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1926–2010 Australian soprano Sutherland studied in Sydney and sang in public there before travelling to London for further study at the Royal College of Music. She joined the Covent Garden company in 1952 and sang many roles, including Jenifer in the premiere of Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage. Her performance as Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor under Serafin in 1959 launched her ...

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her international career took off when she sang the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor, conducted by Tullio Serafin. Continuing to add bel canto roles to her repertoire, Sutherland was often criticized for her poor diction, yet she astounded the world with her expansive and stunning voice. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Karol Szymanowski | ...

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the moral – that evildoers come to a sticky end. Recommended Recording: Don Giovanni, Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor; EMI Classics CDS 7 47260 8; Soloists: Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Piero Cappuccilli (Masetto), Gottlob Frick (Commendatore) Personalities | Wolfgang Amadeus ...

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awakes in his arms. Everyone rejoices and the wedding plans resume. Recommended Recording: La sonnambula, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Richard Bonynge, conductor; Decca 448 996-2DMO2; Soloists: Joan Sutherland (Amina), Sylvia Stahlman (Lisa), Margreta Elkins (Teresa),Nicola Monti (Elvino), Giovanni Foiani (Alessio), Fernando Corena (Rodolfo) Personalities | Vincenzo Bellini | Early Romantic | Opera ...

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debut in 1949 as Strauss’s Marschallin. She created the role of Anne Trulove in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (Venice, 1951). Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | (Dame) Joan Sutherland | Contemporary | Classical ...

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, but she could not translate the success to the Covent Garden stage. She died of complications following childbirth aged 40. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Joan Sutherland DBE | Modern Era | Opera ...

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After three years in Europe, Horne sang Marie (Wozzeck) in San Francisco in 1960, repeating the role in her Covent Garden debut in 1964. She often sang with Sutherland, notably as Arsace in Semiramide (Rossini) and Adalgisa in Norma (Bellini). She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1970 as Adalgisa. She sang many Rossini roles, including Malcolm ...

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for three seasons at the Gelsenkirchen Opera. She returned to America in 1960 to perform as Marie in Alban Berg’s Wozzeck. Horne is remembered for her association with Dame Joan Sutherland (b. 1926) and Richard Bonynge in their performance of Rossini’s Semiramide and other bel canto rarities. She also became a stylistic and technical expert on the music of Handel. She ...

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, 1924–34. After World War II he returned to La Scala, where he conducted the Italian premiere of Britten’s Peter Grimes. At Covent Garden in 1959 he conducted Joan Sutherland in her triumphant performance of Lucia di Lammermoor. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Leopold Stokowski | Modern Era | Classical ...

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Cura (b. 1963) or Ramon Vargas (b. 1960). Sopranos If Birgit Nilsson dominated Wagnerian singing in the post-war era, their success in the bel canto repertory made Callas and Sutherland the first soprano superstars on a global scale. As commanding in Austro-German repertory as they were in Italian, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf excelled in Mozart and Richard Strauss. Renata Tebaldi (1922–2004), ...

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technique, dramatic charisma, dazzling coloratura, and above all, perhaps, a belief in the music. Shortly after Callas’s rise to stardom, the Australian soprano Joan Sutherland began to make an impact. Sutherland had a voice that was purer, less vulnerable at the top of its range. Her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge, was ...