Rosemary Gunn - "Sgombra è la sacra selva" NORMA (Bellini) 1982

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Over a four decade career with Opera Australia, the Scottish mezzo-soprano, Rosemary Gunn, won the hearts of both colleagues and audience. She was a valued member of Opera Australia's Principals and was an excellent singer in a wide range of repertoire. Rosemary joined the company in 1972 and, in 1977, won both the Pan Pacific Final of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in Honolulu and the Sydney Sun Aria. This performance of Adalgisa's aria from Act I of Bellini's NORMA comes from the Opera Theatre stage of the Sydney Opera House on February 27th 1982 under conductor Richard Bonynge.

Rosemary's roles with Opera Australia included Amneris, Brangäne, Fricka, Octavian, Ruggiero, Marina, Adalgisa, Nicklausse, Orlofsky, Meg Page, Suzuki, Maddalena, Dorabella, Mallika, Iolanthe, Queen of the Fairies, Kate Pinkerton, Giovanna, Tessa, Wellgunde, Third Lady, Antonia's Mother, Nicklausse & The Muse, Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia, Flora Bervoix, Lola, Rosette, Gertrude, Enrichetta in I Puritani, Vera Boronel in The Consul, Mrs Judd in Voss, Edwina in Lake Lost, Baba the Turk, Marcellina, Mrs Sedley, Herodias, Magdalene, 1st Sprite in Rusalka, Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, Fenena, The Abbess & La Principessa in Suor Angelica, Mme Larina, Geneviève in Pelléas et Mélisande, Kabanicha in Káťa Kabanová, Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor, Katisha, Little Buttercup, Mistress Bentson, The Aunt in Jenůfa, Berta and a handful of other roles. She retired from performing professionally after a season of Lucia di Lammermoor in 2008. She died in July 2025.