Dame Joan Sutherland as Violetta in La Traviata, Covent Garden 1960.

Susan Berle/Toots DeVille (1950-2004)

Joan Sutherland

Callas visiting Joan Sutherland and her husband Richard Bonynge at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, February 1959. Sutherland was rehearsing for Lucia di Lammermoor, in which she would achieve her career breakthrough.

Known worldwide as “La Stupenda,” the Australian dramatic coloratura soprano Dame Joan Sutherland possessed “The Voice of the Century.”