Joan Sutherland Movies

  • 1983
    Il trovatore

    Il trovatore

    Il trovatore

    01983HD

    Elijah Moshinsky's production of Verdi's "Il trovatore", filmed live at the Australian Opera in 1983. Joan Sutherland stars as Leonora, with Kenneth...

    Il trovatore
  • 1981
    A Toast to Melbourne

    A Toast to Melbourne

    A Toast to Melbourne

    01981HD

    Using archival film, aerial photography, stills, prints and contemporary footage, this documentary presents the city of Melbourne and its lifestyle....

    A Toast to Melbourne
  • 1995
    Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

    Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

    Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

    51995HD

    Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament

    Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
  • 2018
    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    02018HD

    Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience...

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
  • 2019
    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann

    02019HD

    In Luther's beer-cellar, lusty singing extols the virtues of beer and wine. For this evening, the Muse decides to deflect the poet Hoffmann's...

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
  • 1991
    La Stupenda

    La Stupenda

    La Stupenda

    01991HD

    Dubbed ‘La Stupenda’ thirty years ago by an Italian critic, Dame Joan Sutherland and her husband Richard Bonynge talk at length about her...

    La Stupenda
  • 1990
    Die Fledermaus

    Die Fledermaus

    Die Fledermaus

    01990HD

    After the Viennese premiere, the Fledermaus (the bat) conquered the world. It is one of the few operettas that are regularly performed at the major...

    Die Fledermaus
  • 1976
    Lakmé

    Lakmé

    Lakmé

    01976HD

    Opera Australia's 1976 production of Lakmé, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes, with a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and...

    Lakmé
  • 1978
    The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

    The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

    The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

    81978HD

    Imbuing the familiar Don Juan myth with a captivating combination of comedy, seductiveness, danger, and damnation, Mozart created an enduring...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
  • 1978
    Norma

    Norma

    Norma

    01978HD

    Dame Joan Sutherland considered Norma, the lead character of Bellini’s bel canto melodrama, one of her favourite roles. She performed the...

    Norma
  • 1984
    Anna Bolena

    Anna Bolena

    Anna Bolena

    01984HD

    King Henry VIII (Enrico VIII) of 16th century England falls in love with his queen's lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour (Giovanna Seymour). The queen,...

    Anna Bolena
  • 1983
    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor

    01983HD

    This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She...

    Lucia di Lammermoor
  • 1988
    Lehár: The Merry Widow

    Lehár: The Merry Widow

    Lehár: The Merry Widow

    01988HD

    Turn of the century Paris provides the glittering setting for this light hearted tale of political and amorous intrigue amidst the gaiety of Parisian...

    Lehár: The Merry Widow
  • 1990
    Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots

    Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots

    Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots

    01990HD

    Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage offsets this story of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and the magnificence of 16th...

    Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
  • 1977
    Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

    Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

    Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

    01977HD

    The Australian Opera Chorus & The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Lucrezia Borgia, infamous noblewoman of the Renaissance, has...

    Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
  • 1986
    La Fille du Régiment

    La Fille du Régiment

    La Fille du Régiment

    01986HD

    Australian Opera Chorus and Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra production of Donizetti's opera

    La Fille du Régiment