Roles
Sutherland performed live the following complete roles.
| First performance | Composer | Work | Role | House | Conductor | Director | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947-06-0020 June 1947 | Handel | Acis and Galatea | Galatea | Eastwood Masonic Hall, Sydney | Concert performance | ||
| 1947-08-0030 August 1947 | Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | Dido | Lyceum Club, Sydney | Concert performance | ||
| 1950-07-1515 July 1950 | Handel | Samson | Dalila and Israelite woman | Sydney Town Hall | Concert performance; Sutherland made her professional role debut as the Israelite woman on 14 October 1958 | ||
| 1951-07-099 July 1951 | Goossens | Judith | Judith | Sydney Conservatorium of Music | Goossens | Sutherland's first complete staged opera | |
| 1952-07-1616 July 1952 | Puccini | tabarroIl tabarro | Giorgetta | Parry Theatre, RCM | Richard Austin | Peter Rice/Pauline Elliot | |
| 1952-10-2828 October 1952 | Mozart | Magic FluteThe Magic Flute | First lady | ROH, Covent Garden | Pritchard | Messel | Sutherland's professional debut |
| 1952-11-033 November 1952 | Verdi | Aida | High Priestess | ROH, Covent Garden | Barbirolli | Cruddas | |
| 1952-11-088 November 1952 | Bellini | Norma | Clotilde | ROH, Covent Garden | Gui | Barlow | |
| 1952-12-2929 December 1952 | Verdi | balloUn ballo in maschera | Amelia | ROH, Covent Garden | Pritchard | Barlow/Stone | Sutherland's first leading role |
| 1953-02-2424 February 1953 | Mozart | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro | Countess Almaviva | ROH tour, Edinburgh | J Gibson | Gerard | |
| 1953-05-1313 May 1953 | Strauss | Elektra | Overseer | ROH, Covent Garden | Kleiber | Lambert | |
| 1953-08-1111 August 1953 | Britten | Gloriana | Lady Rich | ROH tour, Bulawayo | |||
| 1953-10-1919 October 1953 | Wagner | WalkureDie Walküre | Helmwige | ROH, Covent Garden | Stiedry | Pemberton | |
| 1953-11-022 November 1953 | Bizet | Carmen | Frasquita | ROH, Covent Garden | Pritchard | Wakhévitch | |
| 1954-02-044 February 1954 | Verdi | Aida | Aida | ROH, Covent Garden | E Young | Cruddas | |
| 1954-03-2323 March 1954 | Weber | FreischutzDer Freischütz | Agathe | ROH, Covent Garden | Downes | Furse | |
| 1954-04-3030 April 1954 | Piccinni | buona figliuolaLa buona figliuola | Lucinda | Mackerras | BBC radio broadcast | ||
| 1954-05-2727 May 1954 | Wagner | RingDer Ring des Nibelungen | Woglinde and Woodbird | ROH, Covent Garden | Stiedry | Hurry | Sutherland also sang the role of Helmwige, which she had sung previously; the other dates of the cycle were 2, 8, and 17 June |
| 1954-11-1717 November 1954 | Offenbach | contesLes contes d'Hoffmann | Antonia | ROH, Covent Garden | Downes | Wakhévitch | |
| 1955-01-2727 January 1955 | Tippett | MidsummerThe Midsummer Marriage | Jenifer | ROH, Covent Garden | Pritchard | Hepworth | World premiere; Sutherland created the role |
| 1955-02-2828 February 1955 | Offenbach | contesLes contes d'Hoffmann | Giulietta | ROH tour, Glasgow | Downes | Wakhévitch | |
| 1955-06-1919 June 1955 | Offenbach | contesLes contes d'Hoffmann | Olympia | ROH, Covent Garden | Downes | Wakhévitch | |
| 1955-09-3030 September 1955 | Weber | Euryanthe | Euryanthe | Stiedry | BBC radio broadcast | ||
| 1955-10-3030 October 1955 | Bizet | Carmen | Micaela | ROH, Covent Garden | Downes | Wakhévitch | |
| 1956-03-1111 March 1956 | Mozart | clemenzaLa clemenza di Tito | Vitellia | Pritchard | BBC radio broadcast | ||
| 1956-11-1010 November 1956 | Mozart | MagicThe Magic Flute | Pamina | ROH, Covent Garden | J Gibson | Messel | |
| 1957-01-2828 January 1957 | Wagner | MeistersingerDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Eva | ROH, Covent Garden | Kubelík | Wakhévitch | |
| 1957-03-1919 March 1957 | Handel | Alcina | Alcina | St Pancras Town Hall | Farncombe | ||
| 1957-06-088 June 1957 | Verdi | Rigoletto | Gilda | ROH, Covent Garden | Downes | Gellner | |
| 1957-07-055 July 1957 | Mozart | SchauspieldirektorDer Schauspieldirektor | HertzMme Hertz | Glyndebourne Festival Opera | Balkwill | Rice | |
| 1957-08-1616 August 1957 | Scarlatti | Mitridate Eupatore | Laodice | Appia | BBC radio broadcast | ||
| 1957-09-088 September 1957 | Donizetti | Emilia di Liverpool | Emilia | Pritchard | BBC radio broadcast | ||
| 1957-12-2121 December 1957 | Verdi | Otello | Desdemona | ROH, Covent Garden | Downes | Wakhévitch | |
| 1958-01-1616 January 1958 | Poulenc | Dialogues of the Carmelites | LidoineMme Lidoine | ROH, Covent Garden | Kubelík | Wakhévitch | |
| 1958-05-2424 May 1958 | Haydn | Applausus Musicus | Temperantia | Newstone | BBC radio broadcast | ||
| 1958-07-2626 July 1958 | Mozart | Don Giovanni | Donna Anna | Vancouver Opera | Goldschmidt | Maximowna | |
| 1959-02-1717 February 1959 | Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor | Lucia | ROH, Covent Garden | Serafin | Zeffirelli | This performance marked the beginning of Sutherland's international career |
| 1959-06-2424 June 1959 | Handel | Rodelinda | Rodelinda | Sadler's Wells Theatre | Farncombe | Pidcock | |
| 1960-01-088 January 1960 | Verdi | traviataLa traviata | Violetta Valéry | ROH, Covent Garden | Santi | Fedorovitch | |
| 1960-05-2424 May 1960 | Bellini | puritaniI puritani | Elvira | Glyndebourne Festival Opera | Gui | Heeley | |
| 1960-10-1919 October 1960 | Bellini | sonnambulaLa sonnambula | Amina | ROH, Covent Garden | Serafin | Sanjust | |
| 1961-02-2121 February 1961 | Bellini | Beatrice di Tenda | Beatrice | New York Town Hall | Rescigno | Concert performance; Sutherland first performed this role on stage on 10 May 1961 | |
| 1962-01-044 January 1962 | Mozart | MagicThe Magic Flute | The Queen of the Night | ROH, Covent Garden | Klemperer | Eisler | |
| 1962-05-2828 May 1962 | Meyerbeer | HuguenotsLes Huguenots | Maguerite de Valois | La Scala | Gavazzeni | Nicola Benois | |
| 1962-12-1717 December 1962 | Rossini | Semiramide | Semiramide | La Scala | Santini | ||
| 1963-06-2020 June 1963 | Handel | Giulio Cesare | Cleopatra | Sadler's Wells Theatre | Farncombe | Warre | |
| 1963-10-1717 October 1963 | Bellini | Norma | Norma | Vancouver Opera | Bonynge | McLance/Mess | |
| 1965-03-099 March 1965 | Gounod | Faust | Marguerite | Connecticut Opera | Bonynge | Rome/Brooks van Horne | |
| 1966-06-022 June 1966 | Donizetti | filleLa fille du régiment | Marie | ROH, Covent Garden | Bonynge | Anni/Escoffier | |
| 1967-04-1010 April 1967 | Delibes | Lakmé | Lakmé | Seattle Opera | Bonynge | ||
| 1967-05-2121 May 1967 | Haydn | L'anima del filosofo | Euridice | Theater an der Wien | Bonynge | Ludwig | |
| 1971-11-1212 November 1971 | Donizetti | Maria Stuarda | Maria Stuarda | San Francisco Opera | Bonynge | Pizzi | |
| 1972-10-2626 October 1972 | Donizetti | Lucrezia Borgia | Lucrezia | Vancouver Opera | Bonynge | Varona | |
| 1974-10-2323 October 1974 | Massenet | Esclarmonde | Esclarmonde | San Francisco Opera | Bonynge | Montressor | |
| 1975-09-1212 September 1975 | Verdi | trovatoreIl trovatore | Leonora | San Francisco Opera | Bonynge | Hager/Skalicki | |
| 1976-04-2222 April 1976 | Lehár | MerryThe Merry Widow | Hanna Glavari | Vancouver Opera | Bonynge | Varona | |
| 1977-06-1616 July 1977 | Puccini | Suor Angelica | Suor Angelica | Sydney Opera House | Bonynge | Digby | |
| 1977-09-2323 September 1977 | Massenet | roiLe roi de Lahore | Sita | Vancouver Opera | Bonynge | Mariani | |
| 1979-07-044 July 1979 | Mozart | Idomeneo | Electra | Sydney Opera House | Bonynge | Truscott | |
| 1980-07-022 July 1980 | Verdi | masnadieriI masnadieri | Amalia | Sydney Opera House | Bonynge | Lees/Stennett | |
| 1983-05-2222 May 1983 | Cilea | Adriana Lecouvreur | Adriana | San Diego Opera | Bonynge | O'Hearn/Mess | |
| 1984-06-2222 June 1984 | Donizetti | Anna Bolena | Anna Bolena | Canadian Opera Company, Toronto | Bonynge | Pascoe/Stennett | |
| 1985-10-044 October 1985 | Thomas | Hamlet | Ophélie | Canadian Opera Company, Toronto | Bonynge | Shalicki/Digby/Stennett |
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