The third and final edition of Joan Sutherland's complete Decca recordings includes her opera recordings from 1971 to 1988. Here we hear Sutherland in all four female roles from Offenbach's “Les Contes d'Hoffmann” (1971), which are among the most impressive opera recordings ever made. She can also be heard in a role she never sang on stage, which has become one of the most famous opera recordings in history: Turandot with Luciano Pavarotti and Montserrat Caballé, conducted by Zubin Mehta (1972). Verdi is represented with “Rigoletto”, “La traviata”, “Il Trovatore” (including the ballet music), “Ernani”, and “I masnadieri”, while Bellini is represented with “I puritani”, “La sonnambula”, and “Norma”. Cilea's “Adriana Lecouvreur” (1988) concludes Joan Sutherland's operatic legacy at Decca.

Tracklisting:

CDs 1-2
VERDI: Rigoletto
 
CDs 3-4
DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor
 
CDs 5-6
OFFENBACH: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
 
CDs 7-8
PUCCINI: Turandot
 
CDs 9-11
BELLINI: I puritani (1973-74 digital recording)
 
CDs 12-13
DONIZETTI: Maria Stuarda
 
CDs 14-15
MASSENET: Esclarmonde
 
CD 16
LEONI: L’Oracolo; The Prayer and the Sword
 
CDs 17-18
VERDI: Il trovatore
 
CDs 19-20
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
 
CD 21
LEHÁR: The Merry Widow (highlights)
 
CD 22
PUCCINI: Suor Angelica; Vissi d’arte (Tosca)
 
CDs 23-24
MASSENET: Le Roi de Lahore
 
CDs 25-26
VERDI: La traviata
 
CDs 27-28
BELLINI: La sonnambula (1980 digital recording)
 
CDs 29-30
GAY: The Beggar’s Opera
 
CDs 31-32
VERDI: I masnadieri
 
CDs 33-34
THOMAS: Hamlet
 
CDs 35-37
BELLINI: Norma (1984 digital recording)
 
CDs 38-39
HANDEL: Rodelinda
 
CDs 40-42
DONIZETTI: Anna Bolena
 
CDs 43-44
VERDI: Ernani
 
CDs 45-46
CILEA: Adriana Lecouvreur