Decca The Operas 19711988

Opera recordings made from 1971 to 1988 constitute the third and final volume of this edition (released October 2024). Here we hear Sutherland singing all four dolls in one of the most colourful recordings ever made of Offenbach's 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' (1971), as well as a role she never sang on stage but has gone on to become one of the most celebrated of all operatic recordings in history: 'Turandot' with Luciano Pavarotti and Montserrat Caballé, Zubin Mehta conducting (1972). Verdi is showcased with 'Rigoletto', 'Traviata', 'Trovatore' (including the ballet music sequence), 'Ernani' and 'I Masnadieri', Bellini with 'Puritani', 'Sonnambula' and 'Norma'. This chapter in Dame Joan Sutherland's in Decca's operatic legacy closes with Cilea's 'Adriana Lecouvreur' (1988).