Joan Sutherland

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959 by BBC

Nov 23, 19594:55Society & Culture

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Sutherland. Favourite track: Mira, O Norma by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Memoirs of Jenny Lind by Otto Goldschmidt Luxury: Bed

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