Joan Sutherland, celebrated opera singer, dies aged 83

Tributes paid to Australian soprano, known in her heyday as 'la stupenda', whose career spanned four decadesJoan Sutherland, the opera star known in her heyday as 'la stupenda', and Maria Callas's successor as the most celebrated soprano in the world, has died at her home in Switzerland, aged 83.Sutherland shot to fame in 1959 in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Lucia di Lammermoor, with its famous mad scene. By then, she had been singing at the Royal Opera House since 1952, and continued to do...

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