- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJoan Alston Sutherland
- Nicknames
- La Stupenda
- The Voice of the Century
- La Prima Donna Absoluta
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Joan Sutherland was born on November 7, 1926 in Point Piper, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Spectre (2015), The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977) and Carlito's Way (1993). She was married to Richard Bonynge. She died on October 10, 2010 in Montreux, Switzerland.
- SpouseRichard Bonynge(October 16, 1954 - October 10, 2010) (her death, 1 child)
- ChildrenAdam Bonynge
- ParentsWilliam McDonald SutherlandMuriel Beatrice Alston
- RelativesBarbara Sutherland(Sibling)
- Dame Joan Sutherland is an internationally acclaimed opera singer, whose soprano voice has sold many records.
- She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1979 Queen's New Years Honors List for her services to Opera.
- Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, along with Elton John, John Williams, Warren Beatty, and Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.
- Her husband, Richard Bonynge, is an Orchestral Conductor.
- She is the mother of a son.
- I don't sing for anybody. I wouldn't sing for the Queen dear.
- I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her.
- I'm somewhat horrified because I don't think the young people today even know what history is. Some of them don't' even study History at school anymore or Geography and they don't know where one place is from another.
- I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been given at a certain time. They've all been favorites, they've all been wonderful pieces to play.
- If I weren't reasonably placid, I don't think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you've got to be absolutely like a horse.
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