Joan Sutherland (1926–2010)
Författare till Rigoletto : opera i tre akter
Om författaren
Joan Sutherland, Roshi, is a teacher in the koan tradition, cofounder of the Pacific Zen School, and founder of The Open Source, a network of communities. A translator from classical Chinese, she is the author of Vimalakirti and the Awakened Heart. She now lives on the coast of northern California, visa mer focusing on Cloud Dragon: The Joan Sutherland Dharma Works, a nonprofit organization that disseminates her teachings. visa färre
Foto taget av: Portrait of Dame Joan Sutherland, taken in New York, Allan Warren, 1975
Verk av Joan Sutherland
Command Performance 2 exemplar
Grandi Voci: Joan Sutherland 2 exemplar
Sutherland, Horne & Bonynge Gala Concert / Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Richard Bonynge (2007) 2 exemplar
Great Love Duets 2 exemplar
Talking Pictures 2 exemplar
The Art of Joan Sutherland 2 exemplar
The High Hills 2 exemplar
The Age of Bel Canto 2 exemplar
Delibes : Lakmé (Highlights) 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland Command Performance Vol. 2 1 exemplar
Arias & Sacred Songs: Mozart, Bach, Handel 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti: Duets from Lucia di Lammermoor / Rigoletto / L'Elisir d'Amore / La Fille… (1975) — Performer — 1 exemplar
Athalia [audio recording] — Artist — 1 exemplar
Sutherland: Bellini. [Sound recording] — Artist — 1 exemplar
Operatic Arias 1 exemplar
The joy of Christmas 1 exemplar
Norma (Casta diva) 1 exemplar
An Evening To Remember 1 exemplar
The Best Of Joan Sutherland Vol1 1 exemplar
Sutherland, Bonynge & Friends (2cds) 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland - The Reluctant Prima Donna 1 exemplar
Onslaught, 1 exemplar
Songs My Mother Taught 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland: Early recordings. CD 1 exemplar
Love Live Forever 1 exemplar
The Best of Joan Sutherland: Live From the Sydney Opera House, Vol. 2 (Opera Australia) (2001) 1 exemplar
Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi arias 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland - The Art of the Prima Donna 1 exemplar
Complete DECCA Studio Recitals - 23 CDs 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland: A Life on the Move 1 exemplar
Love duets 1 exemplar
Massenet:: Le Roi De Lahore 1 exemplar
BBC Recitals, 1958-61 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland: Rare Broadcasts 1 exemplar
Joan Sutherland: The Age of Bel Canto 1 exemplar
Duets from Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, L'Elisir d'Amore, La Fille du Regiment, I Puritani 1 exemplar
Delibes: Lakme 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
La traviata [sound recording] : highlights / Verdi ; [libretto by] Piave. (2005) — Performer — 8 exemplar
Joan Sutherland - The Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances, 1961-1968 (2001) — Actor — 4 exemplar
Sutherland-Horne-Pavarotti: Live From Lincoln Center — Performer — 4 exemplar
Essential Opera 2 [sound recording] — Performer — 3 exemplar
Adriana Lecouvreur: Opera Australia [film] — Actor — 2 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Sutherland, Joan Alston
- Andra namn
- La Stupenda (known as)
- Födelsedag
- 1926-11-23
- Avled
- 2010-10-10
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- Australia
- Födelseort
- Point Piper, New South Wales, Australia
- Dödsort
- Switzerland
- Yrken
- soprano
- Relationer
- Bonynge, Richard (husband)
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1961)
Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander ∙ 1978)
Order of Australia (Companion ∙ 1975)
Order of Merit (1991)
Kennedy Center Honors (2004)
Australian Living Treasure (visa alla 7)
Grammy Award
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Listor
Priser
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Statistik
- Verk
- 69
- Även av
- 31
- Medlemmar
- 312
- Popularitet
- #75,595
- Betyg
- 4.3
- Recensioner
- 2
- ISBN
- 14
First, I should say, Sutherland was - for all her astounding talent - a reasonably ordinary person. Her upbringing was unremarkable, her career (while spectacular) was not a tempestuous one, her marriage and family life stable, and her hobbies included needlepoint and traveling. She was not the fiery Callas or the famously unreliable Sumi Jo. In this regard, the world wasn't crying out for a tell-all autobiography.
So, instead, we've been given what is essentially a diary of Sutherland's forty years in the business. (No, I'm not kidding, at several times Sutherland confirms she is taking this information from her diaries and elaborating on this where required.) This can of course be quite frustrating. Entire years pass in mere itemised lists of performances, colleagues, and reviews. Deaths and births are treated almost as offhandedly as the latest production of "Norma", doctors and friends get mentions largely because Sutherland didn't want to leave them out, and frequently she glosses over something it would've been fascinating to hear about. As a Melbournian arts worker, for instance, I was intrigued by her thoughts on the lack of performing venues in Melbourne until the Arts Centre came along, but she simply mentions her one (cancelled) concert scheduled there in 1985 and then moves on. (In the post-1985 sequences, more is revealed - presumably as Sutherland's memory was clearer - but it comes as quite a surprise when she expresses a strong negative opinion for once, in this instance her reaction when Pavarotti had to cancel on a recording session when it became clear he didn't know his part.)
As I mentioned above, this is not entirely surprising. A needlessly drawn out story of her childhood and training was unnecessary (and had been covered by existing biographers). As an opera buff myself, I really enjoyed this book. It's truly revealing the punishing schedule this elite art requires, and puts paid to some of the stories and stereotypes that have sprung up over the year. I really liked seeing the way works entered Sutherland's repertoire and remained there, and I'm always intrigued by how performers manage their schedule, so it was my kind of book.
Will it be everyone's? Probably not. When a paragraph exists merely to name-check the cast and venue of a performance (along with the specific dates from 1973), it's probably not going to be fascinating to all that many, particularly if you're not au fait with the opera and its roles.
Overall then, I'd advise amateur Sutherland fans or biography-hunters to seek out other material. But if you're deeply into the Dame, or if you have a connection with the world of opera, might be worth a look.… (mer)