Dame Joan Sutherland obituary

One of the world's most celebrated operatic sopranos whose voice combined beauty and power'One of God's pranks was to make Joan an overgrown schoolgirl and then give her a divine voice." The grand lady who made that remark was Dame Edith Evans, and everyone who ever saw her on the stage will almost taste the Lady Bracknell tone of her voice. It was more than a witticism; it summed up to perfection the paradox of Joan Sutherland, who has died aged 83.From the momentous evening of 17 February 1959...

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