Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, (1926 – 2010). Australian-born coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
She possessed a voice combining extraordinary agility, accurate intonation, "supremely" pinpoint staccatos, a trill and a tremendous upper register, although music critics often complained about the imprecision of her diction.
Sutherland was the first Australian to win a Grammy Award, for Best Classical Performance – Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) in 1962.
Along with her husband, she contributed to the international launch of Luciano Pavarotti, who described her as "the voice of the century".
She possessed a voice combining extraordinary agility, accurate intonation, "supremely" pinpoint staccatos, a trill and a tremendous upper register, although music critics often complained about the imprecision of her diction.
Sutherland was the first Australian to win a Grammy Award, for Best Classical Performance – Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) in 1962.
Along with her husband, she contributed to the international launch of Luciano Pavarotti, who described her as "the voice of the century".
- "You settle down, then turn face a huge pouf of red hair, and a mouth of red lipstick that has gone slightly askew beneath the right lower lip." https://www.nytimes.com/…/no-joans-not-jealous-no-joans-not…
- "There was something indomitable about the imperious jut of that chin, the big red hair..." https://www.smh.com.au/…/farewell-la-stupenda-20101012-16hs…
- "Beautifully dressed in emerald-green, red hair carefully groomed..." https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47509357
- "... the thick titian hair is now the color of ginger; the voice retains the soft accent of her native Australia." https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search…
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