Dame Joan Sutherland

About the artist

Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE (7 November 1926-10 October 2010) is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to the bel canto revival of the 1950s and 1960s. She was hailed La Stupenda after an Alcina performance in La Fenice in 1960. Joan Sutherland was born in Sydney. Her mother was a mezzo soprano who had given up her career. She learned a lot from her mother, with whom she used to sing and listen to many recordings.

Top songs

  1. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
  2. La traviata, Act 1: "Libiamo, ne' lieti calici" (Live)
  3. Pinocchio : When You Wish Upon a Star
  4. Waltz Song: Je veux vivre (from Roméo et Juliette)
  5. Bellini: Norma / Act 1 - Casta Diva
  6. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2 - Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
  7. I puritani
  8. La traviata, Act 1: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
  9. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
  10. Lakmé / Act 1 : Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
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  1. Norma, Act 1: Casta diva (Cavatina)
  2. Casta Diva
  3. Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
  4. Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
  5. Good King Wenceslas
  6. Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
  7. Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
  8. Ah! Tardai troppo… O luce di quest anima (from Linda di Chamounix)
  9. Per la gloria d'adoravi (from Griselda)
  10. Lakmé / Act 1: Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme Épais (Flower Duet)
  11. Faust
  12. Joy To The World
  13. "Quale d'armi fragor"
  14. Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly
  15. Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2 : "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"
  16. Let the bright seraphim
  17. Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
  18. Pareille loyauté vaut son prix ... Beauté divine
  19. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 2 - "Chi mi frena in tal momento"
  20. Lakmé / Act 1 : "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
  21. "Ohimè! sorge il tremendo fantasma"
  22. Handel: Alcina: Tornami a vagheggiar
  23. Rigoletto / Act 1: "Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome"
  24. What child is this (Greensleeves)
  25. Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 3 : Oh, giusto cielo!...Il dolce suono
  26. "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
  27. In questa reggia
  28. Alcina: "Tornami a vagheggiar"
  29. Ah! Roland!
  30. Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act 2: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle)
  31. Verdi: La traviata / Act 1 - "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)
  32. Ombre pallide, lo so, mi udite
  33. Rigoletto, Act 3: Un dì, si ben rammentomi... Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)
  34. Rigoletto / Act 1 : "Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome"
  35. When You Wish Upon A Star - From "Pinocchio"
  36. Norma / Act 1: Casta Diva
  37. Don Giovanni: Act I, Scene VI, "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto, Pace, pace o vita mia" (Aria)
  38. Il trovatore, Act 1: "Di tale amor" (Live)
  39. Bel raggio lusinghier
  40. Flotow: Martha (opera in 4 Acts) / Act 2 - Last Rose of Summer
  41. Handel: Alcina: Di cor io, quanto t'amai
  42. "Bel raggio lusinghier"
  43. Lakmé / Act 1 - Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
  44. Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3 - "Bella figlia dell'amore"
  45. Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais"
  46. Lakmé / Act 1 : "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais"
  47. Norma / Act 1 : "Casta Diva"
  48. Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1 - "Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome"
  49. Il Bacio
  50. Verdi: La traviata / Act 1 - "E strano!" - "Ah, fors'è lui"
  51. Bellini: Norma / Act 2 - Mira, o Norma
  52. Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 2 : "Chi mi frena in tal momento"
  53. Gounod: Faust - Version 1860/1869 / Act 3 - No.14b Air des bijoux: "Ah! Je ris de me voir"
  54. Ellen's Chants, D. 839, Op. 56: Ave Maria
  55. "Ah, je veux vivre"
  56. Ave Maria
  57. Norma, Act 1: "Fine al rito" (Live)
  58. Léo Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
  59. Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - Viens, Mallika, Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
  60. The Virgin's Slumber Song
  61. Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 1: Tornami a vagheggiar - Live
  62. Lakmé
  63. Verdi: Messa da Requiem - 1. Requiem
  64. Handel: Messiah / Part 2 - 36. Air: How beautiful are the feet
  65. Delibes: Lakmé / Act 2 - Où va la jeune Indoue (Bell song)
  66. I Puritani / Act 1 - "Son vergin vezzosa"
  67. Norma / Act 1 : Casta Diva
  68. Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2 - Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
  69. Puccini: Turandot / Act 2 - Straniero, ascolta
  70. Lakmé / Act 1: "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
  71. "Se tradirmi tu potrai"
  72. "Son vergin vezzosa"
  73. VERDI: "Follie! Delirio Vano E' Questo! ...Sempre Libera"
  74. Puccini: Turandot / Act 2 - In questa reggia
  75. Lucrezia Borgia:, Act 2 "Era desso il figlio mio" (Live)
  76. Puccini: Turandot / Act 2 - "In questa reggia"
  77. Puccini: Turandot / Act 2 - Gloria, gloria, o vincitore
  78. Handel: Joy To The World
  79. Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 4 - "Miserere d'un'alma"
  80. Act One, Scene One: Percorrete le spiagge vicine
  81. "O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce...Vien, diletto"
  82. Verdi: La traviata / Act 1 - "Libiamo ne'lieti calici"
  83. Rossini: Semiramide / Act 1 - "Bel raggio lusinghier"
  84. Rigoletto / Act 3 : "Bella figlia dell'amore...M'odi, ritorna a casa"
  85. Traditional: Good King Wenceslas
  86. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Act 1: "Eight lonely nights.. To part is such sweet sorrow" (Live)
  87. Home Sweet Home
  88. 1. Requiem
  89. Delibes: Lakmè: Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
  90. "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod)

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