A Prima Donna's Progress

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Joan Sutlierlanci's voice remains one of tiie marvels oFour century. Her liquid tone, astonishing trills, range and nccuracT justly earned lier the title 'La Stupenda', and led to standing ovations For her performances in all the major opera houses around the world. Now retired From singing but still busy judging, the most Famous soprano oFour time has at last written her autobiographv, bringing to \ ivid liFe that remarkable career w hich spanned more than Forty years.
Brought up in a musical Family in bet\\ een-the-\\ars Australia, she saw earlv succcss in local singing competitions, finding enough encouragement to come to London in pursuit oF her long-held ambition to sing at Co\'cnt Garden. Assisted by an Australian Friend, Richard Bonynge, who was to become her husband and key musical partner, she began a sequence oF dizzy ing triumphs across a w ide repertoire, from Handel and Mozart to Bellini and Donizetti. Her definitive perFormances in operas such as 'Lucia di... Tovább

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Joan Sutlierlanci's voice remains one of tiie marvels oFour century. Her liquid tone, astonishing trills, range and nccuracT justly earned lier the title 'La Stupenda', and led to standing ovations For her performances in all the major opera houses around the world. Now retired From singing but still busy judging, the most Famous soprano oFour time has at last written her autobiographv, bringing to \ ivid liFe that remarkable career w hich spanned more than Forty years.
Brought up in a musical Family in bet\\ een-the-\\ars Australia, she saw earlv succcss in local singing competitions, finding enough encouragement to come to London in pursuit oF her long-held ambition to sing at Co\'cnt Garden. Assisted by an Australian Friend, Richard Bonynge, who was to become her husband and key musical partner, she began a sequence oF dizzy ing triumphs across a w ide repertoire, from Handel and Mozart to Bellini and Donizetti. Her definitive perFormances in operas such as 'Lucia di Lamermoor' and 'Norma' ha\e forged ineradicable links with some oF the most challenging coloratura roles in the repertoire. She is also remembered for her re\ i\ al of some great French works and her lo\e of
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In her own words, Joan Sutherland narrates the story of an unsuspected talent which grew to become perhaps the finest of its age. She w rites of colleagues, such as Luciano Pavarotti, Marilvn Home anil Altretlo Kraus, often filling in the comic and !practical iletails of performance, as well as detailing the Vissza