Bonynge

Richard Bonynge
... Richard Alan Bonynge, AC, CBE Commandeur de l'Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres, ( /ˈbɒnɪŋ/ BON-ing) (born 29 September 1930 in Sydney) is an Australian ... soprano, Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE, Bonynge conducted virtually all his wife's operatic performances from 1962, until her retirement in 1990 ...

Spiro Malas - Recordings
... Spiro Malas (Rambaldo), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, recorded 1967 ... Luciano Pavarotti (Tonio), Spiro Malas (Sulpice) Richard Bonynge L'elisir d'amore — Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Spiro Malas, Maria Casula Richard Bonynge Gioachino Rossini Semiramide — Joan Sutherland (Se ...

Richard Bonynge - Biography
... Bonynge was educated at Sydney Boys High School before studying piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and gaining a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London ... operatic arias became ill and the replacement conductor hit by a car, Bonynge stepped in and, from that time on, he conducted virtually all of his wife's performances ... on Massenet and Italian bel canto composers, Bonynge discovered Massenet's own statement about his opera Esclarmonde being his "best achievement." This ...

The Bohemian Girl - Recordings
... Sutherland's husband, conductor Richard Bonynge, recorded a complete version of The Bohemian Girl with Sutherland and Bonynge's protégée, Nova Thomas, singing the title role ... RTÉ Philharmonic Choir Conductor Richard Bonynge Principal singers Nova Thomas (Arline), Patrick Power (Thaddeus), Jonathan Summers (Count Arnheim ...

Richard Bonynge - Honours
... Richard Bonynge was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to music in 1977 ... In 2009, Bonynge was awarded the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award ... On 26 January 2012, Bonynge was promoted within the Order of Australia to Companion, for "eminent service to the performing arts as an acclaimed conductor ...