Joan Carden [SEP] voice type
Joan Carden
Joan Carden AO OBE (born 9 October 1937) is an Australian operatic soprano. She has been described as "a worthy successor to Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland" and was sometimes known as "the other Joan" (a reference to Sutherland and Dame Joan Hammond) or "The People's Diva". She was a Principal Soprano with Opera Australia for 32 years, and was particularly associated with the title roles of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" and "Madama Butterfly". However,
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In 2001, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. 
That year she was awarded the Australian Government's Centenary Medal. On 15 April 2004 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Australian Catholic University.
In 2005, the Joan Carden Award was created by the Sydney University Graduate Choir, and is awarded to an outstanding young singer
Private life.
Joan Carden is related to George Frederick Carden, a prominent Melbourne businessman, who founded