Even more than tenors who try to upstage her, Diva Joan Sutherland dislikes reporters who crowd her. Last week La Stupenda, as her fans call her, hit a low note in her relations with the press.
Arriving at Sydney airport for her first concert in her native city in 14 years, she was distressed to see that photographers were waiting. Commanded the coloratura: "Get those people away from here." Her husband-manager, Richard Bonynge, followed with a back handed swing at a photographer's camera and smashed the flashbulb.
Later, Joan and husband showed up at a Sydney restaurant for a press reception. Before...
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