opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoGiacomo Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots (1836)
Opera Australia, Sydney, 1990
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Director: Lofti Mansouri
- Set Designer: John Stoddart
- Marguerite de Valois: Joan Sutherland
- Valentine: Amanda Thane
- Raoul de Nangis: Anson Austin
The great coloratura soprano Joan Sutherland made her farewell to the stage with Meyerbeer's seldom-performed masterpiece.