Richard Bonynge is an Australian conductor and pianist, closely associated with bel canto opera and with the career of Joan Sutherland.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with Joan Sutherland, João Gibin, Malcolm King and Covent Garden forces.

Bonynge’s conducting brought stylistic fluency, singer-awareness and a deep commitment to bel canto repertory, helping restore works once treated as display vehicles to full theatrical life.

His page is justified by stature and catalogue context. Bonynge gives the Sutherland shelf its bel canto compass and engine-room pulse.