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Dame Joan Alston Sutherland (7 November 192610 October 2010)〔(Australian Soprano Dame Joan Sutherland dies )〕 was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to 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 a performance of the title role in Handel's ''Alcina''. She possessed a voice of beauty and power, combining extraordinary agility, accurate intonation, "supremely" pinpoint staccatos,〔("Icons of Opera – Dame Joan Sutherland" ), ''Opera Britannia'' (6 July 2009). Retrieved 27 September 2010.〕 a splendid trill and a tremendous upper register, although music critics often complained about the imprecision of her diction. Her friend Luciano Pavarotti once called Sutherland the "Voice of the Century"; Montserrat Caballé described the Australian's voice as being like "heaven". Sutherland was the first Australian to win a Grammy Award, for Best Classical Performance – Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) in 1962. ==Early life and career== Joan Sutherland was born to Scottish parents in Sydney, and attended St Catherine's School in the suburb of Waverley, New South Wales. As a child, she listened to and imitated her mother's singing exercises. Her mother, a mezzo-soprano, had taken voice lessons but never considered making a career as a professional singer. Sutherland was 18 years old when she began seriously studying voice with John and Aida Dickens. She made her concert debut in Sydney, as Dido in Purcell's ''Dido and Aeneas'', in 1947. In 1951, she made her stage debut in Eugene Goossens's ''Judith''. In 1951, after winning Australia's most important competition, the Sun Aria (now known as the Sydney Eisteddfod McDonald's Operatic Aria) in 1949.〔("Young soprano triumphs" ), ''The West Australian'' (4 October 1949)〕 She then went to London to further her studies at the Opera School of the Royal College of Music with Clive Carey. She was engaged by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as a utility soprano, and made her debut there on 28 October 1952, as the First Lady in ''The Magic Flute'', followed in November by a few performances as Clotilde in Vincenzo Bellini's ''Norma'', with Maria Callas as Norma. Being an admirer of Kirsten Flagstad in her early career, she trained to be a Wagnerian dramatic soprano. In December 1952, she sang her first leading role at the Royal Opera House, Amelia in ''Un ballo in maschera''. Other roles included Agathe in ''Der Freischütz'', the Countess in ''The Marriage of Figaro'', Desdemona in ''Otello'', Gilda in ''Rigoletto'', Eva in ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'', and Pamina in ''The Magic Flute''. In 1953, she sang the role of Lady Rich in Benjamin Britten's ''Gloriana'' a few months after its world premiere, and created the role of Jennifer in Michael Tippett's ''The Midsummer Marriage'', on 27 January 1955. Sutherland married Australian conductor and pianist Richard Bonynge on 16 October 1954. Their son, Adam, was born in 1956. Bonynge gradually convinced her that Wagner might not be her ''Fach'', and that since she could produce high notes and coloratura with great ease, she should perhaps explore the bel canto repertoire. She eventually settled in this ''Fach'', spending most of her career singing dramatic coloratura soprano. In 1957, she appeared in Handel's ''Alcina'' with the Handel Opera Society, and sang selections from Donizetti's ''Emilia di Liverpool'' in a radio broadcast, in which performances her bel canto potential was clearly demonstrated, vindicating her husband's judgement. The following year she sang Donna Anna in ''Don Giovanni'' in Vancouver. In 1958, at the Royal Opera House, after singing "Let the bright Seraphim" from Handel's oratorio ''Samson'', she received a ten-minute-long standing ovation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joan Sutherland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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