been particularly helpful and considerate towards young and unknown artists and has assisted many to find their feet who have been discovered by the Sutherland-Bonynge team's unerring instinct for the exceptional. Integrity has been an important factor in Sutherland's many-facetted career; in her four decades of activity she has not only kept faith with countrless admirers throughout the world, but also and above all has remained true to herself and to her artistic vocation.

ALBUM

Una raccolta completa degli album di Dame Joan Sutherland, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.

Verdi: I masnadieri - Dame Joan Sutherland, Franco Bonisolli, Matteo Manuguerra

Dame Joan Sutherland, Franco Bonisolli, Matteo Manuguerra

Verdi: I masnadieri

New UPC
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Mozart: Don Giovanni - Clifford Grant, Dame Joan Sutherland, Donald Gramm, Gabriel Bacquier, John McCarthy, Leonardo Monreale, Marilyn Horne, Pilar Lorengar, Richard Bonynge, Werner Krenn

Clifford Grant, Dame Joan Sutherland, Donald Gramm, Gabriel Bacquier, John McCarthy, Leonardo Monreale, Marilyn Horne, Pilar Lorengar, Richard Bonynge, Werner Krenn

Mozart: Don Giovanni

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Romantic French Arias - Dame Joan Sutherland, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Romantic French Arias

2 CDs
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Joan Sutherland: Joy to the World - Dame Joan Sutherland, Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra

Dame Joan Sutherland, Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra

Joan Sutherland: Joy to the World

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Verdi: Ernani - Paata Burchuladze, Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti

Paata Burchuladze, Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti

Verdi: Ernani

2 CDs
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Verdi: Rigoletto - Highlights - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes

Verdi: Rigoletto - Highlights

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Handel: Messiah - Dame Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Kenneth McKellar

Dame Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Kenneth McKellar

Handel: Messiah

Redelivery / Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy II, Vol. 2
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Handel: Acis and Galatea - Thurston Dart, Dame Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears

Thurston Dart, Dame Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears

Handel: Acis and Galatea

Redelivery / Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy II, Vol.3
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Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Richard Bonynge, Kiri Te Kanawa, James Morris

Richard Bonynge, Kiri Te Kanawa, James Morris

Gay: The Beggar's Opera

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Bononcini: Griselda – Excerpts - Lauris Elms, Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Lauris Elms, Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Bononcini: Griselda – Excerpts

Opera Gala – Volume 5
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Graun: Montezuma – Excerpts - Lauris Elms, Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Lauris Elms, Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Graun: Montezuma – Excerpts

Opera Gala – Volume 6
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Handel: Giulio Cesare – Excerpts - Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Handel: Giulio Cesare – Excerpts

Opera Gala – Volume 7
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Lehar: The Merry Widow – Excerpts - Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Lehar: The Merry Widow – Excerpts

Opera Gala – Volume 9
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Joan Sutherland - My Favourites - Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland - My Favourites

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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur - Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi

Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

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Handel: Rodelinda - Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Isobel Buchanan

Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Isobel Buchanan

Handel: Rodelinda

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Donizetti: Anna Bolena - Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Jerry Hadley

Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Jerry Hadley

Donizetti: Anna Bolena

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Bel Canto Arias - Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge

Bel Canto Arias

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Joan Sutherland sings Mozart - Dame Joan Sutherland, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Joan Sutherland sings Mozart

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Joan Sutherland sings Wagner - Dame Joan Sutherland, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Joan Sutherland sings Wagner

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Command Performance - Dame Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Command Performance

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The Age of Bel Canto - Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Richard Conrad

Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Richard Conrad

The Age of Bel Canto

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Talking Pictures - Joan Sutherland, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Joan Sutherland, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Talking Pictures

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Songs My Mother Taught Me - Dame Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Songs My Mother Taught Me

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Joan Sutherland sings the Songs of Noël Coward - Joan Sutherland, Decca Studio Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Joan Sutherland, Decca Studio Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Joan Sutherland sings the Songs of Noël Coward

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Joan Sutherland - The Greatest Hits - Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland - The Greatest Hits

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Handel: Athalia - Christopher Hogwood, Dame Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby

Christopher Hogwood, Dame Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby

Handel: Athalia

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Handel: Arias - Dame Joan Sutherland, Bernadette Greevy, Forbes Robinson

Dame Joan Sutherland, Bernadette Greevy, Forbes Robinson

Handel: Arias

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Romantic Trios for Soprano, Horn & Piano - Dame Joan Sutherland, Barry Tuckwell, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, Barry Tuckwell, Richard Bonynge

Romantic Trios for Soprano, Horn & Piano

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Thomas: Hamlet - Richard Bonynge, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Richard Bonynge, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Thomas: Hamlet

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Bononcini: Griselda – Highlights - Richard Bonynge, Margreta Elkins, Lauris Elms

Richard Bonynge, Margreta Elkins, Lauris Elms

Bononcini: Griselda – Highlights

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Graun: Montezuma – Highlights - Richard Bonynge, Lauris Elms, Elizabeth Harwood

Richard Bonynge, Lauris Elms, Elizabeth Harwood

Graun: Montezuma – Highlights

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The World of Handel - Joan Sutherland, George Malcolm, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Joan Sutherland, George Malcolm, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

The World of Handel

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Bellini: Norma - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey

Bellini: Norma

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Love Live Forever - Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus

Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus

Love Live Forever

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Massenet: Esclarmonde - Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Giacomo Aragall

Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Giacomo Aragall

Massenet: Esclarmonde

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Verdi: La Traviata - Dame Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill

Dame Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill

Verdi: La Traviata

2 CDs
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Gounod: Faust - Highlights - Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Franco Corelli

Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Franco Corelli

Gounod: Faust - Highlights

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Serate Musicali - Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Serate Musicali

2 CDs
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Bellini: Norma - Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, John Alexander

Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, John Alexander

Bellini: Norma

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Mozart: Don Giovanni - highlights - Gabriel Bacquier, Joan Sutherland, Pilar Lorengar

Gabriel Bacquier, Joan Sutherland, Pilar Lorengar

Mozart: Don Giovanni - highlights

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Bellini: La Sonnambula - Joan Sutherland, Nicola Monti, Fernando Corena

Joan Sutherland, Nicola Monti, Fernando Corena

Bellini: La Sonnambula

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Handel: Alcina - Fritz Wunderlich, Dame Joan Sutherland, Jeannette van Dijck

Fritz Wunderlich, Dame Joan Sutherland, Jeannette van Dijck

Handel: Alcina

2 CDs
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The Voice Of The Century - Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

The Voice Of The Century

2 CDs
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Joan Sutherland: Operatic Arias - Joan Sutherland, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nello Santi

Joan Sutherland, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nello Santi

Joan Sutherland: Operatic Arias

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The Art of Joan Sutherland - Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

The Art of Joan Sutherland

6 CDs
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Léhar - The Merry Widow - Highlights - Dame Joan Sutherland, Valerie Masterson, Regina Resnik

Dame Joan Sutherland, Valerie Masterson, Regina Resnik

Léhar - The Merry Widow - Highlights

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La Stupenda - The Supreme Joan Sutherland - Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

La Stupenda - The Supreme Joan Sutherland

2 CDs
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Symphony No.9 In D Minor Opus 125 "Choral" - L. Van Beethoven - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor

Symphony No.9 In D Minor Opus 125 "Choral" - L. Van Beethoven

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Home Sweet Home - Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

Home Sweet Home

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The Art Of The Prima Donna - Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

The Art Of The Prima Donna

3 CDs
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Bellini: I Puritani - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Piero Cappuccilli

Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Piero Cappuccilli

Bellini: I Puritani

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Puccini: Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé

Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé

Puccini: Turandot

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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Monica Sinclair

Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Monica Sinclair

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

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Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Dominic Cossa

Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Dominic Cossa

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore

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Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda - Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Josephine Veasey

Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Josephine Veasey

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda

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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

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Verdi: Rigoletto - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

Verdi: Rigoletto

96 kHz / 24 Bit
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The Art Of The Prima Donna - Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

The Art Of The Prima Donna

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Beethoven: Collector's Edition - Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, James King

Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, James King

Beethoven: Collector's Edition

CD 8 of 8
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Handel: Messiah - Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland

Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland

Handel: Messiah

2 CDs
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Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore - Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dominic Cossa

Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dominic Cossa

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore

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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment - Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Monica Sinclair

Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Monica Sinclair

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

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Verdi: Rigoletto - Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

Verdi: Rigoletto

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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

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Puccini: Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé

Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé

Puccini: Turandot

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Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights - Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier

Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier

Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights

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Beethoven: Symphony No.9; Overtures; Grosse Fugue - Dame Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Anton Dermota

Dame Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Anton Dermota

Beethoven: Symphony No.9; Overtures; Grosse Fugue

Australian Eloquence Digital 2
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Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights - Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill

Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill

Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights

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Verdi: Il Trovatore - Highlights - Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti

Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti

Verdi: Il Trovatore - Highlights

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Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights - Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra

Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra

Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights

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Verdi: Requiem - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Verdi: Requiem

Remastered 2013
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Flower Duet - The World's Most Beautiful Duets - Joan Sutherland, Brigitte Fassbaender, Renata Tebaldi

Joan Sutherland, Brigitte Fassbaender, Renata Tebaldi

Flower Duet - The World's Most Beautiful Duets

Australian Eloquence Digital
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Verdi: La Traviata - Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra

Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra

Verdi: La Traviata

2 CDs
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Verdi: La Traviata - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra

Verdi: La Traviata

CD 2 of 2
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Live From Lincoln Centre - Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti

Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti

Live From Lincoln Centre

CD 46 of 50
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Puccini: Turandot (Highlights) - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé

Puccini: Turandot (Highlights)

CD 39 of 50
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes

Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

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Centennial Gala - Joan Sutherland, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Eva Marton

Joan Sutherland, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Eva Marton

Centennial Gala

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Live from Lincoln Center - Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti

Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti

Live from Lincoln Center

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Massenet: Esclarmonde - Dame Joan Sutherland, Giacomo Aragall, Huguette Tourangeau

Dame Joan Sutherland, Giacomo Aragall, Huguette Tourangeau

Massenet: Esclarmonde

3 CDs
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Coloratura Spectacular - Sumi Jo, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Sumi Jo, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Coloratura Spectacular

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Puccini: Turandot - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé

Puccini: Turandot

CD2 of 2
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The Ultimate Christmas Album - Dame Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leontyne Price

Dame Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leontyne Price

The Ultimate Christmas Album

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Bellini: Collectors Edition (10 CDs) - - Dame Joan Sutherland, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, London Symphony Chorus

Dame Joan Sutherland, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, London Symphony Chorus

Bellini: Collectors Edition (10 CDs) -

10 CDs
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Bellini: Collectors Edition - Dame Joan Sutherland, Sylvia Stahlman, Margreta Elkins

Dame Joan Sutherland, Sylvia Stahlman, Margreta Elkins

Bellini: Collectors Edition

CD10 of 10
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - Dame Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Robert Merrill

Dame Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Robert Merrill

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

CD 2 of 2
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Handel: Messiah - Arias & Choruses - Dame Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Kenneth McKellar

Dame Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Kenneth McKellar

Handel: Messiah - Arias & Choruses

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The Glories of Handel Opera - Emma Kirkby, Dame Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi

Emma Kirkby, Dame Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi

The Glories of Handel Opera

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Joan Sutherland / Luciano Pavarotti - Love Duets - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra

Joan Sutherland / Luciano Pavarotti - Love Duets

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Delibes: Lakmé - Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Richard Bonynge

Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Richard Bonynge

Delibes: Lakmé

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Coloratura Spectacular - Sumi Jo, Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Sumi Jo, Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Coloratura Spectacular

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Puccini: Suor Angelica - Joan Sutherland, Christa Ludwig, Anne Collins

Joan Sutherland, Christa Ludwig, Anne Collins

Puccini: Suor Angelica

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Amor - Opera's Great Love Songs - Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo

Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo

Amor - Opera's Great Love Songs

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Puccini Gala - Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Mirella Freni

Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Mirella Freni

Puccini Gala

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Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights - Dame Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier

Dame Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier

Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights

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Rossini: Semiramide - Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Joseph Rouleau

Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Joseph Rouleau

Rossini: Semiramide

3 CDs
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Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia - Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Giacomo Aragall

Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Giacomo Aragall

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

CD 2 of 2
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Bellini: Norma - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey

Bellini: Norma

CD 3 of 3
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Verdi: Il Trovatore - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov

Verdi: Il Trovatore

2 CDs
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Bellini: La Sonnambula - Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov

Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov

Bellini: La Sonnambula

CD 2 of 2
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman - Plácido Domingo, Dame Joan Sutherland, Gabriel Bacquier

Plácido Domingo, Dame Joan Sutherland, Gabriel Bacquier

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman

CD 2 of 2
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Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore - Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, English Chamber Orchestra

Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, English Chamber Orchestra

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore

2 CDs
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SINGOLI

I singoli più rappresentativi di Dame Joan Sutherland, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.

Salut a la France - Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

Salut a la France

Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 8, 1968
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Norma: Si Fino All'Ore Estreme - Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Norma: Si Fino All'Ore Estreme

Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 8, 1970
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Regnava Nel Silenzio - Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

Regnava Nel Silenzio

Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 3, 1961
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Mira, o Norma - Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne

Mira, o Norma

Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 8, 1970
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Quando Rapito In Estasi - Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland

Quando Rapito In Estasi

Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, August 18, 1963
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BIOGRAFIA



Hardly any other singer of our time has had such an uninterrupted and brilliant career as the Australian soprano, Joan Sutherland. Already described as `La Stupenda', the `Koloraturwunder' or `The Incomparable', she can look back on a career stretching over more than forty years which was soundly based and intelligently developed; but despite her international renown, despite the many honours she has received all over the world (in 1979 Queen Elizabeth II conferred on her the title of Dame of the British Empire) the artist has remained a completely natural human being.

Sutherland has been on the stage since 1947. In Sydney she sang the title role in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, followed by performances in Handel's Samson and as Judith in Eugene Goossens' opera of that name. Her European career began in London in 1952 (including the part of Giorgetta in Puccini's Il tabarro at the Royal College of Music) and in the same year she also made her debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as the First Lady in The Magic Flute. Before appearing in front of highly critical London audiences in a leading role, as Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, she sang the parts of the Priestess in Aida and Clotilde with Callas in Norma. Even at this early stage this exceptionally gifted soprano demonstrated her range as the Countess in Figaro, but she had to wait another year for her next leading role, during which time she sang the Overseer in Elektra, Lady Rich in Britten's Gloriana, Frasquita in Carmen and Helmwige in Die Walküre at Covent Garden and with the company on tour. Her most important parts in 1954 were Aida and Agathe, in addition to which she was still performing smaller roles such as Woglinde and the Wood Bird. Surprisingly this soprano who has for so long tended towards coloratura, originally appeared in Tales of Hoffmann, not as Olympia, but as Antonia and Giulietta; it was fifteen years later (in Seattle in 1970) that she sang all four female parts in Offenbach's opera -- an achievement captured by DECCA in a complete recording made in the following year.

Micaëla, Pamina, Eva in Meistersinger, Alcina, Gilda, Desdemona, Jennifer in the premiere of Tippett's Midsummer Marriage, and Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites were further London landmarks, together with Madame Herz in 1957 in Mozart's Schauspieldirektor at the Glyndebourne Festival. The year 1958 saw her first important appearances outside Great Britain. For instance in Vancouver she sang Donna Anna in Günther Rennert's production of Don Giovanni. The decisive turning point in her career came in February 1959, when she performed Lucia di Lammermoor in London in Franco Zeffirelli's production, conducted by Tullio Serafin; she became a star overnight. No other singer has kept this exceptionally demanding part in her repertoire for thirty years; she was still to be heard as Lucia in Barcelona in 1988.

In 1959 the producers at DECCA became aware of the new vocal miracle and entered into an exclusive contract with Joan Sutherland. Since that time her regular recordings have captured all the important stages of her career, beginning with the double album The Art of the Prima Donna containing representative roles from the Italian dramatic coloratura repertoire. Handel's Rodelinda, Violetta, Elvira in I puritani and Amina in La sonnambula followed. The Australian was acquiring an increasing international reputation, since sopranos in the tradition of Malibran, Grisi and other great primadonnas of the 19th century were becoming ever rarer. In view of the great potential of Sutherland's voice it was only a matter of time before she made her debut at La Scala Milan. In 1961 she appeared there in the title role in Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda; a year later she sang, with sensational success, Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots (with Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Fiorenza Cossotto) and as Rossini's Semiramide. In 1962 she was a highly praised Queen of the Night in a production with Otto Klemperer at Covent Garden, and the following year she sang the role of Cleopatra in Handel's Julius Caesar at Sadler's Wells. In addition she toured Australia with her own opera company between 1965 and 1974.

Up to that time Joan Sutherland had sung under many of the leading opera conductors of the day: John Barbirolli, Vittorio Gui, Erich Kleiber, John Pritchard (who conducted her first complete recording of Lucia), Raymond Leppard, Nello Santi, Antonino Votto and many others. They all praised her musicality, her feeling for a part and her artistic integrity, though some, who were less conscientious, feared her precisely for these reasons, because professionalism was and still is all-important to her. Since 1963 she has worked almost exclusively with her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge, under whose stylistically expert direction her career has been planned with exemplary care. Highly promising voices are quickly `burnt out' in the international opera business, and following her London success in Lucia she was offered Lady Macbeth and other heavy, dramatic roles, but the singer and her constant (musical) companion and accompanist concentrated on parts which have ensured a long career. She sang her first Norma in Vancouver in 1963; which other soprano has been able to retain this murderous part in her repertoire for a quarter of a century?

Soon the Sutherland-Bonynge team were able to make their own choice of works in the leading opera houses of the world. In 1965 they performed Gounod's Faust in Philadelphia. In 1966 they followed it with The Daughter of the Regiment in London and in the following year with Lakmé in Seattle; in the same year she sang Haydn's Euridice at the Vienna Festival. To the standard roles in her growing repertoire, she added largely forgotten operas, in which the demanding leading parts at last found a fitting interpreter; Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (1971 in San Francisco) and Lucrezia Borgia (1972 in Vancouver), Rosalinde in Fledermaus and Massenet's Esclarmonde (1973 and 1974 respectively in San Fransisco), Leonora in Il trovatore (1975 in San Fransisco) and The Merry Widow (1976 in Vancouver), Puccini's Suor Angelica, Sita in Massenet's Le Roi de Lahore (1977 in Sydney and Vancouver), Electra in Idomeneo and Amalia in Verdi's I masnadieri (1979 and 1980 respectively in Sydney). In 1980 she performed the part of Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) in San Diego, where in 1983 she also appeared as Adriana Lecouvreur, and in 1984 she sang Anna Bolena for the first time in Toronto. Her most recent new stage role was as Ophelia in Thomas's Hamlet (1985 in Toronto).

The world of music has much for which to thank Joan Sutherland, who has rescued so many operas from oblivion, not only in the field of Italian bel canto, but also in the French repertoire. Fortunately her work is almost completely preserved on record, with the leading stars of our time such as Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Giacomo Aragall, Sherrill Milnes, Ingvar Wixell, time and time again with Marilyn Horne, with whom she has formed a close artistic friendship, with Huguette Tourangeau (a discovery of Richard Bonynge's), Montserrat Caballé and many others. There are very few roles which Sutherland has only sung on record, but they include Puccini's Turandot, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Ah-Joe in Leoni's L'Oracolo and most recently Handel's Athalia in an 'authentic' recording with the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of Christopher Hogwood. This recital of roles and details of first performances can only give a very sketchy idea of Sutherland's career. Anyone who has had the good fortune to work with her will confirm that it has failed to do justice to the human qualities of the singer. She has been particularly helpful and considerate towards young and unknown artists and has assisted many to find their feet who have been discovered by the Sutherland-Bonynge team's unerring instinct for the exceptional. Integrity has been an important factor in Sutherland's many-facetted career; in her four decades of activity she has not only kept faith with countrless admirers throughout the world, but also and above all has remained true to herself and to her artistic vocation.

ULTIME NEWS

Decca presenta: 'The voice of the century', tributo alla grande Joan Sutherland.
17.11.2010

Decca presenta: 'The voice of the century', tributo alla grande Joan Sutherland.

La Decca rende un doveroso tributo al grandissimo soprano recentemente scomparso con una raccolta in 2 CD al prezzo di 1 delle più significative interpretazione della “Voce del Secolo”: dalla Lucia di Lammermoor alla La sonnambula, dalla Norma a Lakmé, da Semiramide alla La Fille du Régiment per ripercorrere i momenti magici di un’artista indimenticabile.
 
E' scomparsa oggi Joan Sutherland, grande voce del novecento.
11.10.2010

E' scomparsa oggi Joan Sutherland, grande voce del novecento.

Dame Joan Sutherland, nata a Sidney nel 1926 è stata una delle più grandi protagoniste dell'opera del Novecento e, insieme a Maria Callas e Marylin Horne, grande artefice della "Belcanto-renaissance". Joan Sutherland è stata legata per oltre 30 anni alla DECCA con oltre 40 incisioni di 33 diverse opere oltre a selezioni, antologie di rarità barocca e selezioni tratte dalle operette. Il rapporto eslusivo con l’etichetta ingelse inziò nel 1959 con un LP dedicato a due scene dalla Lucia di Lammermoor di Donizetti. La sua fama esplose a livello internazionale proprio grazie a questo ruolo sul palcoscenico del Covent Garden il 17 febbraio del 1959 nella celebre produzione firmata da Franco Zeffirelli. Seguì la registrazione dell’opera completa per Decca del 1961 diretta da Sir John Pritchard e una seconda nel 1971 diretta dal marito Richard Bonynge con Luciano Pavarotti che rappresenta tutt’ora una pietra miliare della storia dell’interpretazione. Durante la sua carriera Joan Sutherland ha interpretato questo ruolo per ben 233 volte. A Joan Sutherland si deve il grande merito della riscoperta di repertori dimenticati come Massenet (Le roi de Lahore, Esclarmonde) e Handel. Proprio grazie ad una recita dell’Alcina alla Fenice di Venezia nel 1960 un critico coniò il soprannome che la seguì per tutta la sua carriera: “La Stupenda”. Nello stesso anno Joan Sutherland registrò uno dei recital vocali più famosi della storia del disco: The Art of The Prima Donna, un best-seller che le valse l’Edison Award oltre al Grammy Award® come migliore interprete classica dell’anno (1961). Tutte le sua performances sul palco e in studio di registrazione sono sempre state dirette dal marito Richard Bonynge a parte aclune rare eccezioni quali il Requiem di Verdi (Solti) e la Turando di Puccini (Mehta) mentre Marilyn Horne e Luciano Pavarotti sono stati tra i suoi partner abituali. Il ricordo di Dame Joan Sutherland rimarrà sempre vivo grazie alla sua voce eccezionale, alla tecnica prodigiosa ad una straordinaria intelligenza musicale. “Joan Sutherland è sicuramente la più grande voce del secolo”. Luciano Pavarotti
 
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