- Dame Joan Sutherland is an internationally acclaimed opera singer, whose soprano voice has sold many records.
- She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1979 Queen's New Years Honors List for her services to Opera.
- Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, along with Elton John, John Williams, Warren Beatty, and Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.
- Her husband, Richard Bonynge, is an Orchestral Conductor.
- She is the mother of a son.
- She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) on June 10, 1961 in the Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to Opera.
- She was was awarded the A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) on June 9, 1975 in the Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to Opera.
- She was awarded the O.M. (Order of Merit of the British Empire) on November 29, 1991 for her services to the performing arts.
- Winner of the 1961 Australian of the Year award.
- She was the first woman to win the Australian of the Year award.
- Opera singer.
- Awarded honorary degree of DMus from the Universities of Sydney (1984) and Oxford (1992).
- Switzerland (February 2009)
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