JOAN SUTHERLAND sings LEONCAVALLO’S “ MATTINATA“ 1960

REVISED HD AUDIO Bel canto (which translates as “beautiful song” or “beautiful singing”) denotes an approach to singing exemplified by evenness through the range and great agility. The term could never be more apropos than when describing the voice of Joan Sutherland, one of the most acclaimed sopranos of the 20th century, a singer of such beauty, power and range that she was crowned “La Stupenda . Ms. Sutherland died in 2010 at the age of 83.