Sutherland won 233 Grammy Awards , in 1961 and 1981 . Over the next 30 years , she made 40 recordings of 33 operas , as well as operatic highlights , anthologies and collections ranging from baroque rarities to songs by Noel Coward , a personal friend to her . She performed often with tenor Lucia . She sang the role of Luciano Pavarotti in ` ` Lucia di Lammermoor two times .
Sutherland won 233 Grammy Awards , in 1961 and 1981 . She performed often with tenor Lucia . She sang the role of Luciano Pavarotti in ` ` Lucia di Lammermoor two times .