Richard Bonynge
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Richard Alan Bonynge is an Australian conductor and pianist. He is the widower of Australian dramatic coloratura soprano Dame Joan Sutherland. Bonynge conducted virtually all of Sutherland's operatic performances from 1962 until her retirement in 1990.
Tenor Colin Lee, soprano Pretty Yende, Bonynge, mezzo-soprano Violina Anguelov and baritone George Stevens at a concert performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Cape Town in April 2013
Joan Sutherland
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Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s to the 1980s.
Sutherland in 1975
Sutherland in 1962
Sutherland in 1990
Sutherland's grave (right) with a bust of her at the cemetery of Clarens in the Swiss canton of Vaud with Lake Geneva in the background. On the left is the future final resting place of her widower.