Collection of performance programs from the Sydney Opera House : Box 1 : A-B (Concerts)

Title Creator (Author) Date Notes
The Breen machine spectacular in concert The Janice Breen schools of dancing 21 and 22 November 1977 Cast: The Janice Breen Dancers, The Breen Machine, The junior world of magic, The Café Society String Ensemble, the Robin Workman Orchestra and others.
ABC golden jubilee concert 1-Jul-82 Performance by Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductors: Sergiu Comissiona and Patrick Thomas.
African heritage The national dance company of Guinea 6-26 January 1996 Casts: Manana Cisse, Diely Kanni Diawara, Bangaly Bangoura, Yamoussa Soumah and more.
AIDA Graeme Murphy 18 and 22 September 2019 Casts: Tamara Wilson, Claire Rutter, Michael Lewis, Barry Ryan, Warwick Fyfe and more.
Amsterdam Baroque orchestra Telemann, Bach and Handel 11-Mar-96 Directed by Ton Koopman
An evening of art with the Armenians 3-Apr-76 By Armenian Students Association
Anaesthesiology 15-Apr-96 Performances by Sydney Symphony Orchestra, The Australian Ballet and Sydney Theatre company.
Armstrong Martin Scholarship: the finals of the first annual 22-Jan-78 performances by contestants with the NSW friends of Australian Opera.
Armstrong Martin Scholarship: the finals of the second annual 15-Oct-79 Performances by contestants with the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra.
Asian dance and music centre of Australia: An evening of Hindustani music 25-Jun-89 Performances by Alan Psselt and Anil Palit.
Australian concert direction 23-Apr-75 Performances by Elizabeth Connell Mezzo, John Pringle and Linn Robertson. (Separate lyrics attached both in English and Italian)
Australian concert direction Mozart, Webern, Don banks, Franck 9-Aug-75 Violin- Rotraud Schneider. Piano- Daniel Herscovitch.
Australian concert direction Beethoven 30-May-75 Trumpet- Ken Smith. Piano- Diana Weekes.
Australian concert direction 28-Jun-75 Flute- Margaret Crawford. Harp- Mary Anderson.
Australian dance festival 30-Oct-79 Performances by Sydney Dance Company, The Queensland Ballet, West Australian Ballet Company and Australian Dance Theatre.
Australian dance festival 3-Nov-79 Performances by Sydney Dance Company, The Queensland Ballet, West Australian Ballet Company and Australian Dance Theatre.
Australian dance festival x2 2-Nov-79 Performances by Sydney Dance Company, The Queensland Ballet, West Australian Ballet Company and Australian Dance Theatre.
Australian festival of the performing arts: Country music 5-Jan-74 Performances by Johnny Ashcroft, lee Conway, Reg Lindsay and John Williamson.
Australian festival of the performing arts: Country music 25 and 26 January 1974 Performances by Fairport Convention (musical group), Sandy Denny and John Currie
Australian festival of the performing arts: Country music 1-Feb-74 Performances by Don Burrows Quartet, Kerrie Biddell, Lee Conway, Marian Henderson and John Currie.
AZ music: 1975 season electronic music 25-Oct-75 Performances by David cartwright, Bozidar kos, martin Wesley-Smith, Steve Reich and others.
Babies Proms 22-25 November 1988 Conductor- Brian Stacey with Elizabethan philharmonic orchestra.
Basically Bach Johann Sebastian Bach 24,26 and 27 March 1991 Conductor- Alan Holley. Organ Soloist- Peter Kneeshaw.
Basically Bach x2 Johann Sebastian Bach 20 and 22 March 1989 Musical director- Michael Dyer.
Basically Bach x4 Johann Sebastian Bach 7, 9 and 10 April 1990 Musical director- Paul Dyer. (Contains a handbill of the show)
Battlestar Bennelong 8-Sep-80 Performed by 120 young participants of a theatre workshop organised by the Sydney opera house trust.
Beethoven's Symphony No.9 Concert 1996 Ludwig Van Beethoven 21-Apr-96 Presented by : Sumida Choral society for Beethoven's, Ninth Symphony concert at Kokugikan and Japan Australia music goodwill mission.
Berlin Staatskapelle 15 and 16 March 1986 Conductor- Christian Edward and Siegfried Kurz. Soloist/Piano- Peter Rosel.
Berliner Philharmoniker 16,17,19 &20 November 2010 Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Berlioz requiem bigger than Ben Hur 25-Sep-92 Performed by: Sydney conservatorium orchestra, Sydney conservatorium choirs, Sydney conservatorium chorale, Conservatorium high school choir and Willoughby symphony choir.
Berlioz Spectacular Louis-Hector Berlioz 10, 15 and 17 July Performances by Jules Bastin, Jeffrey Thomas, D. Kern Holoman, Stephanie Friedman and others.
Brahms German Requiem 2-Jun-79 Conducted by Peter Seymour. Performances by Marilyn Richardson, Rowena Flottman, Sydney Philharmonia Choir, Australian youth orchestra and others.
Brecht & Co Robyn Archer and Michael Morley 27-Aug-78 This performance was associated by The Sydney opera house trust and The Goethe institute.
Brecht: Gisela May and company in Brecht through four decades) 8-Mar-80 This performance was associated by The Sydney opera house trust and The Adelaide festival of arts Inc.
Bugs bunny on Broadway x2 Wagner, Rossini, Van Suppe, Smetana, J. Strauss, Donizetti and Liszt Music performed by Sinfonia Britannia. Animation directed by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert Clampett and Robert McKimson.
Bugs bunny on Broadway x2 Wagner, Rossini, Van Suppe, Smetana, J. Strauss, Donizetti and Liszt In association with Victorian arts centre and Melbourne symphony, Sydney opera house and Sydney Symphony. Music by Carl W. Stalling and Milt Franklyn.
Italy on stage: Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia Giuseppe Verdi, Ottorino Respighi and Gustav Mahler. 16-Oct-88 Concert for Australia's bicentenary celebrations.
National finals of the 1975 Australian opera auditions 2-Nov-75 Performances by participants from all states of Australia.
Opera hall: The Australian opera auditions -Commonwealth finals 27-Oct-74 Conductor: Bogo Lescovic and Walter Susskind.
PATA Australia 1975: Australia concert 1975 Artists: The dance company of New South Wales, Renee Geyer, The four Kinsmen and others.
Roberto Alagna 21-Jul-16 Performance by Roberto Alagna with guest artists Siobhan Stagg and Stefano Miceli.
Stephen Bishop- Kovacevich Ludwig Van Beethoven 9-Dec-80 This performance was associated by The Sydney opera house trust and The Adelaide festival of arts Inc.
Sydney opera house: The ABC national training orchestra conducted by Robert Miller Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Lehar, Dvorak, Puccini and Sebelius 21-Jan-73 Soloists: Donald smith and Elizabeth Fretwell.
The academy of St Martin in the field 18 and 19 October 1983 Directed by Kenneth Sillito. Viola: Stephen Shingles and Anthony Jenkins.
The Alexander brothers and Jimmy Shand: Australia and new Zealand 1977 tour 21-Apr-77 Performances by Ian Powrie and his band, Jennifer Shaw, Jimmy Laurie and Jimmy Shand.
The army in concert Aug-77 Programme contains marches, dance, instrumental and swing comedy.
The Australian Opera G. F. Handel (1685-1759), C. W. Von Gluck (1714-1787), Giuseppe Giordiani (1744-1798), Allessandro Scarlatti (1659-1725), Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Benjamin Britten (1913-), roger Quilter (1877-1953), Arnold Bax (1883-1953) and Frank Bridge (1879-1941) 28 July and 4 august 1974 Tenor- Anson Austin. Piano- Linn Robertson.
The Australian Opera Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and Benjamin Britten (1913-) 1-Sep-74 Tenor- Graeme Ewer. Piano- John Winther.
The Australian Opera 8-Sep-74 Soprano- Mary Hayman. Piano- Caroline Lill. Tenor- Henri Wilden.
The Australian Opera 15-Sep-74 Tenor- Robert Gard. Piano- John Champ.
The Australian Opera Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 22-Sep-74 Baritone- Raymond Myers. Piano- John Winther.
The Australian Opera Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Gustav Mahler (1860-1903), Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), Edward Elgar (1857-1934) 29-Sep-74 Soprano- Elizabeth Connell Mezzo. Piano- Linn Robertson.
The Australian Opera Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 6-Oct Soprano- Lone Koppel Winther. Piano- John Winther.
The Australian Opera Robert Schumann (1810-1856),Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Modeste Mussorgsky (1839-1872), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 13-Oct-74 Performances by Angela Giblin and Linn Robertson.
The Australian Opera Gala concert 23-Jan-83 Concertmaster: Ladislav Jasek.
The Australian Pops orchestra 10-Aug-75 Musicians: Billy Burton, Jack Iverson, Boof Thomsen, Alan Nash and others.
The Australian singing competition: Mathy opera awards Jul-91 Performances by finalists.
The Australian variety show 7-Mar-74 Performances by Slim De Grey, The Peter lane jazz band, Tony Pantano and others.
The Bach Saint John Passion Johann Sebastian Bach 19-Mar-78 Soloists: John Stewart, James Christiansen, Marilyn Richardson, Lauris Elms and others.
The best of British 29 and 30 November 2002 Performances by Macquarie university singers (Sydney), Willoughby symphony choir, Ashton Smith singers of Australia (Melbourne) and others. Conductor- Barry Knight
The best of British, best of Broadway Narelle French and John Haddock 6-Oct-91 Performances by Benevolent Beaux, artists of the Australian opera and Australian opera children's choir.
The Bravehearts of Scotland spectacular 1-Nov-03 Performers: Jennifer Shaw (Soprano), John Macdonald (Accordionist), Bill Scott (Keyboards), Sarah Beattie (Violinist) and others.
The Carol Burnett show Roger Beatty, Garry Belkin, Dick Clair, Rudy Deluca, Barry Harman, Arnie Cogen, Barry Levinson, Jenna McMahon, Gene Perret, bill Richmond. Aug-73 Casts: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway. (Contains 4 newspaper cuttings of Carrol Burnett's interview and general information about the show)