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 conductor and pianist. The husband of Australian dramatic coloratura soprano, Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE, Bonynge conducted virtually all his wife's operatic performances from 1962, until her retirement in 1990.
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