Opera legend Dame Joan Sutherland has died in Europe after a long illness.
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland OM AC DBE, died in the early hours of Monday. She was born in Sydney on November 7, 1926. Her family said she died peacefully in the early hours of yesterday morning at her home in Switzerland. She was 83.
She was Australia's most fabulous diva and one of the greatest sopranos of her time. "La Stupenda," as she was dubbed, led the renaissance of Italian bel canto and French romantic operas, reviving roles of extraordinary difficulty. She was "the voice of the century", according to the famous late Luciano Pavarotti, the great Italian tenor.
Rest in Peace, Dame Joan, our favourite Aussie opera singer. Thank you for all those brilliant performances that will remain with us.
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Joan Sutherland's Last Song - Her Final Farewell. YouTube, uploaded by Drelnis. Accessed October 11, 2010. (Apology. The video is no longer available.
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