Collection of performance programs relating to the NSW Conservatorium of Music : Box 3 : 1948-1976

Folder 1/Item 01

A Little Concert

The Collegium Musicum of Sydney

Dec. 3, 1948

Program

1 sheet, typescript on C.M.S. letterhead, music, performers, performance at the Macquarie Auditorium (2GB)

Folder 1/Item 03

Programme Recital

Greta Callow (soprano), George Tiley (tenor), Clarence Black (piano), Rosalind Gumpertz (viola)

Apr. 4, 1949

Program

1 folded sheet, music, libretto

Folder 1/Item 05

Students' Solo and Chamber Music Recital

N.S.W. State Conservatorium of Music

Apr. 1, 1948

Program

1 folded sheet, music, artists, libretto

Folder 1/Item 07

A Recital

Gladys Verona (coloratura soprano), Adrian Holland (piano)

Oct. 20, 1948

Program

1 folded sheet, music, translations

Folder 1/Item 09

[Recital by Mary Nesborg, Danish mezzo-soprano]

Mary Nesborg, Werner Baer (piano)

Oct. 21, 1948

Program

1 folded sheet, portrait, music, notes on Dyveke, proceeds for Food for Babies Fund, sponsored by Soroptimist Club, County of Cumberland Branch, some pen notes on the reverse

Folder 1/Item 11

Diploma Recital

Nada White

Dec 1, 1948

Program

1 sheet, typescript, music

Folder 1/Item 13

Diploma Recital

Robert Howells

Dec. 2, 1948

Program

1 sheet, typescript, music

Folder 1/Item 15

Diploma Recital

Betty Lambert

Dec. 9, 1948

Program

1 sheet, typescript, music

Folder 1/Item 17

Diploma Recital

Cathleen O'Carroll

Dec. 9, 1948

Program

1 sheet, typescript, music

Folder 1/Item 19

Students' Orchestral Concert

N.S.W. State Conservatorium of Music

May 29, 1948

Program

1 sheet, music, artists

Folder 1/Item 21

Students' Orchestral Concert

N.S.W. State Conservatorium of Music

Aug. 21, 1948

Program

1 sheet, music, artists

Folder 1/Item 23

Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra

June 12-24, 1948

Program

1 folded sheet, artists, orchestra members, credits, story and scenes

Folder 1/Item 25

Scenes from Opera

Conservatorium Student Workshop Opera Class

Aug. 27, 1948

Program

1 folded sheet, artists, scenes, story of the operas

Folder 1/Item 27

Louise (Charpentier)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra

Nov. 27-Dec. 9, 1948

Program

1 folded sheet, artists, orchestra members, credits, story and scenes

Folder 1/Item 29

Recital

Noelene Barter (mezzo-contralto), Richard Bonynge (pianist, associate artist), Joyce Hutchinson (accompanist)

Oct. 29, 1949

Flyer

1 sheet, portrait, prices and booking

Folder 1/Item 31

Scenes from Opera

Conservatorium Student Workshop Opera Class, Raymond Fisher (accompanist)

Apr. 8, 1948

Program

1 folded sheet, scenes, singers, story

Folder 1/Item 33

Intermediate Orchestra Programme

N.S.W. State Conservatorium of Music

Dec. 14, 1949

Program

1 sheet, music

Folder 1/Item 35

Students' Orchestral Concert

N.S.W. State Conservatorium of Music

Mar. 26, 1949

Program

1 sheet, music, artists

Folder 1/Item 37

The Pirates of Penzance

The Savoyeurs Operatic Society

Apr. 13-23, 1949

Program

8 pages, portraits, illustrations, cast, accompanists, notes, story, musical items, forthcoming productions, advertisements

Folder 2/Item 01

String Recital

Sinfonia da Camera

[1948-1950?]

Program

1 folded sheet, 9 instrumentalists of the ensemble, including Neville and Clive Amadio, music

Folder 2/Item 03

The Ivan Rixon Singers

Ivan Rixon Singers

Oct. 28, 1950

Program

12 pages, portrait, music, biographical notes, including Noel Easton and June Gough, later Bronhill, notes on the ensemble, advertisements, members singing in opera in Europe and the USA

Folder 2/Item 05

Judith (Goossens) and Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Raisa Kousnetzova Ballet

June 9-26, 1951

Program

7 pages, principals, technical, ballet and orchestra cast list, story, advertisements, forthcoming opera Otello, the first opera for Joan Sutherland, other Australian Opera notables Ronald Dowd, Alan Light, Alan Ferris, Geoffrey Chard

Folder 2/Item 07

Winter Journey (Franz Schubert) : Lieder Recital under the patronage of the Consul-General for the Netherlands

Justus Bonn (tenor), Leo Demant (piano)

May 28, 1951

Flyer

1 sheet, portrait

Folder 2/Item 09

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra

June 10-24, 1952

Program

6 pages, principals, technical, ballet and orchestra cast list, story, advertisements, forthcoming opera Orpheus

Folder 2/Item 11

Pelleas and Melisande (Debussy)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra

June 3-15, 1950

Program

1 folded sheet, artists, orchestra members, credits, story and scenes, forthcoming productions

Folder 2/Item 13

Recital

Jiri Tancibudek (oboe), Vera Tancibudek (piano), assisted by Priscilla Kennedy, Ronald Woodcock, Doreen Price, Wendy Tyler (strings)

Dec. 5, 1950

Program

1 sheet, music, artists

Folder 2/Item 15

Scenes from Opera

Conservatorium Student Workshop Opera Class, Leo Demant (conductor)

Aug. 23-26, 1952

Program

1 folded sheet, cast (including Cynthia Johnston, later Australian Opera), scenes, story

Folder 2/Item 17

Scenes from Opera

Conservatorium Student Workshop Opera Class, Leo Demant (conductor), Joan Halliday Ballet Group

Apr. 9-11, 1952

Program

1 folded sheet, cast (including Cynthia Johnston, Joseph Grunfelder, later Australian Opera), scenes, story

Folder 2/Item 19

The Bartered Bride

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Kouznetzova Ballet

Nov. 26-Dec. 7, 1949

Program

6 pages, principals, technical, ballet and orchestra cast list, story, advertisements, forthcoming operas Romeo and Juliet, Scenes from Opera, Neville Amadio (flutes), Clifford Grant (later Australian Opera)

Folder 2/Item 21

Hansel and Gretel (Second Season)

The New South Wales Home for Incurables. Opera Committee, Rockdale Symphony Orchestra, Cedric Ashton (conductor)

Jan. 14-24, 1953

Program

7 pages, principals, technical, orchestra cast list, story, advertisements, biographical details for principals, including Alan Light, details of the Home

Folder 2/Item 23

Due Dozzine di Rose Scarlette (Two Dozen Crimson Roses) (Aldo de Benedetti)

Circolo Universitario Italiano (a Pro Casa degli Emigranti, Hurstville)

Sept. 4, 1955

Program

1 folded sheet, photographs, technical, actors, synopsis, advertisements

Folder 2/Item 25

The Second Concert of Italian Music

Marjorie Conley, Hans George, Robert Pikler, Werner Baer, Margaret Delves, under the auspices of the Dante Alighieri Society (Sydney)

Aug. 30, 1954

Program

5 pages, biographical details, music, advertisements

Folder 2/Item 27

Romeo and Juliet (Gounod)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra

June 12-25, 1954

Program

4 pages, principals, chorus, orchestra (including N. Amadio, flautist), technical cast, story, advertisements, forthcoming The Critic (Villiers Stanford), The Bosun's Mate (Ethel Smyth), scenes from opera, term dates

Folder 2/Item 29

Scenes from Opera (Faust, Act III, Der Freischutz (Act 1 Scene 1), Magic Flute (Act II)

Conservatorium Student Workshop Opera Class, Leo Demant (conductor)

Oct. 27-Nov. 5, 1955

Program

1 folded sheet, cast, stories of the operas, forthcoming Scenes from Opera

Folder 2/Item 31

La Forza del Destino (Verdi)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Kouznetzova Ballet

June 25-July 2, 1955

Program

4 pages, principals (including Alan Ferris), chorus, orchestra (including N. Amadio, flautist), ballet, technical cast, story, advertisements, forthcoming Scenes from opera, term dates

Folder 2/Item 33

La Forza del Destino (Verdi)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Kouznetzova Ballet

June 25-July 2, 1955

Program

4 pages, principals (including Alan Ferris), chorus, orchestra (including N. Amadio, flautist), ballet, technical cast, story, advertisements, forthcoming Scenes from opera, term dates

Folder 2/Item 35

Recital

Jiři Tancibudek (oboe), Vera Tancibudek (piano) assisted by Priscilla Kennedy (violin), Ronald Woodcock (violin), Doreen Price (viola), Wendy Tyler (cello)

Dec. 5, 1950

Flyer

1 sheet, music, notice of vacancies for oboe pupils

Folder 2/Item 37

Wildflower (Harback & Hammerstein, Stothart & Youmans)

Rowe Street Musicals

Feb. 8- 9, 1950

Program

5 pages, committee and credits, musical numbers, synopsis of scenes, cast and portraits, thanks, description of characters

Folder 2/Item 39

Falstaff (Verdi)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Kouznetzova Ballet

Apr. 1-8, 1950

Program

1 folded sheet, principals, chorus, orchestra (including N. Amadio, flautist), ballet, technical cast, story

Folder 2/Item 41

Diploma examination: Recital

Gabor Revesz (clarinet)

Dec. 9, 1950

Program

1 roneoed sheet, music

Folder 2/Item 43

Diploma examination: Recital

Lina Belle

Dec. 8, 1950

Program

1 roneoed sheet, music

Folder 2/Item 45

Programme of Lectures

[Lecturers of the Conservatorium]

Jan. 23-28, 1950

Timetable

1 sheet, each day divided into time periods, with annotations and corrections in pen, each days lectures from 9.15am-8.30pm

Folder 2/Item 47

Towards One World : A Pageant for United Nations Week

Metropolitan Public Schools, in association with the Australian Association for the United Nations, written and directed by Victor N. McMahon

Oct. 24-25, 1951

Program

1 folded sheet, items listed with school

Folder 2/Item 49

The Merry Widow

Rowe Street Musicals

Dec. 1951

Program

8 pages, technical and performing cast, portraits, notes, synopsis of scenes, acknowledgements, next production New Moon

Folder 3/Item 01

The Light of Asia (An Indian Dance Drama)

Jyotikana Ray and her Dancers, adapted from Sir Edward Arnold's Poetry

Oct. 23-25, 1956

Program

8 pages, performers, portrait, story, scenes and characters, technical crew, acknowledgements, brief essay by Ray, brief essay on The Buddhist Society of N.S.W., poem by Joyce Trickett, advertisements

Folder 3/Item 03

The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Joan Halliday School of Ballet

Nov. 16-23, 1957

Program

4 pages, principals, technical, orchestra and ballet cast list, story, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming Scenes from Opera and Conservatorium term dates, Joseph Grunfelder, Mary Hayman later singing with Australian Opera

Folder 3/Item 05

The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Joan Halliday School of Ballet, Noel Nickson, conductor

Nov. 16-23, 1957

Program

4 pages, alternate cast, scenes, technical crew, chorus, orchestra, ballet list, story, advertisements forthcoming Scenes from Opera and term dates, Mary Hayman, Joseph Grunfelder later Australian Opera

Folder 3/Item 07

Contemporary Music

Bartok Society of Australia Second Memorial Concert

Sept. 10, 1956

Program

1 folded sheet, music, notes and performers of music by Hindemith, Ginastera, Bartok and Walton

Folder 3/Item 09

Scenes from Opera (Faust, Acts 2-3, Rigoletto, Act 1, Pearl Tree, Act 2)

Conservatorium Student Workshop Opera Class, Leo Demant (conductor)

June 14-21, 1958

Program

1 folded sheet, alternating cast, story, ballet & chorus list, Joseph Grunfelder later Australian Opera, Beryl Cheers, later comic actor

Folder 3/Item 11

Sydney Sinfonietta

Bartok Society of Australia (Colin Evans, Ian Wilson, Gabor Reeves, John Cran, Douglas Trengove, Raymond Fisher)

Oct. 27, 1958

Program

1 folded sheet, music, several pieces the first Sydney public performance, forthcoming Homage to Bartok concert, in association with the Bartok Festival, Budapest, by the Hoffmann String Quartet

Folder 3/Item 13

Little fella Bindi

Peter Scriven's Tintookies, music and lyrics by Eric Rasdall, written and directed by Peter Scriven

1958

Program

9 pages photographs, biographies/portraits of Peter Scriven, Eric Rasdall, list of puppet characters, marionettists and other technical, musical numbers, recorded music details, artists heard including Valda Bagnall, advertisement for the Australian musical Lola Montez at the Elizabethan Theatre

Folder 3/Item 15

Faust (Gounod)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Jean Dembitza Studio Group (dancers), Sir Bernard Heinze, conductor

Aug. 8-15, 1959

Program

4 pages, principals, technical, orchestra, cast and chorus list, story, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming Scenes from Opera and Annual Diploma Concerts dates, Gino Zancanaro, Cynthia Johnston later with Australian Opera, Beryl Cheers later comedy actor, advertisements

Folder 3/Item 17

Facade and The Soldier's Tale (Walton & Stravinsky)

Alfred Stein (director), John Alden, Henry Gilbert, Moray Powell, Chamber Ensemble, Ernest Llewellyn (conductor)

Jan. 31, 1959

Program

8 pages, biography of Llewellyn, notes on the music, members of the chamber ensemble, portrait of Llewellyn, advertisements

Folder 3/Item 19

Third Season presents Musica Nova

International Society for Contemporary Music, Sydney

Sept. 12, 1959

Program

1 folded sheet, printed, with typescript English translation of Pierrot Lunaire inserted, music, artists including future composers Richard Meale and Nigel Butterley, Marilyn Richardson (soprano), notes on the artists and composers, first Australian performance of Sonatina / Daniel Ruyneman, and Pierrot Lunaire / Schoenberg

Folder 3/Item 21

Tribute to Gertrud Bodenweiser

[Bodenwieser Ballet and Gertrud Bodenwieser Memorial Fund]

Sept. 28, 1960

Program

12 pages portrait, tributes and quotes on Bodenwieser, photographs, dance items, casts, composers and notes, technical and acknowledgements, obituary reprint from the Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 12, 1959, dated list of her ballet works

Folder 3/Item 23

Orchestral Concert

Conservatorium Orchestra, Robert Miller (conductor)

Dec. 6 1960

Program

1 sheet, music

Folder 3/Item 25

Orchestral Concert

Conservatorium Orchestra, Robert Miller (conductor)

July 1, 1960

Program

1 sheet, music

Folder 3/Item 27

Scenes from Opera (Aida, Act IV, La Bohème, Act I, Tales of Hoffmann, Act 1)

Conservatorium Opera School, Leo Demant (conductor)

May 7-14, 1960

Flyer

1 sheet

Folder 3/Item 29

Scenes from Opera (Immortal Hour, abridged, I Pagliacci)

Conservatorium Opera School, Leo Demant (conductor), Estelle Anderson School of Ballet

Nov. 11-18, 1961

Program

1 folded sheet, notes, alternate cast lists, chorus list, forthcoming annual diploma orchestral concerts

Folder 3/Item 31

Tales of Hoffmann

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, George Humphrey, conductor

Sept. 9-16, 1961

Program

4 pages, alternate principals, technical, orchestra, cast and chorus list, story, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming Scenes from Opera and Annual Diploma Concerts dates, Serge Bailgildin later with Australian Opera, Beryl Cheers, advertisements

Folder 3/Item 33

Gabriel Faure : Recital of Music for Voice and Pianoforte

Elsa Haas (soprano), Max Cooke, John Lavender (piano)

Aug. 22, 1961

Program

1 folded sheet, music, notes

Folder 3/Item 35

Rigoletto (Verdi)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, George Humphrey, conductor

Aug. 25-Sept. 1, 1962

Program

4 pages, alternate principals, technical, orchestra, cast and chorus list, story, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming Scenes from Opera and Annual Diploma Concerts dates, Serge Bailgildin later with Australian Opera, Elizabeth Allen, advertisements, (includes 8 pages of an unknown critic's notes in red pen, with two pages missing)

Folder 3/Item 37

Scenes from Opera (Tannhauser, Act II, Cavalleria Rusticana)

Conservatorium Opera School, Leo Demant (conductor)

Nov. 3-10, 1962

Program

1 folded sheet, notes, alternate cast lists, chorus list, forthcoming annual diploma orchestral concerts, Julie McGregor sang in the offstage chorus

Folder 3/Item 39

Students' Recital

Rita Streich (soprano), Henri Penn (piano)

Sept. 22, 1963

Program

1 folded sheet, music

Folder 3/Item 41

The Magic Flute (Mozart)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, George Humphrey, conductor

Sept. 7-14, 1963

Program

4 pages, alternate principals, technical, orchestra, cast and chorus list, story, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming Opera Seasons and Annual Diploma Concerts dates, advertisements

Folder 3/Item 43

Wanda Luzzato

Italian Institute of Culture for Australia, Dante Alighieri Society in Sydney, Wanda Luzzato (violin), Raymond Lambert (piano)

July 31, 1964

Invitation

I folded sheet, music, invitation to W.J McSweeney and Lady to a recital by Wanda Luzzato

Folder 3/Item 45

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni), I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, George Humphrey, conductor

Oct. 24-31, 1964

Program

4 pages, alternate principals, technical, orchestra, cast and chorus list, story, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming Opera Seasons and Annual Diploma Concerts dates, advertisements, Frances Carr-Boyd was a principal, Malcolm Donnelly in the chorus

Folder 3/Item 47

Christmas Concert

Conservatorium Soloists, Choirs & Orchestra, Norman Johnston (conductor)

Dec. 19, 1964

Program

I folded sheet, orchestra members including Winsome Evans and Nigel Butterley

Folder 3/Item 49

Commonwealth Finals of the Australian Auditions for 1964

Australian Auditions Council of the Pan Pacific Region, Metropolitan Opera National Council (New York), Henri Penn (accompanist)

Dec. 14, 1964

Program

1 folded sheet, music and performers, list of adjudicators, notes on the auditions, members of the Australian Auditions Council, in 1964 Australia became the first country to be invited to audition for the Metropolitan Opera outside the USA, noted singers Stella Axarlis, Donald Shanks, Bruce Martin, pencil annotations on each singer in unknown hand, first three winners noted

Folder 4/Item 01

Functions during August [1965]

New South Wales Conservatorium of Music

Aug. 1965

Flyer

1 sheet, roneoed typescript, Lecture by John Crown, Professor of Music at University of Southern California "Piano Music then and now" (Aug. 4), Beethoven Festival of the 32 Piano Sonatas by Romola Constantino, Eunice Gardiner, Albert Landa and Gordon Watson (Aug. 7-21), Choral and Orchestral Concert (Aug. 17)

Folder 4/Item 03

Beethoven Festival : performance of the thirty-two pianoforte sonatas

Romola Constantino, Eunice Gardiner, Albert Landa and Gordon Watson

Aug. 7-25, 1965

Program

4 pages, notes, dates and performers with works listed, portraits, forthcoming Orpheus announcement

Folder 4/Item 05

Commonwealth Finals of the Australian Auditions for 1965

Australian Auditions Council of the Pan Pacific Region, Metropolitan Opera National Council (New York), Marie van Hove (accompanist)

Dec. 10, 1965

Program

1 folded sheet, music and performers, list of adjudicators, notes on the auditions, members of the Australian Auditions Council, in 1964 Australia became the first country to be invited to audition for the Metropolitan Opera outside the USA, noted singers Stella Axarlis, Sergei Baigildin, Reginald Byers, John Pringle

Folder 4/Item 07

Carmen (Bizet)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Robert Pikler, conductor

June 18-25, 1966

Program

4 pages, alternate principals, technical, orchestra, cast, chorus and dancers list, story, forthcoming Opera Seasons and Annual Diploma Concerts dates, advertisements, Richard Divall, Malcolm Donnelly, Lesley Stender, principals

Folder 4/Item 09

La Bohème (Puccini)

Conservatorium Student Opera School and Students' Orchestra, Joseph Post, conductor

Aug. 2-5, 1967

Program

1 folded sheet, alternate principals, technical, orchestra, cast, and chorus list, synopsis

Folder 4/Item 11

Farewell Recital

Diane Selmon

Nov. 28, 1968

Program

1 folded sheet with tipped in typescript notes, portrait, music

Folder 4/Item 13

1968 Wonder Show of Magic

International Brotherhood of Magicians

Oct. 7, 1968

Program

1 sheet, performing acts, including Zoltan, the "sensation of the Montreal Expo", advertisements for Sydney magic and novelty shops

Folder 4/Item 15

Scenes from Opera (La Traviata, Act II, Part I, Marriage of Figaro, Act III, Part I, Don Giovanni, Act I, Scenes II-III, I Pagliacci, Act I, Scene II)

Conservatorium Opera School, Roma Conway, Wendy Pomroy, Vaila Mead, Accompanists

Apr. 26-30, 1968

Program

1 folded sheet, scenes, cast, notes, technical personnel, Ricard Divall, Lesley Stender, Malcolm Donnelly

Folder 4/Item 17

The Magic Flute

Conservatorium Opera School and Senior Students Orchestra

July 30-Aug. 4, 1969

Program

1 folded sheet, alternate principals incl. Lesley Stender, technical, orchestra, cast, and chorus list, synopsis

Folder 4/Item 19

Australian Opera Auditions, 1969-1970 Season, in co-operation with the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, New York, New South Wales State Finals

Australian Opera, Metropolitan Opera (New York)

Oct. 14, 1969

Program

1 folded printed sheet, 1 typescript sheet with contestants' 2 arias, judges, Marie von Hove (accompanist), Ian Holston, Christopher Field, Margaret Cummings, Malcolm Donnelly, Maureen Duke (winner), John Wood (6 contestants), in the adjudication Australian Opera principals Janice Taylor, Donald Shanks, John Pringle sang, Margaret Garret leaving for New York to compete in the National Finals also sang, list of executive and committee members, list of Auditions' sponsors

Folder 4/Item 21

The Bartered Bride

Conservatorium Opera School and Senior Students Orchestra, Bodenwieser Dance Centre

Sept. 7-12, 1970

Program

1 folded sheet, alternate principals, technical, orchestra, cast, and chorus list, synopsis, forthcoming opera The Marriage of Figaro

Folder 4/Item 23

18th Century Chamber Operas : Bastien and Bastienne (Mozart), Le Devin du Village (Rousseau)

Conservatorium Opera School, orchestra, Bodenwieser Dance Centre, Michael Goodwin, Michael Collins, conductors

June 18-20, 1970

Program

1 folded foolscap typescript sheet, alternate cast of 8 principals in both operas incl Richard Divall, story, forthcoming opera The Bartered Bride

Folder 4/Item 25

Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)

Conservatorium Opera School, David Andrews, Wanda Freeman, accompanists, Monica Halliday School of Ballet

June 11-16, 1971

Program

1 folded sheet, principals, technical staff, synopsis

Folder 4/Item 27

Madame Butterfly (Puccini)

Conservatorium Opera School and Senior Students Orchestra

Aug. 4-9, 1971

Program

1 folded sheet, cast, chorus and orchestra list, synopses, staff and technical, Sharon Kimmorley in the cast

Folder 4/Item 29

Opera and Drama Workshop in excerpts from Opera and a Dramatic Recital

Conservatorium Opera School

July 29-Aug. 5, 1972

Program

1 folded sheet, acting and drama classes list of items and cast, opera workshop listing music and cast, Opera School teachers, Yvonne Kenny, Jennifer MacGregor in cast

Folder 4/Item 31

Evening Concerts

Conservatorium Orchestra (Robert Pikler, conductor, Mary Nemet, violin soloist)

Aug. 4, 1972

Program

1 folded sheet, music, list of evening concerts for 1972

Folder 4/Item 33

The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)

Young Opera (Antoni Bonetti)

Jan. 27-29, 1972

Program

4 pages, Young Opera executive and orchestra list, cast, chorus, technical, Mozart and the Singspiel (Richard Divall), Producer's Note (Brian Donovan), production staff, acknowledgements. forthcoming opera Xerxes (Handel), mailing list application form, Marilyn Richardson substituted Costanze at short notice

Folder 4/Item 35

Don Giovanni (Mozart)

New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and Australian Opera Auditions, with the Opera School and Senior Students' Orchestra

Apr. 29-May 6, 1972

Program

1 folded sheet, illustration, cast, chorus, orchestra list, Conservatorium staff members, story, details of cast members, Gino Xancanaro, Gaye and Graham MacFarlane, Yvonne Kenny later sang with Australian Opera, 1 sheet tipped in Governor and US Ambassador attending the gala first night

Folder 4/Item 37

Synchronos'72 : an experience in sight, sound and space : audio-visual concert

Don Banks, Larry Sitsky, Donald Hollier, John Crocker, Don Burrows Quartet, Lois Bogg, Lesley Bishop, Leonard Fischer, David Shephard, Christian Wojtowicz

Oct. 7-9, 1972

Program

16 pages, notes, portraits, interviews, musical items, electronic equipment and details, biographical details. acknowledgments, 1 pages typescript tipped in

Folder 4/Item 39

Albert Herring (Britten)

Young Opera, Georg Tintner (conductor)

July 13-15, 1973

Program

7 pages, directors, cast including Lyndon Terracini, Paul Ferris, Ron Stevens, Lesley Stender, orchestra list, story, scenes, extract from an article by John Warrack in the magazine Opera, Autumn, 1962, staff list, acknowledgements, notes on Young Opera and its supplementary role to the Australian Opera, list of professional singers employed by Young Opera, application form

Folder 4/Item 41

The Fall of the House of Usher (Sitsky/Harwood) and Dalgerie (Penbarthy/Durack)

Sydney Opera House Trust, N.S.W. State Conservatorium of Music

July 25-28, 1973

Program

8 pages, notes on The Con, illustration, biographical details of conductor, director, composers, librettists, cast lists, synopses, notes on the artists and staff, acknowledgements

Folder 4/Item 43

The Play of Herod ; The Slaughter of the Innocents

Young Opera, Winsome Evans and the Renaissance Players

Mar. 7, 1974

Program

6 pages, directors, notes on Young Opera and its supplementary role to the Australian Opera, the music of the two 12th century works, acknowledgements, cast including several of Sydney's Australian Opera singers, staff, notes on the plays and some conventions, forthcoming lecture series Wagner without tears / Werner Baer in St James Playhouse, Mar. 7-Apr. 4, 1974, forthcoming Runnymede Pop Festival / Renaissance Players

Folder 4/Item 45

L'Ormindo (Cavalli)

New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, Australian Opera Auditions, in conjunction with Conservatorium School of Opera and the Conservatorium Opera Ensemble Orchestra

May 5-13, 1974

Flyer

1 sheet, cast, application form, booking details

Folder 5/Item 01

Youth Concert

Sydney Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra, in the Music Room of the Sydney Opera House, Musica Viva Australia

Mar. 20, 1975

Program

1 folded sheet, orchestra members, music items and notes

Folder 5/Item 03

The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)

New South Wales Conservatorium School of Music and Concert Orchestra, Dr Ronald Smart (conductor)

June 24-28, 1975

Program

1 folded sheet, cast, chorus and orchestra list, credits, staff, scenes and story, undated press clipping tipped in titled Three in "Marriage of Figaro", portraits and brief notes on Glenys Fowles, Jennifer Bermingham and Rosemary Gordon for Australian Opera

Folder 5/Item 05

A Gala Concert

Alla Scala Scholarship Committee, Vivianne Mordo, Robin Cantle, Marjorie Shepheard, Wendy Yeaman (sopranos), Yvonne Kenny (guest artist), Simonelli Choir, David Andrews (accompanist)

July 30, 1976

Program

1 folded sheet, singers and their arias

Folder 5/Item 07

D.S.C.M Level 9 Recital

Elizabeth Wells (soprano), Christopher Souter (accompanist)

Nov. 25, 1976

Program

1 folded sheet, typescript, roneoed, music, some study and career details

Folder 5/Item 09

Concerts Schedule

New South State Conservatorium of Music, Jean Grossman (organiser)

Nov.-Dec. 1976

Timetable

12 pages, concerts by date, notes page

Folder 5/Item 11

Twilight concert : Songs of Elizabeth's England

Trio della Luna (Marie Driscoll, soprano, Pamela Mildenhall, soprano, Linda Stambul, contralto, Nan Price, piano)

Oct. 22, 1976

Program

1 folded sheet, decorated typescript, music

Folder 5/Item 13

Sister Angelica and Gianni Schicchi

Conservatorium School of Opera & Music Theatre, Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Eric Clapham, conductor

Oct. 15-23, 1976

Program

8 pages, typescript, alternate casts including Bernadette Cullen, Amanda Thane, Angela Denning, Sandra Hahn, Glen Winslade, Robert Gay, Neil Kirkby, story of each opera, production credits, acknowledgements, orchestra members including Fiona Ziegler, advertisement for Philips Lighting

Folder 5/Item 15

Twilight concert : Songs of Elizabeth's England

Trio della Luna (Marie Driscoll, soprano, Pamela Mildenhall, soprano, Linda Stambul, contralto, Nan Price, piano)

Oct. 22, 1976

Program

1 folded sheet, decorated typescript, music

Folder 5/Item 17

Scenes from Opera : Cosi fan tutte, Merry Wives of Windsor, Fidelio, Der Freischuetz, Madame Butterfly

School of Opera & Music Theatre, students & staff of the Department

June 3-5, 1976

Program

8 pages, opera scenes & story, cast lists, technical list, staff list, singers include Amanda Thane, Glen Winslade, Robert Gay, Bernadette Cullen, Jennifer McGregor, Angela Denning

Folder 5/Item 19

Lunchtime Concert

Peter Grunberg (piano), Telena Alport (flute), Warren Thomson (piano), Elizabeth Wells (soprano), Malcolm Tapscott (piano)

Aug. 4, 1976

Program

1 sheet, typescript roneoed, 3 music pieces, concert for Aug. 11, 1976 with John Liddy (organ), Clarinet Quintet with Desmond Beazley, David MacFarlane (organ)

Folder 5/Item 21

Two Piano Recitals

Gabriella Pusner (piano)

Oct. 29-Nov. 13, 1976

Flyer

1 sheet, portrait, some biographical detail, music, prices

Folder 5/Item 23

Two Concerts

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra & 8 Soloists from the D.S.C.M. Course, Ronald Smart (conductor)

Dec. 7-8, 1976

Flyer

1 sheet, music

Folder 5/Item 25

Two Recitals

Roslyn Dunbar (soprano) accompanied by Werner Baer, Desmond Beazley (associate), William Blankenship (tenor) accompanied by Richard Gill

Nov. 5-19, 1976

Flyer

1 sheet

Folder 5/Item 27

Sydney Opera House Exhibition Hall Recital : 60th Anniversary Celebrations

Conservatorium High School Year 11, Jazz Students

Mar. 9, 1976

Program

1 sheet, typescript, musicians and music

Folder 5/Item 29

Sydney Opera House Exhibition Hall Recital : 60th Anniversary Celebrations

Conservatorium High School Year 9, Jazz Students

Mar. 11, 1976

Program

1 sheet, typescript, singers, musicians and music

Folder 5/Item 31

Sydney Opera House Exhibition Hall Recital : 60th Anniversary Celebrations

Opera & Music Theatre students, Peter McCallum (piano)

Mar. 13, 1976

Program

1 sheet, typescript, singers, musicians and music

Folder 5/Item 33

Sydney Opera House Exhibition Hall Recital : 60th Anniversary Celebrations

Conservatorium High School Year 12, Jazz Students, Opera & Music Theatre students, Chamber Orchestra and Madrigal Group from Hornsby Girls High School

Mar. 15, 1976

Program

1 sheet, typescript, musicians and music