Joan Sutherland
On her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge
Richard had decided long before I agreed with him that I was a coloratura.
– Joan Sutherland, Profile, The New York Times Magazine, 1961
Themes: discovery, partnership, vocation | Art form: Opera
More quotes by Joan Sutherland
- It was the discipline of quiet that kept me in shape. I did very little vocalizing. I always read through the score the day of the performance, no matter how well I thought I knew the role, because there was always something in the previous performance that I had missed.
- 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.