Dame Joan Sutherland: an appreciation

The star Australian soprano, who died last week, was remarkably down to earth for a woman of such stellar talentWhen Joan Sutherland sang, she whirled through the upper atmosphere, like a trapeze artist dancing on a tightrope made of nothing but her breath. When not singing, she stayed close to the ground, describing herself as a very ordinary person who just happened to have a superhumanly luminous and agile voice.Astonished as I always was by her singing, I was equally amazed, on the occasions...

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