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Richard Bonynge, CBE, (born September 29, 1930) is an Australian conductor.

Richard Bonynge was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Boys High School. He originally trained as a concert pianist. After studying at the Sydney Conservatorium under Lindley Evans, who accompanied Nellie Melba on her last Australian tour, he won a scholarship for the Royal College of Music in London and left for England in 1950.

Although his piano studies continued, Bonynge found himself drawn to opera - especially the bel canto repertoire - and over the next few years made intensive studies of this art. He gained experience accompanying for well known singing teachers and in voice training, as well as coaching other singers. One of these was Joan Sutherland, whom he had accompanied in Australia. They soon married and became a duo, first doing recitals, until 1962, when the conductor for a recital of operatic arias became ill, and Bonynge stepped in. From that time on, he conducted virtually all of his wife's performances.

His debut as a conductor came in 1962 with the Santa Cecilia orchestra (Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia), and in the same year made his first recording - Handel's Alcina. Success in the concert hall and recording studio secured his reputation and his career as conductor was established.

By reviving and recording many rare operas and ballets, as well as making discs of orchestral music and vocal recitals, Bonynge has built up an extensive recording legacy, mainly on the Decca label in the 1960s to 90s and more recently on the Australian Melba Records label. He has also produced several important critical editions.

Bonynge has conducted at most of the world's great opera houses including Metropolitan, NY; Covent Garden, Paris, Barcelona, San Francisco, Chicago, Hamburg, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Munich, Edinburgh, Florence, San Carlo, Naples, Rome, Moscow, St Petersburg, Madrid, Warsaw, Krakow, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Dallas, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Seattle, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya.

Bonynge was Musical Director of the Sutherland-Williamson Grand Opera (1965), Artistic Director of Vancouver Opera (1972-75), and the Musical Director of Australian Opera (1976-86). He was awarded a CBE in 1977, the AO in 1989, and made Commandeur de l'Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres in 1989.

Opera Repertoire

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflote, Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Cosi Fan Tutte, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
Händel: Alcina, Rodelinda, Giulio Cesare
Bellini: Norma, I Puritani, La Sonnambula, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Beatrice di Tenda
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Cenerentola, L'Italiana in Algieri, Sigismondo, Semiramide
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammemoor, Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda, Anna Bolena, Don Pasquale, La Fille du Regiment, Lucrezia Borgia, La Favorita, Caterina Cornaro, L'Elisir d'Amore
Auber: Fra Diavolo, Le Domino Noir
Verdi: Ernani, Nabucco, I Masnadieri, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Suor Angelica
Massenet: Manon, Werther, Esclarmonde, Le Roi de Lahore, Therese
Offenbach: Les Contes di Hoffmann, La Perichole, Ba-ta-Clan
Thomas: Mignon, Hamlet
Gounod: Faust, Romeo et Juliette
Pacini: Medea
Cherubini: Medee
Delibes: Lakme
Adam: Le Toreador
Meyerbeer: Le Huguenots
Bizet: Carmen, Les Pecheurs de Perles
Piccini: La Buona Figiuola
Leoni: L'Oracolo
Nicolo Isouard: Cendrillon
Haydn: Orfeo
Gluck: Orfeo ed Eurydice
Shield: Rosina
Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe, Das Land des Lächelns, Paganini, Der Zarewitsch, Giuditta
Kalman: Die Czardasprinzessin, Die Herzogin von Chicago
Sullivan: The Mikado, Trial by Jury
Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Tchaikovsky, Pikovaya Dama
Bononcini: Griselda
Graun: Montezuma
Poulenc: Les Dialogues des Carmelites
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
Paisiello: Nina, Pazza per Amore

Ballet Repertoire

Adam: Giselle, Le Diable a Quatre, Le Corsaire
Delibes: Coppelia, Sylvia
Delibes/Minkus: La Source
Minkus: La Bayadere
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker
Drigo: La Reveil de Flore, La Flute Enchantée
Burgmuler: La Peri
Offenbach: Le Papillon
Massenet: Cigale, Le Carillon
Messager: Les Deux Pigeons
Chopin: Les Sylphides
Luiguni: Ballet Egyptien
Pugni: Pas de Quatre

His video opera and ballet recordings include more than fifty complete operas.

His last name is pronounced "bonning". ".

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 '''Richard Bonynge''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], (born [[September 29]], [[1930]]) is an [[Australia]]n conductor.
+Richard Bonynge was born in [[Sydney]] and educated at [[Sydney Boys High School]]. He originally trained as a concert pianist. After studying at the [[Sydney Conservatorium]] under Lindley Evans, who accompanied [[Nellie Melba]] on her last Australian tour, he won a scholarship for the [[Royal College of Music]] in London and left for England in 1950.
-He was born in [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]] and educated at [[Sydney Boys High School]] before studying [[piano]] at the [[Royal College of Music]] in [[London]]. He gave up his music scholarship, continuing his private piano studies, and became a [[Coaching|coach]] for singers. One of these was [[Joan Sutherland]], whom he had accompanied in Australia. They soon married and became a duo, first doing [[recital]]s, until 1962, when the conductor for a recital of operatic arias became ill, and Bonynge stepped in. From that time on, he conducted virtually all of his wife's performances. He also conducted the [[English Chamber Orchestra]] in many recordings.[http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?a=b&name_id=61767&name_role=4&gclid=COb9zYKY-Y8CFQltZQod6wYdLQ] Bonynge was made [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) for his services to music in 1977.
+Although his piano studies continued, Bonynge found himself drawn to opera - especially the [[bel canto]] repertoire - and over the next few years made intensive studies of this art. He gained experience accompanying for well known singing teachers and in voice training, as well as coaching other singers. One of these was [[Joan Sutherland]], whom he had accompanied in Australia. They soon married and became a duo, first doing recitals, until 1962, when the conductor for a recital of operatic arias became ill, and Bonynge stepped in. From that time on, he conducted virtually all of his wife's performances.
+His debut as a conductor came in 1962 with the Santa Cecilia orchestra ([[Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia]]), and in the same year made his first recording - [[Handel]]'s [[Alcina]]. Success in the concert hall and recording studio secured his reputation and his career as conductor was established.
+By reviving and recording many rare operas and ballets, as well as making discs of orchestral music and vocal recitals, Bonynge has built up an extensive recording legacy, mainly on the Decca label in the 1960s to 90s and more recently on the Australian Melba Records label. He has also produced several important critical editions.
+Bonynge has conducted at most of the world's great opera houses including Metropolitan, NY; Covent Garden, Paris, Barcelona, San Francisco, Chicago, Hamburg, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Munich, Edinburgh, Florence, San Carlo, Naples, Rome, Moscow, St Petersburg, Madrid, Warsaw, Krakow, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Dallas, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Seattle, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya.
+Bonynge was Musical Director of the [[Sutherland-Williamson Grand Opera]] (1965), Artistic Director of [[Vancouver Opera]] (1972-75), and the Musical Director of [[Australian Opera]] (1976-86). He was awarded a [[CBE]] in 1977, the [[AO]] in 1989, and made [[Commandeur de l'Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres]] in 1989.
+'''Opera Repertoire'''
+[[Mozart]]: [[Le Nozze di Figaro]], [[Die Zauberflote]], [[Don Giovanni]], [[Idomeneo]], [[Cosi Fan Tutte]], [[Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail]]<br />
+Händel: Alcina, Rodelinda, Giulio Cesare<br />
+Bellini: Norma, I Puritani, La Sonnambula, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Beatrice di Tenda<br />
+Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Cenerentola, L'Italiana in Algieri, Sigismondo, Semiramide<br />
+Donizetti: Lucia di Lammemoor, Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda, Anna Bolena, Don Pasquale, La Fille du Regiment, Lucrezia Borgia, La Favorita, Caterina Cornaro, L'Elisir d'Amore<br />
+Auber: Fra Diavolo, Le Domino Noir<br />
+Verdi: Ernani, Nabucco, I Masnadieri, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Suor Angelica<br />
+Massenet: Manon, Werther, Esclarmonde, Le Roi de Lahore, Therese<br />
+Offenbach: Les Contes di Hoffmann, La Perichole, Ba-ta-Clan<br />
+Thomas: Mignon, Hamlet<br />
+Gounod: Faust, Romeo et Juliette<br />
+Pacini: Medea<br />
+Cherubini: Medee<br />
+Delibes: Lakme<br />
+Adam: Le Toreador<br />
+Meyerbeer: Le Huguenots<br />
+Bizet: Carmen, Les Pecheurs de Perles<br />
+Piccini: La Buona Figiuola<br />
+Leoni: L'Oracolo<br />
+Nicolo Isouard: Cendrillon<br />
+Haydn: Orfeo<br />
+Gluck: Orfeo ed Eurydice<br />
+Shield: Rosina<br />
+Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe, Das Land des Lächelns, Paganini, Der Zarewitsch, Giuditta<br />
+Kalman: Die Czardasprinzessin, Die Herzogin von Chicago<br />
+Sullivan: The Mikado, Trial by Jury<br />
+Strauss: Die Fledermaus<br />
+Tchaikovsky, Pikovaya Dama<br />
+Bononcini: Griselda<br />
+Graun: Montezuma<br />
+Poulenc: Les Dialogues des Carmelites<br />
+Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur<br />
+Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci<br />
+Paisiello: Nina, Pazza per Amore<br />
+'''Ballet Repertoire'''
+Adam: Giselle, Le Diable a Quatre, Le Corsaire<br />
+Delibes: Coppelia, Sylvia<br />
+Delibes/Minkus: La Source<br />
+Minkus: La Bayadere<br />
+Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker<br />
+Drigo: La Reveil de Flore, La Flute Enchantée<br />
+Burgmuler: La Peri<br />
+Offenbach: Le Papillon<br />
+Massenet: Cigale, Le Carillon<br />
+Messager: Les Deux Pigeons<br />
+Chopin: Les Sylphides<br />
+Luiguni: Ballet Egyptien<br />
+Pugni: Pas de Quatre<br />
+His video opera and ballet recordings include more than fifty complete operas.
 His last name is pronounced "bonning".
+".
 ==External links==