Richard Bonynge

Richard Alan Bonynge AC, CBE ( born September 29, 1930 in Sydney ) is an Australian conductor.

Life

Bonynge, who began playing the piano at the age of five years, studied piano at the Conservatory of Music at Lindley Evans, a former accompanist of the legendary Nellie Melba.

As a coach at the opera class of the Institute, he met his future wife there Joan Sutherland know. Together, the two went to London, where he continued his studies at the Royal College of Music. In 1954 she got married. 1956 their son was born.

After the singing career of Joan Sutherland had begun in 1959, both determined from the mid- 1960s - first at concerts, opera performances and later recordings - work exclusively as a singer and conductor. His conducting debut was in 1962, when he had to replace the sudden illness conductor at a concert of his wife. As Joan Sutherland already a star and a Bonynge was at this time in the music scene as yet unknown and little experienced conductor, he had initially leave much malice and criticism endure. But through the years, he excelled in the following years, both the public and the scientific community of his abilities.

First major joint successes brought in 1965 a tour of Australia, for the recommendation on Bonynges the then largely unknown tenor Luciano Pavarotti was engaged as partner of Joan Sutherland.

Bonynge was artistic director of the opera in Vancouver (1974-1978) and led from 1976 ( to 1986 ), the Australian Opera in Sydney as music director. Guest performances, first with his wife, after their farewell stage alone, Bonynge led in all musical centers of the world.

Importance

In the years from 1960 to the present, Richard Bonynge became one of the most prestigious and important conductors and experts in the field of bel canto opera and the French repertoire worldwide. He was a pioneer in the rediscovery of forgotten works of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Massenet and others responsible for the repertoire. Together with his wife, he mainly played the rarest works " Esclarmonde " ( Massenet ), " Le Roi de Lahore " ( Massenet ), " Semiramide " ( Rossini ) and many others. His discography is accordingly extensive. It comprises over 50 opera recordings, numerous ballets and a large number of recital recordings with various singers.

Honors

Recordings (selection)

  • Adam Le Corsaire ( English Chamber Orchestra ) Decca
  • Adam Le Toréador ( Jo, Aler, Trempont ) Decca
  • Auber Le Domino Noir ( Jo, Ford, Power) Decca
  • Bellini Norma ( Sutherland, Alexander, Horne ) Decca
  • Bellini Norma ( Sutherland, Pavarotti, Caballé ) Decca
  • Bellini La Sonnambula ( Sutherland, Pavarotti, Ghiaurov ) Decca
  • Bellini 's I Puritani ( Sutherland, Pavarotti, Cappuccilli ) Decca
  • Bellini Beatrice di Tenda ( Sutherland, Pavarotti, Veasey ) Decca
  • Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra ( London Symphony Orchestra ) Decca
  • Cilea 's Adriana Lecouvreur ( Sutherland, Bergonzi, Nucci ) Decca
  • Delibes Lakme ( Sutherland, Vanzo, Bacquier ) Decca
  • Delibes Coppelia (L' Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ) Decca
  • Delibes Sylvia ( New Philharmonia Orchestra ) Decca
  • Donizetti 's L'elisir d' Amore ( Pavarotti, Sutherland, Malas ) Decca
  • Donizetti 's Lucia di Lammermoor ( Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes ) Decca
  • Donizetti 's Lucia di Lammermoor ( Gruberova, Shicoff, Agache ) Teldec
  • Donizetti La Fille du Régiment ( Sutherland, Pavarotti, Malas ) Decca
  • Donizetti Lucrezia Borgia ( Sutherland, Aragall, Horne ) Decca
  • Donizetti Maria Stuarda ( Sutherland, Pavarotti, Tourangeau ) Decca
  • Donizetti Anna Bolena ( Sutherland, Ramey, Mentzer ) Decca
  • Donizetti La Favorita ( Cossotto, Pavarotti, Bacquier ) Decca
  • Gay The Beggar's Opera (Te Kanawa, Sutherland, Landsbury ) Decca
  • Gounod Faust ( Corelli, Ghiaurov, Sutherland ) Decca
  • Händel Messiah ( Sutherland, Krenn, Tourangeau ) Decca
  • Handel Alcina ( Sutherland, Berganza, Freni ) Decca
  • Handel 's Rodelinda ( Sutherland, Nafe, Ramey ) Decca
  • Kalman The Duchess of Chicago ( Riedel, Wottrich, Groop ) Decca
  • The Kalman Csardasfürstin ( Kenny, Roider, Erdmann ) Naxos
  • Leoni L' Oracolo ( Sutherland, Gobbi, Van Allan ) Decca
  • Massenet Esclarmonde ( Sutherland, Aragall, Tourangeau ) Decca
  • Meyerbeer Les Huguenots ( Vrenios, Arroyo, Sutherland ) Decca
  • Meyerbeer 's Semiramide ( Riedel, Adami, Janes ) Naxos
  • Offenbach Les Contes d' Hoffmann ( Domingo, Sutherland, Bacquier ) Decca
  • Paisiello Nina ( Bolgan, Bernardini, Pediconi ) Nuova Era
  • Puccini 's Suor Angelica ( Sutherland, Connell, Ludwig) Decca
  • Rossini Semiramide ( Sutherland, Horne, Sege ) Decca
  • Rossini Sigismondo ( Ganassi, Lazzaretti ) Bongiovanni
  • Strauss Cinderella ( National Philharmonic Orchestra ) Decca
  • Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker ( National Philharmonic Orchestra ) Decca
  • Tchaikovsky Swan Lake ( National Philharmonic Orchestra ) Decca
  • Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty ( National Philharmonic Orchestra ) Decca
  • Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos ( Simon Tedeschi, The Queensland Orchestra ) ABC Classics
  • Verdi Rigoletto ( Milnes, Pavarotti, Sutherland ) Decca
  • Verdi Il Trovatore ( Pavarotti, Sutherland, Horne ) Decca
  • Verdi La Traviata ( Sutherland, Pavarotti, Manuguerra ) Decca
  • Verdi Ernani ( Pavarotti, Sutherland, Nucci ) Decca
  • Verdi I Masnadieri ( Bonisolli, Sutherland, Ramey ) Decca
  • Wallace Lurline ( Lewis, Silver, Soar ) Naxos
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