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Sounds of Australia 2020
Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance have been added to Sounds of Australia for 2020.  This year's inductees include radio show Martin/Molloy, Arnhem Land...
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Joan Sutherland wins 1950 Mobil Quest Singing Competition
It was 70 years ago – on 10 September 1950 – that the 23-year-old Joan Sutherland won a major singing competition that helped set her on the road to international stardom.
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Vale Dame Joan Sutherland
In a state memorial service today at the Sydney Opera House, over 2000 people celebrated the life and career of the Australian operatic legend.
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Andre Navarre
Sally Jackson talks about the NFSA exhibition on the life and work of a forgotten Australian star.
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Nausicaa: Opera in Three Acts by Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990) was an Australian composer with an accomplished overseas career. The opera Nausicaa is her most substantial and critically admired work and is based on Robert Graves...
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‘Dich teure Halle’ (Dear hall of song) - Joan Sutherland
Recording of Joan Sutherland performing ‘Dich teure Halle’ (Dear hall of song) from Act II of Wagner’s 1845 opera, Tannhäuser as the winner of the 1950 Mobil Quest.
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‘Devotion (Widmung)' - Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland performing ‘Devotion (Widmung)', composed in 1840 by Robert Schumann, at the 1950 Mobil Quest singing contest.
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Twilight of the Gods (Die Götterdämmerung) by Florence Austral
In this recording from Act 1 of Twilight of the Gods (Die Götterdämmerung), Australian operatic soprano Florence Austral (1892-1968) is performing as Brünnhilde. She refuses a request from her...
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Caro Mio Ben by Ada Crossley
‘Caro Mio Ben’ was recorded in the United States on 30 April 1903; it was the first recording in Victor Gramophone Co.'s pre-eminent Red Seal Celebrity series. It is a popular concert aria composed...
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Caro Mio Ben by Ada Crossley
Recorded by Ada Crossley on 30 April 1903 during a tour of America, Caro Mio Ben was the first recording in Victor Gramophone Co.'s Red Seal Celebrity series. This popular concert aria was composed...
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