Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland OM, AC, DBE 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...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMusician
CountryAustralia
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