Opera and operatic life in Australia, 1924-1932 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 3992801
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PROMPT Scrapbook 15.
- Description:
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- [1924-1932]
- 2 v. ; 31-38 cm.
- Series:
- Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection
- Summary:
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Scrapbooks assembled between 1924 and 1932 relating to press coverage of opera in Australia providing a detailed look at Australian society and music, the various enterprises, the singers and players, couture, gossip and satire. Includes a record for the Melba-Williamson seasons and related events in 1924, Melba's career, her public image and skills as an entrepreneur. Includes profiles of individual artists, public reception and promotion, ticket sales, venues and coverage to the wireless broadcast of opera in Australia and the ongoing debate concerning a national opera. Includes the rivalry between Fuller and Tait over opera production, the courtship and marriage of Toti dal Monte, the cost of opera and the value of theatre real estate. Includes satirical popular press and the serious musical reviews. The pictorial component includes various aspects of press photography and a broad array of work by the black and white press artists of the day.
- Full contents:
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- v.1. Dame Nellie Melba 1924 season
- v.2 1928-1932 season : Sir Benjamin & John Fuller's season of grand opera at St. James Theatre, 1928; J.C. Williamson-Dame Nellie Melba grand opera, 1928 ; Williamson Imperial Grand Opera season, 1932.
- Notes:
- PROMPT Scrapbook 15 also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-777115910
- Related Material:
- Related J.C. Williamson materials located in PROMPT Scrapbooks 8-9, and in PROMPT collections filed under Melba, the Sharp Collection, Fullers'. Related manuscript materials on Melba located at MS 846, 1354, 1368, 1355, 1356, 1373, 1496, 1529, 6900, 5380, 6900, 9331, 9561. All available through the Special Collections Reading Room.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- This collection is featured in the Guide to Australian Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collections in the National Library of Australia
- Subject:
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- Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Performances
- Fuller, John, 1879-1959
- Fuller, Benjamin John, Sir, 1875-1952
- Williamson, J. C. (James Cassius), 1845-1913
- Tait family
- Tait, Frank, Sir, 1883-1965
- Tait, Viola, 1911-2002
- Tait, James Nevin, 1876-1961
- Fullers Theatres
- J.C. Williamson (Firm)
- Opera -- Australia -- History
- Singers -- Australia
- Theater -- Australia -- History
- Theater programs -- Australia
- Performing arts -- Australia
- Printed ephemera -- Australia
- Australian
- Time Coverage:
- 192- 193
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
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