SHORT TAKES : Sutherland to Sing Once Again
Dame Joan Sutherland is coming out of retirement after just two months, but for only one performance: a New Year’s Eve farewell to Covent Garden, the Royal Opera House said Thursday.
Sutherland, the coloratura soprano with amazing voice range, will be joined by Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti and U.S. mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.
“Although Dame Joan has retired, she wants to make this one--and only one--exception, to come to London to say goodby to Covent Garden where she began her opera career in 1952,” said Kathleen Wilkinson, the Royal Opera spokeswoman.
Sutherland, known as La Stupenda (“The Magnificent One”), retired Oct. 2 with a performance in her hometown of Sydney, Australia.
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