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Wikipedia: Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926) is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s. One of the most remarkable female opera singers of the 20th century, she was dubbed La Stupenda by a La Fenice audience in 1960 after an Alcina performance. She possessed a voice of beauty and power, combining extraordinary agility, accurate intonation, a splendid trill and a tremendous upper register, although music critics often complained about the imprecision of her diction.
![[Sutherland as Haydn's Euridice in Vienna, 1967]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sutherlandnorma_s.jpg "Sutherland as Haydn's Euridice in Vienna, 1967")
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![[Joan Sutherland in 1990]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Joan_Sutherland__s.jpg "Joan Sutherland in 1990")
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