Joan Sutherland’s acting coach has died

Joan Sutherland’s acting coach has died

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norman lebrecht

July 07, 2017

The venerable Norman Ayrton, long-serving head of LAMDA, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, has died at 92.

He coached to the young Joan Sutherland with her wooden acting and helped her at several Covent Garden productions. He directed opera at the ROH, Sydney Opera House, Juilliard and Harvard.


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