Dame Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

Hi, we head into the "Arts" today - again a little more of our local Penrith area.
Joan Sutherland probably every body (presumption so I will be caught out)has heard of!

Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926, died 10 October 2010) is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s and 1960s.

One of the most remarkable female opera singers of the 20th century, she was dubbed La Stupenda by a La Fenice audience in 1960 after an Alcina performance. She possessed a voice of beauty and power, combining extraordinary agility, accurate intonation, a splendid trill and a tremendous upper register, although music critics often complained about the imprecision of her diction. Her friend Luciano Pavarotti once called Sutherland the "Voice of the Century", while Montserrat Caballé described the Australian's voice as being like "heaven".

The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Complex is in High Street next to the Council Chambers. Named after opera singer Joan Sutherland, the building was designed by architect Philip Cox and opened in 1990. It incorporates the Penrith Conservatorium of Music and the Q Theatre, which had been operating in Railway Street for 30 years before moving to the complex in 2006.

The comples is adjacent to Westfield shopping centre (to the left in the pic) and the Penrith Council Chambers.

For those widhing more info attached link - Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

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