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I lusted to sing Norma after being in those performances with Callas. But I knew that I could not sing it the way she did. It was 10 years before I sang the role. During that time I studied it, sang bits of it, and worked with Richard. But I had to evolve my own way to sing it, and I would have wrecked my voice to ribbons had I tried to sing it like her.

Joan Sutherland

I love all those demented old dames of the old operas. All right, so they're loony. The music's wonderful.

Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland

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Born: November 7, 1926

Died: October 10, 2010 (aged 83)

Bio: Dame Joan Alston Sutherland 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.

Known for:

Lucia di Lammermoor (1973)
Turandot (1985)
Norma (1988)
The Art of the Prima Donna: Joan Sutherland (1989)
Ernani (1998)

Joan Sutherland on Wikipedia

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