Vocal range
Joan Sutherland
Soprano · Opera · Classical · Australia · prominent since 1959
Cited range
G3 — F6
Octaves
2.8
Semitones
34
Voice type
Soprano
What is Joan Sutherland’s vocal range?
Joan Sutherland's vocal range is commonly cited as G3 to F6 — about 2.8 octaves, or 34 semitones, and is usually classified as soprano.
Round, high-volume coloratura with easy staccato and trills; diction blurred in the upper extension. That cited span is wider than 58% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Il dolce suono (Lucia's Mad Scene)
- High F6 heard in
- Il dolce suono
Reading the numbers
- Only 9 singers here reach above F6.
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 34 semitones.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 29 semitones up there against 5 below.
- One of 4 singers from Australia charted here.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Joan Sutherland
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on G3
16 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on F6
4 other voices here reach the same ceiling.