With the recent passing of Australian soprano Joan Sutherland, the memorials from former colleagues and friends have been encompassing. The Italian media responded with obituaries in all three of their major newspapers (samples below). For the Wall Street Journal, super-action hero (and sometimes opera scholar), Philip Gossett who has shaped some of the worlds most t(h)rilling bel canto divas past and present also added to the remembrance.
Archivist Evangeline Galettis displayed (above) little Joan from a 1934 school photograph, along with vintage vinyl and other memorabilia.
And a few pieces from the Italian media, Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica (La Stampa's is here):
She deserves all this and more!
Posted by: Les Mitchell | October 14, 2010 at 12:41 AM
It is a comfort to see that she is appreciated. I remember in her first bio that she said she always felt bad about herself in school programmes because she never got to play a beautiful fairy--because of her size. Then, she finally got to dazzle in that sumptuous Venetian production of Alcina!
Posted by: Bill Philin-Ploplis | October 14, 2010 at 05:38 AM
Much, much more!!!
Goodbye Dame Joan...
Posted by: nick | October 14, 2010 at 07:00 AM
Bravo OC on a wonderful series of articles on the sad passing of La Stupenda. The 20th century produced many wonderful singers, from Tebaldi to Caballe, but only Sutherland and Callas were great. Both were absolute phenomenons, which set them apart from their peers, their predecessors and their successors.
La Stupenda - thank you, for defining the glory of the human voice.
Posted by: Petra L | October 14, 2010 at 08:39 PM