Monday, October 11, 2010

Joan Sutherland, R. I. P.

Dame Joan Sutherland, the Australian native who became one of the most acclaimed sopranos of the 20th Century, passed away on Monday morning in Switzerland at age 83, according to published reports.

Here is Miss Sutherland singing "Casta Diva" from "Norma" composed by Vincenzo Bellini.

Joan Sutherland-soprano

The Elizabethan Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Richard Bonynge
from the Sydney Opera House

This seemed to be from the 1970s

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