Awards & Winners

Joan Sutherland

Date of Birth 07-November-1926
Place of Birth Sydney
(Australia, New South Wales, Oceania)
Nationality Australia
Also know as Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Sutherland, Joan
Profession Dramatic coloratura, Opera Singer
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, DBE, AC 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. One of the most remarkable female opera singers of the 20th century, she was dubbed La Stupenda by a La Fenice audience in 1960 after a performance of the title role in Handel's Alcina. She possessed a voice of beauty and power, combining extraordinary agility, accurate intonation, "supremely" pinpoint staccatos, a splendid trill and a tremendous upper register, although music critics often complained about the imprecision of her diction. Her friend Luciano Pavarotti once called Sutherland the "Voice of the Century"; Montserrat Caballé described the Australian's voice as being like "heaven".

Awards by Joan Sutherland

Check all the awards nominated and won by Joan Sutherland.

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program - Performing Arts Live from the Metropolitan Opera
An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti

1981


Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo
Honored for : Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti: Live From Lincoln Centre
(Artists)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti: Live From Lincoln Centre
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program - Performing Arts Live from Lincoln Center
Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne and Luciano Pavarotti in Recital

1961


Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo
Honored for : The Art Of The Prima Donna
(Artist)

Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo The Art Of The Prima Donna