Sutherland, Joan (1926 - )

Dame Joan Sutherland was appointed as a Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 30 December 1978 for services to the performing arts. She was also appointed to the Order of Merit in 1991 for Services to opera and singing. In 1983 she was described as, 'quite simply, the greatest and most beloved singer in the world today'. She is known universally, and accurately, as 'La Stupenda'.

• Bonynge, Joan

Chronology

7 November 1926	Born: Daughter of McDonald and Muriel Alston Sutherland
12 October 1946	Married: Richard Bonynge.
1947	Debut as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (Sydney)
1951	Moved to London
1952	Joined Covent Garden and remained resident soprano for seven years
1959	Won international fame with debut as Lucia di Lammermoor (Convent Garden)
1986	Published: The Joan Sutherland Album (w. R Bonynge)
1997	Published: A Prima Donna's Progress : the autobiography of Joan Sutherland

Books

• Adams, Brian, La Stupenda, 2 edn, Random House Australia, Milsons Point, N.S.W., 1993, 449 pp. [ Details... ]
• Major, Norma, Joan Sutherland : the authorized biography, 2 edn, Little, Brown, London, 1994, 324 pp. [ Details... ]
• Sutherland, Joan, A prima donna's progress : the autobiography of Joan Sutherland., Random House Australia, Milsons Point, N.S.W., 1997, 486 pp. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• 'Australian Performing Arts (PROMPT) Collection: Dame Joan Sutherland / Richard Bonynge', http://www.nla.gov.au/collect/prompt/sutherland.html. [ Details... ]
• Dame Joan Sutherland: La Stupenda, http://www.cygnet.co.uk/thedame/. [ Details... ]

See also

• 'DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND', in Australians, Behind the News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Boardcasting Corporation, 2002, http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/sutherla.htm. [ Details... ]
• Macklin, Robert, 100 great Australians, Currey O'Neil Ross, South Yarra, Vic., 1983, 248 pp. [ Details... ]