Joan Sutherland

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Joan Sutherland was a renowned Australian operatic soprano celebrated for her virtuosic bel canto singing and powerful, agile voice.

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Joan Sutherland canonical 5
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian singer
human
operatic soprano
activeYearsEnd 1990s
activeYearsStart 1940s
awardReceived Grammy Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Order of Australia
Order of the British Empire
birthCountry Australia
birthDate 1926-11-07
birthPlace Sydney
citizenship Australia
collaboratedWith Luciano Pavarotti
Marilyn Horne
Richard Bonynge
deathCountry Switzerland
deathDate 2010-10-10
deathPlace Les Avants
debutAt Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
surface form: Royal Opera House
debutRole Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera
employer Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
surface form: Royal Opera House
familyName Sutherland
famousRole Elvira in Bellini's I puritani
Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
surface form: Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

Norma in Bellini's Norma
Semiramide in Rossini's Semiramide
field classical music
fullName Joan Sutherland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dame Joan Alston Sutherland
genre opera
givenName Joan
honor Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
honorificPrefix Dame
influenced later generations of coloratura sopranos
languageOfPerformance English
French
Italian
nickname La Stupenda
notableFor powerful agile voice
virtuosic bel canto singing
notableRecording Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
surface form: Lucia di Lammermoor (Decca, with Pavarotti)

Decca Records
surface form: Norma (Decca)
occupation concert singer
opera singer
parent Muriel Sutherland
recordLabel Decca Records
specialization bel canto repertoire
spouse Richard Bonynge
trainedAt Sydney Conservatorium of Music
voiceType soprano

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Decca Records notableArtistRecorded Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland Theatre namedAfter Joan Sutherland
Royal College of Music hasNotableAlumni Joan Sutherland
Sutherland notableBearer Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland fullName Joan Sutherland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dame Joan Alston Sutherland
Nicola Rescigno helpedLaunchCareerOf Joan Sutherland