This
disc presents Dame Joan Sutherland in two historic telecasts from the archives
of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
In the first program, originally telecast in 1963, Dame Joan pays tribute to
some of her illustrious predecessors, performing arias from La Traviata, Semiramide, I
Puritani, and more. In duets from La Sonnambula and Don
Pasquale she is joined by tenor Richard Conrad.
The second program is a recital, taped live in Toronto in 1969, with Dame Joan
performing songs and arias by Bononcini, Handel, Bellini, Rossini,
Gretchaninoff, Alabiev, Abt, Gounod, Bizet, Massenet, Delibes, and Balfe.
Sir Richard Bonynge conducts the CBC Symphony Orchestra in the operatic
program, and accompanies on piano for the recital.
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