In 1959 , Sutherland was invited to sing '' Lucia di Lammermoor '' at the Royal Opera House in a production conducted by Tullio Serafin and staged by Franco Zeffirelli . The role of Edgardo was sung by her fellow Australian Kenneth Neate , who had replaced the scheduled tenor at short notice . In 1960 , she recorded the album '' The Art of the Prima Donna '' : the double LP set won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Vocal Soloist in 1962 . The album was added to the National Film and Sound Archive 's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011
Grammy Award
4th Annual Grammy Awards
Joan Sutherland