Guide to the Papers of Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer

Group of notes, postcards and letters (mostly autograph) from Carlo Felice Cillario to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1978-1999 (File) - Box 1

Cillario and Moffatt Oxenbould frequently referred to each other as "father and son" - Moffatt sometimes being referred to as "Dmitri" (The Tsarevich in Boris Godunov).

Group of autograph notes, postcards and letters from Carlo Felice Cillario to Moffatt Oxenbould, c. 1978-1999 (File) - Box 1

Two of the postcards also bear greetings from the celebrated Italian mezzo-soprano - Fiorenza Cossotto who sang two roles with The Australian Opera in Melbourne in 1985. All material undated or year missing.

Envelope with autograph inscription taped on Ecco la mia risposta from Carlo Felice Cillario to Moffatt Oxenbould containing correspondence between the two regarding the proposed drawing to an end of Maestro Cillario's long association with Opera Australia; Also a letter from Maestro Cillario's Sydney doctor regarding his state of health and response from Moffatt Oxenbould, 1995-1997 (File) - Box 1

The final letters from Moffatt Oxenbould to Carlo Felice Cillario and his reply (dictated to Sharolyn Kimmorley) but signed and envelope addressed by him; together with computer printout of two photographs of Maestro Cillario (one with his daughter Claudia) taken by Sharolyn Kimmorley on her visit to Bologna in 2007, 2007 (File) - Box 1

Photograph by Gordon Clarke of Carlo Felice Cillario in rehearsal taken in Sydney mid 1970s, Mid 1970s (Item) - Box 1

Two photographs by Branco Gaica taken after a performance of La traviata in the Sydney Opera House on the occasion of the presentation by Donald McDonald and Moffatt Oxenbould of the Australian Opera Trophy to Carlo Felice Cillario, 1994 (File) - Box 1

Colour snapshot of Carlo Felice Cillario in 18th century costume and wig operating wind-machine backstage at the Court Theatre of Drottningholm Sweden, 1980s (Item) - Box 1

Photograph by Stephen Mould of Carlo Felice Cillario and Moffatt Oxenbould in rehearsal for La boheme in Sydney - also in photograph Sharolyn Kimmorley, John Moulton and Matthew Barclay, 1999 (File) - Box 1

Review by Roger Covell in Sydney Morning Herald, Summer 1977, of Carlo Felice Cillario's performances of Tosca and Madama Butterfly in the Sydney Opera House, 1977 (Item) - Box 1

Some correspondence, press article, program lists and material to do with A Gala Celebration for Carlo Felice Cillario presented by Opera Australia in the Sydney Opera House on 23 March 2003, 2003 (File) - Box 1

Article by Moffatt Oxenbould on Carlo Felice Cillario's long association with Opera Australia for program of Gala Celebration for Carlo Felice Cillario - together with photocopies of various press interviews used as a source for the article, 2003 (File) - Box 1

Opera Australia program for A Gala Celebration for Carlo Felice Cillario, 2003 (File) - Box 1

Obituaries for Carlo Felice Cillario by Miriam Cosic, Moffatt Oxenbould and Stephen Hall - The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and others, 2007 (File) - Box 1

Card announcing Maestro Cillario's death, in Bologna 13 December 2007, issued by his family, 2007 (Item) - Box 1

Photocopy of letter 23 August 1979 from Peter Hemmings General Manager of The Australian Opera to Christopher Hunt Artistic Director Adelaide Festival proposing possible involvement Voss as part of 1982 Festival Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau mooted in title role, Richard Divall to conduct, Jim Sharman to direct, Luciana Arrighi and Brian Thompson to design, 1979 (Item) - Box 2

Autograph letter 06 October 1979 from Christopher Hunt to Peter Hemmings with favourable response to proposal for 1982 Adelaide Festival, 1979 (Item) - Box 2

Photocopy of letter 08 June 1983 from Richard Meale to Moffatt Oxenbould accompanying delivery of the "almost" complete vocal score of Voss - proposals regarding final version, copying, completion of orchestral score, orchestra size, use of quadrilles of the period, pagination etc, 1983 (Item) - Box 2

Autograph letter 29 March 1984 from Richard Meale to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding voice types and casting of Voss with vocal range of individual roles and composer's suggestions regarding casting requirements, 1984 (Item) - Box 2

Autograph scribbled notes by Moffatt Oxenbould from casting meeting with Stuart Challender and Jim Sharman circa 1984 with proposals for casting, choreographer and lighting designer, number of orchestral calls etc. - Together with 2 copies photocopied provisional schedule for Stage Schedule, technical requirements, 1984 (File) - Box 2

Original satirical pen and ink sketch by Luciana Arrighi addressed to Moffatt Oxenbould et al., entitled Search for Laura Continues – Thousands Auditioned, 1985 (File) - Box 2

Original satirical pen and ink drawing and collage by Luciana Arrighi, entitled Nie, Nie, Niemals. I do not accept the terms together with note from Luciana Arrighi, 1986 (File) - Box 2

Voss Postcard Autograph from Jim Sharman on Voss Opening Night 01 March 1986 thanking Moffatt Oxenbould for faith and support; Autograph note from Stuart Challender to Moffatt Oxenbould Voss first night, 1986 (File) - Box 3

Red Vinyl Program Cover overprinted with Voss logo presented to cast, crew and creative team of Voss at its Adelaide premiere, 01 March 1986 together with program of first performance, 1986 (File) - Box 2

Photocopy of catalogue/magazine illustration of Gulf 1983 by Juan Davila - oil on canvas with Voss logo on buttock of central figure, 1983 (File) - Box 2

The Voss logo by Brian Thomson on the postcard was used extensively in the promotion of the opera. The poorly photocopied image of Davila's painting features the logo - barely visible in the photocopy taken from a magazine or gallery catalogue. Whether the painting preceded the use of the logo, or vice-versa is unclear.

Program: The Australian Opera 1986 Voss - Sydney Opera House June 1986, 1986 (File) - Box 2

Magazine: This Australia including Australian Arts Summer, 1986-1987 (File) - Box 2

Voss article with good illustrations pp 64-68

Autograph greeting card from Janet Leichhardt Elliott to Moffatt Oxenbould, thanking him for visit to Opera Centre, attending performance and meeting cast of Voss, 18 June 1986 (Item) - Box 2

Autograph letter from Geoffrey Chard to Moffatt Oxenbould, thanking him for casting Geoffrey Chard as Voss and for his husbandry of its journey to the stage, 16 March 1987 (Item) - Box 3

Typed original letter from Harold Hort, 7 August 1989 (retired Head of Music ABC) to Moffatt Oxenbould; together with edited transcript of interview of Moffatt Oxenbould by Harold Hort on the Voss journey on 25 July 1989, 1989 (File) - Box 2

Black ∧ White photographs (4): Richard Meale and David Malouf in rehearsal, photograph by Branco Gaica; Paul Ferris as Tom and Anne-Maree McDonald as Belle; Marilyn Richardson as Laura and Geoffrey Chard as Voss; Finale Act I with Geoffrey Chard, John Pringle, Gregory Tomlinson, Robert Gard and William Bamford, 1986 (File) - Box 2

Magazine article (possibly from TV Guide) by Jim Sharman entitled 'Walking on the Bottom of the Sea' - directors view of the "journey of discovery" of Voss the opera, leading to the national simulcast on Sunday 20 November 1987, 1987 (Item) - Box 2

Poster (slightly crumpled and torn at edges) The Australian Opera - World Premiere Season, 1986 (Item) - Box 4

Issues (2) The Australian opera Broadsheet Issue 5 (October 1990) and Issue 13 (September/October 1991), 1990-1991 (File) - Box 2

The first with feature article on The Australian Opera's long range plan for Australian music with two photographs of rehearsals for 1990 revival of Voss with Eilene Hannan and Geoffrey Chard. The second's feature article is 'An Adventure Called Meale'.

Colour photograph of Dame Joan Sutherland as Suor Angelica in Moffatt Oxenbould's production of the opera; Designer Desmond Digby - The Australian Opera Sydney Opera House, 1977 (Item) - Folio 7-9

Colour photograph of Dame Joan Sutherland as Lucrezia Borgia in Lucrezia Borgia; Director George Ogilvie, designer Kristian Fredrikson - The Australian Opera Sydney, 1977 (Item) - Folio 7-9

Colour photograph of Dame Joan Sutherland as Sita in Le Roi de Lahore; Director Sandro Sequi, designer Fiorella Mariani Vancouver Opera 1977 - Autograph dedication "To dearest Moffatt, Love, Joan S.", 1977 (Item) - Folio 7-9

Photograph of Mary O'Brien as Fiordiligi in Stefan Haag's production of Cosi fan tutte - Elizabethan Trust Opera Company 1964 (Item)

Black & White photographs (2) by Branco Gaica of Moffatt Oxenbould's production of The Rape of Lucretia The Australian Opera 1981 in the Sydney Opera House - a) Margaret Russell as Lucretia, John Fulford as Tarquinius; b) Angela Denning as Lucia and Margaret Russell as Lucretia (File)

Black & White photographs (4) by Ernst-Ludwig Gausmann of his wife, Leonie Rysanek as the Kostelnicka in The Australian Opera's Jenufa in the Sydney Opera House in 1985; This was Rysanek's first appearance of the role (File)

Colour photograph of Joan Carden as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier in the Sydney Opera House, The Australian Opera 1991 (Item)

Black & White photographs (12) by Tony Knox taken during the rehearsal period of the first OzOpera season 1996 - The Magic Flute - conducted by Richard Gill and directed by Greg McLean (File)

Scrapbooks (2) kept by Moffatt Oxenbould's mother, 1958-1965 (File) - Box 1

The first with clippings, telegrams, photographs etc. commencing with drama appearances at SCEGS (Shore School), Studies at NIDA, 1962 season of the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, Moffatt Oxenbould's work in Hobart after leaving NIDA, letter of engagement from Elizabethan Trust Opera Company in 1963, the 1963 Opera Season and Tour, the 1964 Perth Festival, 1964 Adelaide Festival, 1964 Country Tour and Elizabethan Trust's Tenth Anniversary celebration. The second covers the 1964 Opera Season and tour and the 1965 Sutherland-Williamson Grand Opera Company.

Headmaster's reference on leaving SCEGS (Shore School) 1960 and final school report, 1960 (File) - Box 2

Autographed program and Sydney Morning Herald review by Roger Covell for recital given in Sydney Town Hall by Ferrucio Tagliavini, Pia Tassinari and Giulio Pomeranz, 1960 (File) - Box 2

Moffatt Oxenbould's father took him to this concert on the evening of his last day at school and Moffatt Oxenbould was very impressed by the Latin temperament of Tassinari.

Photographs relating to Moffatt Oxenbould's study at NIDA and work in theatre, 1958-1965 (File) - Box 2

Includes: Black & White postcards (7) of Moffatt Oxenbould's first production Aria da Capo NIDA 1962; Moffatt Oxenbould and Donald Crombie during time both were studying at NIDA 1961; Moffatt Oxenbould portrait circa 1962; proofsheets of rehearsals of Pygmalion - directed and designed by Moffatt Oxenbould for Hobart Repertory Society in 1963, together with five production shots by Brian Curtis.

Photographs (various), 1962-1965 (File) - Box 2

Includes: photographs (2) of Stefan Haag's production of Fidelio Elizabethan Trust Opera Company Brisbane 1963; photographs (3) of The Marriage of Figaro, Perth Festival 1964; Photograph of La boheme, Perth Festival 1964; Snapshot Jean Madeira "off duty" Carmen Adelaide Festival 1964 together with letter (stained) from Moffatt Oxenbould to his parents describing the occasion on which the photograph was taken; Cynthia Johnston as Mimi in La boheme Country Tour 1964; backstage La boheme Country Tour 1964: John McGarry, Joe Cooksey and Ray Collier; roadside lunch stop Country Tour 1964; photographs (3) from Stefan Haag's production of Cosi fan tutte designed by Desmond Digby Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, Brisbane 1964; backstage at Cosi fan tutte 1964. Cynthia Johnston as Despina and Moffatt Oxenbould; Madama Butterfly Country Tour 1965 - moving a piano across a street - Moffatt Oxenbould, Georg Tintner, Michael Bell and Kevin Moore; clowning around backstage in costume Moffatt Oxenbould as Butterfly's mother and John Germain as Sharpless, together with in performance snapshot from wings of Moffatt Oxenbould as Butterfly's mother - Country Tour 1965; Blue Mountain picnic during 1965 Sutherland Williamson Season Monica Sinclair, Moffatt Oxenbould, Joseph Ward, and Kathleen Oxenbould; harbour cruise during 1965 Sutherland Williamson Season - Dorothy Cole and Monica Sinclair; Moffatt Oxenbould backstage at The Pageant of Asia, Sydney 1965; leaving home for the UK 1965 - Moffatt Oxenbould, William Oxenbould, Kathleen Oxenbould, Christopher Oxenbould

Letters from Moffatt Oxenbould to his parents from Hobart, c. 1962-1963 (File) - Box 2

Correspondence between Moffatt Oxenbould and his parents about travelling from Sydney to Adelaide via Melbourne on his first tour with Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, 1963 (File) - Box 2

Brochure and schedule Elizabethan Trust Opera Company Melbourne Season 1963, Yearbook souvenir program 1963, 1963 (File) - Box 2

Letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to his parents about Perth Festival 1964 and divisions within the company, 1964 (Item) - Box 2

Letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to his mother from Melbourne 1964 explaining purchase of small Desmond Digby painting, 1964 (Item) - Box 2

1964 Brochures and Yearbook for Adelaide Festival of Arts, La boheme Country Tour, Combined Opera and Ballet Season, together with June and September issues of The Trust News, 1964 (Item) - Box 2

Letter from Moffatt Oxenbould in Melbourne to his parents 12 June 1965 describing first weeks of rehearsal for the 1965 Sutherland Williamson Season, 1965 (Item) - Box 2

Provisional casting schedule for principal artists Melbourne Season - July 10-August 14 Sutherland Williamson Opera Company, together with Stage Management breakdown and provisional performance schedule for tour (n.b. Sydney Season extended by one week and Brisbane Season reduced from two weeks to one), 1965 (File) - Box 2

Autograph notes of thanks to accompany gifts from Norman Ayrton (Director of Productions) and Tonina Dorati (Designer) Sutherland Williamson Opera Company, 1965 (File) - Box 2

Program autographed by Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge and Joseph Ward to Moffatt Oxenbould's parents - La Sonnambula 24 September 1965, 1965 (Item) - Box 2

This was Joseph Ward's first performance of the role of Elvino and Moffatt Oxenbould's parents gave him a party at home afterwards.

Article (photocopy typescript) written by Moffatt Oxenbould in 1979 - Sutherland Lucia 1965 or The Sutherland Williamson Opera Company 1965, 1979 (Item) - Box 2

Collection of press articles and reviews of Sutherland Williamson Grand Opera Company, including reportage of Dame Joan Sutherland and Moffatt Oxenbould conversations backstage during rehearsals, 1965 (File) - Box 2

Black & White photograph by Angus McBean of Morag Beaton in costume (for promotional purposes), c. 1965 (Item) - Box 2

Signed reference letter from Stefan Haag, Executive Director Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1965 (Item) - Box 2

Signed letter and reference from Syd Irving - General Manager Sutherland Williamson International Grand Opera Company, 1965 (File) - Box 2

Autograph draft of letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to Sir David Webster, General Administrator Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and his reply, 1965 (File) - Box 2

Letter under Seal of the Council of the City of Sydney introducing Moffatt Oxenbould on his journey overseas, 1965 (Item) - Box 2

Farewell card to Moffatt Oxenbould from Australian singers cast in ABC television production of The Gypsy Baron, 1965 (Item) - Box 2

Telegram to Moffatt Oxenbould's parents confirming that he had arrived safely in London dated 19 January 1966, 1966 (Item) - Box 2

Air letters/letters/telegrams (44) from Moffatt Oxenbould to his mother and father, describing response to London; reunion with friends and colleagues from Australia; the ultimately fruitless meetings with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden re employment; engagement by Sadler's Wells Opera as Deputy Stage Manager; response to performers and performances in United Kingdom; dreams and future plans, 1966 (File) - Box 2

Letters of engagement from Sadler's Wells Theatre; house journal page of company life; touring schedule for July 1966-January 1967 for both Sadler's Wells Companies, 1966 (File) - Box 2

Press reviews to performances in which Moffatt Oxenbould was involved as Stage Manager with Sadler's Wells Opera, together with a program of The Rake's Progress, 1966 (File) - Box 2

Autograph letter from Dame Joan Sutherland 13 June 1966 thanking Moffatt Oxenbould for telegram sent for her first performance as Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment, 1966 (Item) - Box 2

Correspondence between Friedelind Wagner, Executive Director of the Bayreuth Festival Master Classes and Moffatt Oxenbould regarding his possible involvement in 1967, together with air letter to Moffatt Oxenbould's parents reporting on meeting Mme. Wagner and the costs of the classes, 1966 (File) - Box 2

Articles, press reviews relating to world premiere of Malcolm Williamson's opera - The Violins of Saint-Jacques 29 November 1966; Included is a lengthy interview with Malcolm Williamson in the Sadler's Wells Opera Magazine, 1966 (File) - Box 2

Correspondence between Moffatt Oxenbould and Elizabethan Trust Opera Company (Stefan Haag and John Young) about possible return to Australia at the conclusion of Moffatt Oxenbould's 1967 Sadler's Wells engagement, 1966 (File) - Box 2

Molnar cartoon and article from The Australian 28 December 1966 sent to Moffatt Oxenbould in London by his mother, 1966 (File) - Box 2

Letters and air letters from Moffatt Oxenbould to his parents about arrangements for his return home, final weeks in the U.K. Working at Stratford-on-Avon etc, 1967 (File) - Box 2

Letter from Derek Ensor, Stage Director Sadler's Wells Opera confirming Moffatt Oxenbould's resignation from company in Hull on 18 February 1967, 1966-1967 (Item) - Box 2

Black & White photograph of Elizabeth Robinson as Cio-Cio-San in Colin Graham's production of Madama Butterfly for Sadler's Wells Opera on which Moffatt Oxenbould worked while with the company, 1966-1967 (Item) - Box 2

Black & White photograph of Australian soprano Elizabeth Fretwell and British tenor Alberto Remedios in Fidelio with Sadler's Well's Opera 1966-1967, 1966-1967 (Item) - Box 2

Correspondence from Stephen Hall, Acting Administrator Elizabethan Trust Opera Company regarding Moffatt Oxenbould's return to Australia and engagement with the company, 1967 (File) - Box 2

Collection of press clippings from Australian newspapers regarding problems at the Sydney Opera House regarding use of main performance hall, 1967 (File) - Box 2

Letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to Morag Beaton 6 February 1967 about her engagement and repertoire for the 1967 Elizabethan Trust Opera Season, 1967 (Item) - Box 2

Scottish soprano Morag Beaton, was a member of the 1965 Sutherland Williamson Grand Opera Company and in 1966 emigrated to Australia (sponsored by Moffatt Oxenbould's parents).

Correspondence relating to finalisation of Moffatt Oxenbould's 1966/1967 U.K. Tax Assessment, 1967 (File) - Box 2

Article and photographs of 1967 Elizabethan Trust Opera Season from The Bulletin 1 August 1967, 1967 (File) - Box 2

Article and Colour photographs The Australian Women's Weekly 12 July 1967; Morag Beaton in costume as Turandot, 1967 (File) - Box 2

Yearbook of 1967 Elizabethan Trust Opera Season, 1967 (Item) - Box 2

Memo from Stephen Hall to Moffatt Oxenbould asking him to revive Stefan Haag's production of Cosi fan tutte in 1968 (This project never materialised as the production was destroyed in a warehouse fire), 1967 (Item) - Box 2

Roneoed Performance and Repertoire Schedule Elizabethan Trust Opera Company 14 February 1968, 1968 (File) - Box 2

Yearbook of Elizabethan Trust Opera Company 1968, 1968 (Item) - Box 2

Article by Lindsey Brown from Masque Magazine March/April 1968, 1968 (Item) - Box 2

Press clipping from Melbourne Sun 25:04:1968 Dress rehearsal of La Fanciulla del West, 1968 (Item) - Box 2

Black & White photographs (2) taken backstage during an interval during Tannhauser Moffatt Oxenbould with Marcella Reale, 1968 (File) - Box 2

Marcella Reale, Italian/American soprano returned for her second season with the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company in 1968 and sang the roles of Minnie in La Fanciulla del West and Elisabeth in Tannhauser.

Black & White photographs (2) taken backstage, the first of Marcella Reale clowning around before curtain rise on Act III of Tannhauser, the second of Moffatt Oxenbould stage managing a curtain call in Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney after Tosca with Antonietta Stella, 1968 (File) - Box 2

Noted Italian soprano, Antonietta Stella made her only Australian appearances in 1968, singing Elisabetta di Valois in Don Carlo in Canberra and Brisbane, and the title role in Tosca in Sydney.

Black & White promotional photographs (2) of Antonietta Stella in the two roles she sang in Australia with the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company in 1968 (both photographs by Fayer in Vienna), 1968 (File) - Box 2

Several press clippings and reviews of performances in Brisbane in May/June 1968, 1968 (File) - Box 2

Press clipping article by Kenneth Hince in The Australian 13 April 1968 Tragedy at the Opera House - commentary on the decision to perform opera in the smaller hall of the Sydney Opera House rather than in the larger hall which would be principally devoted to concerts, 1968 (Item) - Box 2

Moffatt Oxenbould letter of engagement 31 January 1969 as Stage Manager and production Assistant of Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Press clippings (2) regarding the resignation of Stefan Haag as Artistic Adviser to the Elizabethan Theatre Trust, February 1969 (File) - Box 2

Yearbook of Elizabethan Trust Opera Company 1969, 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Two photographs of Maureen Howard as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, 1969 (File) - Box 2

Press clippings for Madama Butterfly, 1969 (File) - Box 2

Press clipping The Australian 15 February 1969 regarding Tito Gobbi's becoming King of Moomba during the time in which he was singing Falstaff with the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Two contrasting press reviews of Falstaff in Sydney - May 1969, 1969 (File) - Box 2

Sydney Program for Madama Butterfly Moffatt Oxenbould credited as Production Assistant with Hidetaka Kiyomiya, 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Letter from Stephen Hall, Secretary and Co-ordinator of Elizabethan Theatre Trust asking Moffatt Oxenbould to be his production assistant on the forthcoming Gilbert and Sullivan Season 19 May 1969, 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Brochure for Sydney Gilbert and Sullivan Season August/October 1969, 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Autograph notecard of thanks to Moffatt Oxenbould from legendary Gilbert and Sullivan star Evelyn Gardiner, together with a sepia photograph of Miss Gardiner as Dame Carruthers in The Yeomen of the Guard, and an e-mail biography of Evelyn Gardiner from a later website of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Evelyn Gardiner, a year before her death was invited to attend certain rehearsals and give makeup classes to the ladies of the Trust Gilbert and Sullivan casts.

Typed Company Notice, 22 October 1969, signed by Stephen Hall announcing Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment as Co-ordinator of Planning of the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Copies of three letters from Moffatt Oxenbould, one to Stephen Hall, two to Donald McDonald, regarding the ongoing performances of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, future planning and casting, 1969 (File) - Box 2

Donald McDonald became Director of Finance of the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company during 1969.

Letter to Moffatt Oxenbould, 28 October 1969 (Item) - Box 2

Carbon copy of letter to Justine Rettick 7 January 1970 together with copy of letter to Donald McDonald 8 January 1970 regarding problems with the contralto roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas on tour, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Carbon copy of letter to Stephen Hall 12 January 1970 together with carbon copy of letter 20 February 1970 with Moffatt Oxenbould's lengthy reports on performers and performances in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas on tour, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Carbon copy of letter to Stephen Hall 13 February 1970 regarding Noela Strange-Mure, suggesting that she be given an opportunity to sing a major role, 1970 (Item) - Box 2

Carbon copy of letter to Stephen Hall 16 February 1970 regarding queries in casting and performance schedule for the main 1970 Opera Season, 1970 (Item) - Box 2

Yearbook of Elizabethan Trust Opera Company 1970, 1970 (Item) - Box 2

Performance schedule with scribbled annotations by Moffatt Oxenbould for the first season of the newly autonomous Australian Opera - June-December 1970 (Pre-dating fire in Her Majesty's Theatre), 1970 (File) - Box 2

Provisional Orchestral Schedule Sydney Grand Opera 1970 together with Moffatt Oxenbould's autographed original, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Original letter 29 May 1970 from Jani Strasser together with Jani Strasser's Notebook with audition comments and suggestions on the singers working with the then Elizabethan Trust Opera Gilbert and Sullivan Company in Melbourne, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Original letter circa May 1970 to Moffatt Oxenbould from Colleen Beinl, widow of Stephan Beinl, Viennese Resident Producer of the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, who died suddenly in May, 1970 (Item) - Box 2

Season brochures for 1970 Sydney and Canberra Opera Seasons - The Australian opera 1970, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Reviews and press clippings for The Rake's Progress - The Australian Opera 1970, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Backstage article 25 July 1970 by Joan Flanagan with sketches by Frank Beck - Her Majesty's Theatre before the fire, 1970 (Item) - Box 2

Press clippings after fire destroyed Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney, July 1970, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Press clippings and reviews of various The Australian Opera performances, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Press interview with Moffatt Oxenbould Melbourne Sun 16 September 1970 regarding production of Turandot then in rehearsal for Adelaide Season, together with various press interviews, reviews and clippings for Turandot in Adelaide and Brisbane, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Program for Turandot Adelaide, 1970 (Item) - Box 2

Autograph dedication to Moffatt Oxenbould on Black & White photograph of Morag Beaton as Turandot, together with snapshot photograph of Morag Beaton and Moffatt Oxenbould in Morag Beaton's flat in Brisbane, 1970 (File) - Box 2

Black & White photographs (2) of Turandot Adelaide 1970, 1970 (Item) - Box 2

Program of Gala Concert 21 January 1971 at Macquarie University in which Noela Strange-Mure, (who had sung a remarkable single performance as the understudy of Turandot late in 1970), sang a demanding aria from Verdi's Ernani, 1971 (Item) - Box 3

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary, 1971 (Item) - Box 3

Yearbook of The Australian Opera 1971, 1971 (Item) - Box 3

Press reviews (2) for La boheme Melbourne March 1971, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Article by Kenneth Hince in The Australian 6 Match 1971 regarding latest developments with the Sydney Opera House, 1971 (Item) - Box 3

Press feature with three photographs of Morag Beaton wearing costumes originally worn by Dame Nellie Melba, taken in Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Article and double page spread photograph of all members and staff of The Australian Opera on the steps of the Sydney Opera House - their future performing home The Bulletin 22 May 1971, c. 1971 (File) - Box 3

Season brochures for 1971 Sydney and Canberra Opera Seasons - The Australian Opera, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Black & White photograph of Moffatt Oxenbould with Judith Varga and Arianthe Galani at a party during the 1971 Sydney Season, 1971 (Item) - Box 3

Reviews and press clipping for Nabucco The Australian Opera 1971, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Program and press reviews Turandot Sydney May 1971, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Press clippings and reviews of landmark new production of The Marriage of Figaro, directed by John Copley Sydney June 1971, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Greeting card for The Marriage of Figaro - Sketch of principal cast members in costume by Frank Beck, 1971 (Item) - Box 3

Curtain call after The Marriage of Figaro, Canberra 1971 - Left to Right: Robert Gard, Neil Warren-Smith, Rosina Raisbeck, John Pringle, Rosemary Gordon, Walter Stiasny, Cynthia Johnston, Ronald Maconaghie, Jennifer Bermingham, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Special leaflet and program for Moffatt Oxenbould's production of The Rape of Lucretia, Sydney 1971, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Gift card from Lauris Elms and good luck telegrams sent to Moffatt Oxenbould on first night of The Rape of Lucretia 27 May 1971, 1971 (Item) - Box 3

Press clippings and reviews for The Rape of Lucretia, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Greeting card with Desmond Digby sketch of six characters from The Rape of Lucretia, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Photographs of Moffatt Oxenbould's production of The Rape of Lucretia, 1971 (File) - Box 3

Elizabeth Fretwell and Robert Gard as the Male and Female Chorus; Robert Gard as the Male Chorus; Elizabeth Fretwell as the Female Chorus; Alan Light as Collatinus, John Pringle as Tarquinius and Robert Simmons as Junius; Alan Light as Collatinus, John Pringle as Tarquinius, Robert Simmons as Junius; Janice Taylor-Warne as Lucia, Jacqueline Kensett-Smith as Bianca and Lauris Elms as Lucretia; Jacqueline Kensett-Smith as Bianca, Lauris Elms as Lucretia and Janice Taylor-Warne as Lucia; Jacqueline Kensett-Smith as Bianca, Lauris Elms as Lucretia and Elizabeth Fretwell as the Female Chorus; Robert Gard as the Male Chorus, John Pringle as Tarquinius, Lauris Elms as Lucretia and Elizabeth Fretwell as the Female Chorus; John Pringle and Lauris Elms; Lauris Elms and John Pringle (x3); Janice Taylor-Warne as Lucia, Jacqueline Kensett-Smith as Bianca; Janice Taylor-Warne and Jacqueline Kensett-Smith; Jacqueline Kensett-Smith and Lauris Elms; Janice Taylor-Warne, Robert Simmons, Alan Light and Jacqueline Kensett-Smith; Lauris Elms as Lucretia; Lauris Elms and Alan Light; Final Tableau.

Autographs note, September 1971 from Cynthia Johnston to Moffatt Oxenbould after her return, to the Australian Opera as Gianetta in The Gondoliers - a performance she sang with a heavy cold, 1971 (Item) - Box 3

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1972, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Yearbook of The Australian Opera 1972, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Article by David Gyger in The Australian 19 February 1972 Discords in the Opera Company following Chairman Claude Alcorso's acceptance of General Manager Donald McDonald's earlier offer to resign, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Autograph letter from close personal friend John Yu A.C. 20 February 1972 to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding a tentative offer from John Copley for Oxenbould to return to the UK and join the resident staff of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Letter to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1 March 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Article The Australian by Maria Prerauer 27 February 1972 on preparations for The Australian Opera's forthcoming premiere of Der Rosenkavalier, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Press articles (3) March 1974 concerning Management/Board of The Australian Opera, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Brian Hoad's article How grand is our opera? in The Bulletin contains a chronological summary of the company's management background and Donald McDonald's departure.

Copy of Memorandum to the Board of Directors The Australian Opera, March 1972, protesting treatment of Donald McDonald, and requesting his re-appointment; Signed by Douglas Abbot, Bernd Benthaak, Anthony Everingham, Tony Frewin, Tom Lingwood and Moffatt Oxenbould, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Colour photograph of Lauris Elms as Lucretia and Cynthia Johnston as Lucia in Moffatt Oxenbould's production of The Rape of Lucretia in Melbourne, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Some brochures, programs and press reviews for The Rape of Lucretia Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Postcard from John Copley thanking Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer for friendship and support during the period in which he was rehearsing Rigoletto for The Australian Opera in 1972 which coincided with the management upheaval within the company, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Photocopy of The Australian Opera Company Management Structure after Chairman Claudio Alcorso took over Chief Executive role on a temporary basis pending the appointment of a new General Manager, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Pages from minute book with detailed minutes of The Australian Opera Management staff meetings held between 15 March 1972 and 12 April 1972; Includes some important references to 1973 planning and first season in the Sydney Opera House and records economies in daily expenditure, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Handwritten minutes (by Moffatt Oxenbould) for meetings of the Planning Committee of The Australian Opera between 6 April 1972 and 30 August 1972 - including important information regarding planning of first Sydney Opera House Season in 1973, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Copy of letter 14 June 1972 from Edward Downes to Stephen Hall regarding casting, scheduling and other details of 1973 planning, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Carbon copy of letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to William Reid 26 June 1972 regarding scheduling misunderstandings, 1972 (Item) - Box 3

Memo from Claudio Alcorso to senior staff regarding commitments on behalf of The Australian Opera, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Copy of memo from Moffatt Oxenbould to Claudio Alcorso, Edward Downes and Stephen Hall, 24 August 1972 setting out deadline dates for decisions 1973/1974, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Cast lists, utilisation of salaried artists and schedules for 1972 and provisional cast lists for Opera House Opening Season 1973 annotated by Moffatt Oxenbould, together with carbon copy of a letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to Edward Downes with queries and comments on casting, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Collection of loose sheets from Moffatt Oxenbould's "trip diary" for visit to UK between 17 November-1 December 1972 with details of meetings, performances and discussions during trip and notes of arrangements discussed with artists and agents regarding future associations with The Australian Opera, especially for Sydney Opera House Opening Season 1973/1974, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Air letter 22 November 1972 from Moffatt Oxenbould to his parents advising that he will be coming straight home after London visit and foregoing planned holiday in Italy on way home - because "there is so much important to do when I get back", 1972 (File) - Box 3

Three 1972 Newsletters of Friends of the Australian Opera containing interviews with Donald Smith and Elizabeth Fretwell, and an enclosure giving details of, the complexity of the company's year, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Two tickets and program for Acoustic Test Concerts Concert Hall and Opera Theatre Sydney Opera House, 21 January 1973 (File) - Box 3

Roneoed cast lists, utilisation of salaried artists with Moffatt Oxenbould scribbled annotations for first half of 1973, erroneously dated 07 September 1973 (should be 1972), 1972 (File) - Box 3

Initial cast lists 11 September 1972 for Opera House Opening Season 1973 annotated by Moffatt Oxenbould; At this stage of planning Aida was still included in repertoire and The Flying Dutchman is crossed out and replaced by Tannhauser, 1972 (File) - Box 3

Moffatt Oxenbould's Scribbled casting notes and artists utilisation for Opera House Opening Season 1973 (In these planning notes both Tannhauser and Lohengrin appear), 1972 (File) - Box 3

Confidential cast list 5 November 1972 of casting for Sydney Opera House Opening Season 1973/1974 with some casting "asterisked" to indicate that the casting has been confirmed with the artist in question (This was issued after Moffatt Oxenbould, Edward Downes and Stephen Hall had met in London in November), 1972 (File) - Box 3

Memo from Moffatt Oxenbould to John Winther 9 January 1973 listing all resident principal artists, their voice types, roles performed during previous five seasons with comments on their status, personality and performance ability (These appraisals were made by Edward Downes, Stephen Hall and Moffatt Oxenbould late in 1972), 1973 (File) - Box 3

March 1973 Newsletter of Friends of the Australian Opera, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Subscription brochure The Australian Opera Melbourne 1973 (includes Il Trittico), 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Telegram to Moffatt Oxenbould from his father for opening night of Il Trittico 08 March 1973, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Note to Moffatt Oxenbould from his mother on her return home after she attended opening night of Il Trittico 08 March 1973, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Postcard from Desmond Digby to Kathleen Oxenbould 17 March 1973 regarding Il Trittico - which he designed, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Backstage Admission pass for Moffatt Oxenbould - Assistant to General Manager Australian Opera issued 09 August 1973, together with two later (1978 and 1979) Sydney Opera House Lift Passes, 1973 (File) - Box 3

Subscription brochure The Australian Opera Sydney Opera House Opening Season 1973-1974, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Sydney Opera House Opening Festival Season Brochure September 28-December 31 1973, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Sydney Opera House Monthly Diary Volume 1 No. 1 September-October 1973, 1973 (File) - Box 3

Letter of invitation from Ronald Dowd, Chairman of the Australian Council for the Arts Opera panel to Moffatt Oxenbould to attend the Opera Forum to be held in the Sydney Opera House in October 1973, together with booklet program and articles for the forum, 1973 (File) - Box 3

Card from John Winther (signed Johnny) to Moffatt Oxenbould (addressed Dear Moffy) thanking him for hard work and patience bringing Australian Opera's first performances to the stage of the Sydney Opera House, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Clipping from London Sunday Times with report from Desmond Shawe-Taylor on the opening performance of The Australian Opera's War and Peace, September 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Black & White photograph of Joan Carden as Pamina being given notes by vocal coach, Jani Strasser, during a rehearsal break of The Magic Flute - Sydney Opera House October 1973, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

Policy and Objectives document - The Role of the Australian Opera - prepared by Chairman Claudio Alcorso after a gathering of Board members and senior staff October 1973, 1973 (File) - Box 3

Catalogue booklet 'All The World's A Stage - an Australian-British Theatre Exhibition' to mark the opening of the Sydney Opera House in September- October 1973, includes a coloured illustration of Desmond Digby's costume design for the female Chorus in Moffatt Oxenbould's 1971 production of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, 1973 (Item) - Box 3

A collection of press clippings 21 October 1973 and souvenirs of the Official Opening of the Sydney Opera House on 20 October 1973, 1973 (File) - Box 3

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1974, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Publishers proof and final copy of brochure for The Australian Opera's first Summer Holiday Season - January 7 to 25 - in the Sydney Opera House, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Autograph letter 6 January 1974 from Lauris Elms to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for his congratulations to her on the award of the OBE, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Black & White Photograph of Moffatt Oxenbould, John Winther, Graeme Ewer and Thomas Koppel in the Bennelong Restaurant 02 March 1974, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Nightly Program for world premiere performances of Lenz by Larry Sitsky and The Affair by Felix Werder - The Australian Opera - Sydney Opera House 14 March 1974, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Black & White photographs (2) by John Walsh of Lenz by Larry Sitsky, directed by Stephen Hall and designed by Vicki Feitscher, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Black & White photographs (4) by John Walsh of The Affair by Felix Werder, directed by Stephen Hall and designed by Vicki Feitscher, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Program and casting for The Australian Opera Melbourne Season 1974 - includes details of Recitals and Opera Through the Time Machine - an entertainment for children between 4 and 12 years, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Letter 8 May 1974 from Mrs Marcel Dekyvere CBE, President Friends of The Australian Opera Ltd. to Moffatt Oxenbould, acknowledging his acceptance of invitation to become an Honorary Friend, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Leaflet for Opera in Words and Music a series of four programs devised by Moffatt Oxenbould exploring the season's operas and presented in the Music Room of the Sydney Opera House, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Playbill Leaflet giving full details of The Australian Opera Sydney Winter Season July 13 to October 26 1974 - including recitals, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Colour snapshot photograph 1974 - taken at a winter bush picnic during the season of Les Contes d'Hoffmann, for which Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge returned to Australia after an absence of nine years; Pictured Rosina Raisbeck, Graeme Ewer, Joan Sutherland and (in background) Adam Bonynge, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Black & White photographs (4) by John Walsh of Peter Sculthorpe's Rites of Passage directed and choreographed by Jaap Flier and designed by Kenneth Rowell for The Australian Opera, together with 1 Black & White photograph of Jaap Flier and conductor John Hopkins in rehearsal, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Important correspondence (10 pieces - copies) regarding Edward Downes and his future with The Australian Opera and John Winther's proposal that Edward Downes and Richard Bonynge should be joint Musical Directors of the Company, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Correspondents include Howard Hartog (agent of both Edward Downes and Richard Bonynge), John Winther, Moffatt Oxenbould, Richard Bonynge and Edward Downes.

Long autograph handwritten letter from John Winther to Moffatt Oxenbould (who was overseas) 17 November 1974, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Includes news about performances, The Australian Opera Board, Donald Smith, association with the Sydney Dance Company, Edward Downes.

Copy of telegram from Moffatt Oxenbould in London, advising John Winther that discussions with Edward Downes had been positive, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Long handwritten letter from John Winther to Moffatt Oxenbould 25 November 1974 filled with news of company and environment during the period in which Moffatt Oxenbould was still overseas, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Report to General Manager and Board from Moffatt Oxenbould on his overseas visit November/December 1974, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Loose-leaf handwritten "trip diary" for Moffatt Oxenbould's overseas journey with notes and details of meetings, negotiations, performances attended etc, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Copy of information relating to Musical Directorship of The Australian Opera, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Copy of Annual Report 1974 - The Australian Opera, 1974 (Item) - Box 4

Copies of the five 1974 issues of the Company Magazine Opera Australia, published by The Australian Opera and edited by Wenzel De Neergaard includes various articles by Moffatt Oxenbould, notably a conversation with Richard Bonynge in issue No. 4, 1974 (File) - Box 4

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1975, 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Copy of express letter - 2: January 1975 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Howard Hartog (Edward Downes's agent) together with draft press release advising that Edward Downes had relinquished his position as Australian Opera's Musical Director at the end of 1974, but would continue to work with the Company in 1975 and 1976, 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Program for Aida, The Australian Opera Summer Season 1975 - the company's first staged production in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House - superbly designed by Tom Lingwood, 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Copy of letter from Moffatt Oxenbould, 6 February 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Season brochure for The Australian Opera's Brisbane Season 1975 (n.b. Stephen Hall still listed as Artistic Director), 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Brochure for The Australian Opera's Sydney Winter Season - July-November, 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Autograph letter - 21 July 1975 - from soprano Maureen Howard to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Roneoed program for Moffatt Oxenbould's production of The Rape of Lucretia for The Australian Opera's Opera Studio in the Recording Hall of the Sydney Opera House in October, 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Working property plot for The Rape of Lucretia in the non-proscenium arch space of the Recording Hall of the Sydney Opera House, 1975 (File) - Box 4

Black & White photographs (8) of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia directed by Moffatt Oxenbould for The Australian Opera: Opera Studio, October 1975, 1975 (File) - Box 4

Cast Lesley Stender, Gaye MacFarlane, Rosemary Gunn, Patricia Whitbread, Robert Gard, Lyndon Terracini, Gregory Martin and Conal Coad. Conductor Peter Robinson.

Sydney Morning Herald Letter to the Editor from Lauris Elms - 6 November 1975 - "explaining to her friends the reason for her non-appearance in Aida performances with the Australian Opera" in January 1976, 1975 (Item) - Box 4

Program of dance works (Circles, Diary of a Man Who Vanished and Pierrot Lunaire) presented jointly by The Australian Opera and The Dance Company (NSW) at the Seymour Centre, November 1975, 1975 (File) - Box 4

Copies of the two 1975 issues of the Company Magazine Opera Australia, numbers 6-7, published by The Australian Opera and edited by Wenzel De Neergaard, 1975 (File) - Box 4

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1976, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Colour snapshot of Moffatt Oxenbould and Scottish soprano, Isobel Buchanan, taken in her dressing room at the Sydney Opera House immediately after her sensationally successful company debut as Pamina in The Magic Flute, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Front page photograph and story The Australian 09 January 1976 - "Opera Company Doomed Unless It Makes $3m" - Charles J. Berg, Moffatt Oxenbould, Richard Bonynge and John Winther, 1976 (File) - Box 4

Black & White photograph of Heather Begg and Donald Smith in Aida, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

With autograph red ink inscription from Donald Smith "Donald Smith - the eyes. Moffatt".

Artistic Administrator's Report to the Board of Directors on the 1976 Holiday Festival Season, signed by Moffatt Oxenbould, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Roneoed memorandum - 3 March 1976 - to the Directors of the Board of the Australian Opera (sic) from General Manager, John Winther defending criticism of the 1976 Sydney Summer Season, 1976 (File) - Box 4

Copy of letter - 9 March 1976 - from Director John Mostyn to Chairman Charles Berg commenting on John Winther's rationale concerning the 1976 Holiday Season, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Original photocopy - together with recent copy of same - handwritten letter - 29 March 1976 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Richard Bonynge regarding Lone Koppel Winther and her casting, 1976 (File) - Box 4

Black & White photograph of Italian soprano Orianna Santunione, who made her The Australian Opera debut in Melbourne in 1976 as Tosca, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Orianna Santunione is pictured here in 1975 with Placido Domingo in Tosca at La Scala Milan - a performance given without scenery or costumes due to a backstage strike.

Article from The Vancouver Sun - 15 April 1976 regarding Richard Bonynge's work as Artistic Director of Vancouver Opera Company, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Memo from John Winther to Moffatt Oxenbould - 20 April 1976 regarding casting for Sydney opening night performance of Der Rosenkavalier, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Black & White production photographs (5) from the rock opera Hero - premiered by The Australian Opera in Sydney in May 1976, 1976 (File) - Box 4

Photocopy of notes from Desmond Digby on the production manufacture of his designs for Lakme, 1976 (File) - Box 4

Article from Airways magazine - May/June 1976 - interview with Dame Joan Sutherland and her return to Australia and article by John Cargher on history of Australian Opera, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Roneoed copy of Artistic Administrators report to Board of Directors on Adelaide Season 1976, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Colour snapshot taken at Palm Beach during Sydney Winter Season 1976 - Richard Bonynge, Moffatt Oxenbould, Sharolyn Kimmorley, Elizabeth Allen, Margreta Elkins, Dame Joan Sutherland and Chester Carone, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Copy of letter - 22 June 1976 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Charles J. Berg, in response to a request from the Board's Executive Committee on the history of Elizabeth Connell's negotiations to sing Lady Macbeth in 1977, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Black & White portrait photograph of Canadian mezzo-soprano, Huguette Tourangeau, who returned to The Australian Opera in 1976 to sing Mallika in Lakme and the title role in Carmen, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Materials (catalogue, correspondence, notes and plans) of Exhibition Twenty Years of Australian Opera - devised by Moffatt Oxenbould and Judith Jacks to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Australian Opera's first performance, 1976 (File) - Box 4

The Exhibition was held in the Exhibition Hall of the Sydney Opera House for four weeks from 16 July 1976.

Photocopy of press article by H.R. Forst, critical of The Australian Opera's 1976 Sydney Winter Season, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Memorandum of a meeting in John Mostyn's Office 12 October 1976 together with copy of sponsorship proposal letter from John Mostyn to Mr. T.R. Winterer of the Utah Foundation, 1976 (File) - Box 4

Copy of letter - 19 October 1976 from Moffatt Oxenbould to John Winther, regarding formalising of his engagement as The Australian Opera's Artistic Administrator, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Autograph letter - 23 October 1976 - from Strella Wilson to Moffatt Oxenbould, thanking him for his invitation to attend The Australian Opera's production of Iolanthe in the Sydney Opera House, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Strella Wilson, 1894-1989 - Australian operatic soprano and musical comedy star. Between 1952 and 1968 she ran Australia House in London for the Commonwealth Government of Australia. Her daughter, Pauline Garrick was a much-loved The Australian Opera chorus member.

Photocopy of memo, 31 December 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Copy of Opera Australia January 1976 No. 8 - the final issue of this particular version of the Company magazine, 1976 (Item) - Box 4

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1977, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Provisional schedules, casting, artist's repertoire details for The Australian Opera 1977 Seasons, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Brisbane Gilbert and Sullivan Season and Sydney Mozart Season in October/November did not take place. Replaced by The Mikado/Gondoliers performances in Sydney.

Minutes of Executive Committee of The Australian Opera 13 January 1977, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Article from MEN Vogue January/February 1977 - Memoirs of an Ocker Star - Donald Smith, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Transcript of 2UE Radio program - Donald Smith interviewed by Vincent Smith 21 February 1977, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Photograph of USA Soprano Leona Mitchell who began a long-standing association with The Australian Opera in 1977 singing the title role in Madama Butterfly, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

In this photograph, taken in Berlin Mitchell is pictured in the title role of Aida.

Black & White photographs (3) of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II with Moffatt Oxenbould and cast members of Albert Herring - a Royal performance in honour of Benjamin Britten on 13 March 1977, together with Working programme booklet of Royal visit and invitation to Moffatt Oxenbould to attend Supper party on board H.M. yacht Britannia at the conclusion of the performance, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Two obituaries for Peter Hemmings, 1934-2002, who was appointed General Manager of The Australian Opera in March 1977 after John Winther's departure, 2002 (File) - Box 4

Copies of two letters from Moffatt Oxenbould to Peter Hemmings 29 and 31 March 1977 - the first outlining Moffatt Oxenbould's role and responsibilities as Artistic Administrator, the second briefing him on the state of planning for The Australian Opera in 1978, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Letter from Peter Hemmings to Moffatt Oxenbould - 31 March 1977 requesting planning information prior to meeting in Vancouver with Richard Bonynge, Peter Hemmings and Moffatt Oxenbould - together with list of proposed Scottish Opera Repertoire in 1977/1978 and Scottish Opera Season Brochure for 1976/1977 season, also Moffatt Oxenbould's reply 12 April 1977, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Black & White photographs (2) of Italian soprano, Mietta Sighele – who sang the title role in Madama Butterfly in Canberra and Melbourne in 1977, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Photocopy of handwritten letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to Richard Bonynge - 6 April 1977 prior to Vancouver meeting with Peter Hemmings, outlining his response to recent events and likely course of future action, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Letter 17 July 1977 from Peter Hemmings to Moffatt Oxenbould and cable received 29 June 1977 from Peter Hemmings to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Copy of letter from Actors and Announcer's Equity Association of Australia to John Winther who remained as General Manager until the arrival of Peter Hemmings in Australia., 1977 (Item) - Box 4

The letter introduces the Union's concerns for "the increasing tendency for The Australian Opera to import overseas singers" - pre-empting the introduction of the Quota System regarding imported artists.

Card from John Winther to Moffatt Oxenbould 17 July 1977 - for the first performance of the revival of Moffatt Oxenbould's productions of Suor Angelicaand I Pagliacci, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Colour snapshot of John Winther and his family at his home in Collaroy with farewell gifts to his closest The Australian Opera staff associates - including Moffatt Oxenbould, Clio Calodoukas and Wenzel De Neergaard, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Interview with Moffatt Oxenbould from The Sun-Herald 17 July 1977, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Colour photograph of Dame Heather Begg, Dame Joan Sutherland and Rosina Raisbeck OBE at a Charity Gala Concert in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House 24 July 1977 - in which the three great ladies sang "Three Little Maids from School" from The Mikado, together with program of the concert, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Copy of scribbled performance plan by Peter Hemmings and copy of letter - 1 September 1977 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Peter Hemmings originally attached to schedules prepared by Moffatt Oxenbould from this performance plan, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Collection of letters, telexes, faxes from Peter Hemmings to various agents, conductors etc. on musical matters, offering engagements to conductors which were made without specific reference to Richard Bonynge as Musical Director, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Memo - 09 September 1977 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Hemmings, Bonynge, Bloor and Everingham with attached provisional Orchestral Schedule for 1978 - with Peter Hemmings' autograph annotations and comments, 1977 (File) - Box 4

Copy of letter - 19 October 1977 - from Peter Hemmings to Harold Hort, Director of Music ABC regarding future recordings and collaborations, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Letter from Peter Hemmings to Moffatt Oxenbould - 21 October 1977 regarding remuneration for 1978, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Annual Report 1977 - The Australian Opera, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1978, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Provisional schedules, casting, artist's repertoire details for The Australian Opera 1978 Seasons, n.b. Several changes as a result of destruction in warehouse fire of sets and costumes for some planned repertoire, 1977-1978 (File) - Box 4

Magazine article on Kristian Fredrikson designer of The Australian Opera's new production of The Merry Widow featuring excellent colour photographs of set and costume designs, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Program of Opera in Concert 18 February 1978 a charity concert featuring Dame Joan Sutherland and principal artists of The Australian Opera to benefit The Royal NSW Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and the NSW Friends of the Australian Opera, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Autograph note from Richard Bonynge to Moffatt Oxenbould attaching two reviews of Don Giovanni which he conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in March 1978 featuring Dame Joan Sutherland and James Morris, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Copies of two letters - 13 February 1978 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to agent Basil Horsfield regarding Kiri te Kanawa and John Pritchard, 1978 (File) - Box 4

April 1978 edition of Opera Australia with front page story and editorial about warehouse fire that destroyed sets, props and costumes of much of The Australian Opera repertoire on 19 March 1978, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Letters (4) - April and July 1978 - between Peter Hemmings and Richard Divall, Musical Director of the Victoria State Opera suggesting that he also becomes Assistant Musical Director to Richard Bonynge at The Australian Opera, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Memo 16 June 1978 from Peter Hemmings to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding rehearsal fees, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Copies of letters (5) from Peter Hemmings in July/August 1978 (about future The Australian Opera projects), 1978 (File) - Box 4

Black & White photograph taken in Sydney by Gordon Clarke of Mark Elder, who returned to The Australian Opera in 1978 to conduct Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, c. 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Page from The Australian Women's Weekly 9 August 1978 with photograph of Moffatt Oxenbould, Mrs Marcel Dekyvere and Peter Hemmings at a Friends of the Opera luncheon in Sydney, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Copy of letter - 18 August 1978 - to Peter Hemmings from Dr. Darlene Neumann, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Copy of letter - 05 September 1978 from Herbert Breslin to Richard Bonynge regarding Luciano Pavarotti appearing with The Australian Opera in future, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Article by Nadine Amadio in Hi Fi and Music September 1978 about The Australian Opera's new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, together with a photocopy of Brian Hoad's glowing review of the production from The Bulletin 24 October 1978, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Press article November 1978 - 'The Artist in the Jungle' - Richard Bonynge interviewed by Shirley Despoja - The Adelaide Advertiser, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Press clipping from Opera Australia December 1978 - text of a talk by Peter Hemmings imagining The Australian Opera and the Australian operatic scene in ten years time, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Annual Report 1978 - The Australian Opera, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Photocopy of original and original carbon copy of letter 22 August 1978 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Chairman Charles Berg detailing the situation of his position and his intention to relinquish that position, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Also original letter of the same date from Company Administrator, Peter Bloor, advising his intended resignation at the conclusion of the Sydney Winter Season, and a copy of a letter - 29 September 1978 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to John Hopkins, Chairman of the Board's Program Committee referring to the two earlier letters

Copy of Board Resolution passed at a meeting of the Board on 5 September 1978, together with a typed note from Peter Hemmings; Also copy of minutes of Board Meeting of 6 October 1978 and a memorandum from the Board's working party to Moffatt Oxenbould of 8 October 1978 and copies of two notices to Directors concerning Board Meeting of 3 November 1978, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Letter - 25 August 1978 - from John Winther to The Australian regarding Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge, together with various press clippings and photocopies, 1978-1979 (File) - Box 4

Photocopies of pages from Dame Nellie Melba's 'Melodies and Memories' together with an article on star singer's fees from UK Opera Magazine, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Original Carbon Copy of letter 5 October 1978 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Mark Keogh, solicitor; photocopy of the associated letter from Dame Joan Sutherland and a typescript of the text with Moffatt Oxenbould's pencilled comments on solicitor's response, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Copy of letter - 05 October 1978 - from David Colville, Director of Publicity, to Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge, 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Draft press release from David Colville prepared for Charles J. Berg, awaiting his comments, with attached autograph card from David Colville to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Unacknowledged text (possibly draft by principal singers for Board consideration) regarding Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bongynge, and the position of Musical Director, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Photocopy of handwritten letter - 9 October 1978 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Jill Hickson (Mrs. Neville Wran), 1978 (Item) - Box 4

Original letter - 17 October 1978 - from Trevor Kennedy, Publisher The Bulletin to Richard Bonynge, attaching copy of an article from a US Music Magazine for which he has purchased Australian rights together with original photocopy and a later copy of the article in question, 1978 (File) - Box 4

Photocopy of document, 1977 (Item) - Box 4

Minutes, attached papers, relevant correspondence and notes from the Programme Committee of The Australian Opera between 20 January 1978 and 23 November 1979, 1978-1979 (File) - Box 4

Committee/Board Members John Hopkins OBE (Chair), Rex Hobcroft, Elizabeth Silsbury, Vincent Warrener - in attendance Peter Hemmings (General Manager), Richard Bonynge (Musical Director) and Moffatt Oxenbould (Artistic Administrator)

Correspondence and related papers (10 files), 1968-1992 (File) - Box 6

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1980, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Photocopy of press clipping from Sydney Morning Herald - 1 January 1980 - an interview with Richard Divall, Musical Director of the Victoria State Opera - headed Opera world extends beyond Bennelong Point, says director, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Roneoed master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1980, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Provisional planning material including earliest proposed performance plans, suggestions by Peter Hemmings with handwritten notes and suggested changes by Moffatt Oxenbould, revised schedules and submissions by Richard Bonynge and Moffatt Oxenbould and various subsequent revisions, some including proposed Edinburgh Festival appearances and performances of Wagner Ring operas - projects dear to the heart of Peter Hemmings, 1977-1980 (File) - Box 5

Brochure for both Sydney Seasons, The Australian Opera 1980, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Program of Opera in Concert - 26 January 1980 to raise funds for three charities in the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

On this occasion Dame Joan Sutherland sang a duet from Maria Stuarda with celebrated Australian tenor, Donald Smith.

Letter - 30 January 1980 - from Maurice C. Timbs, thanking Moffatt Oxenbould for Opera in Concert, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Three press clipping reviews of Dame Joan Sutherland's Australian return to the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor in Sydney in February 1980, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Autograph postcard (undated) from soprano Rita Hunter to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Notes on Meeting of the Australian Opera Programme Committee held in Melbourne on 28 March 1980, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Two press clippings from Opera Australia - April 1980; The first an Obituary written by Moffatt Oxenbould for soprano Doreen Morrow who had died on 28 February 1980, the second, an article by Ken Healey about composer Larry Sitsky putting the final touches to his The Australian Opera commissioned work, The Golem, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Moffatt Oxenbould's copy of Report to the Australia Council by the Committee of Inquiry into Opera/Music Theatre in Australia, May 1980 (File) - Box 5

Photocopies of press coverage, May/June 1980 of release of the Opera Inquiry report, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Undated press clipping from Sydney Morning Herald - by Richard Coleman: 'Opera chief in the hot seat at press lunch', 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Autograph note from Mrs. Neville Wran to Moffatt Oxenbould - 02 June 1980, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Letter from Patrick L. Veitch - then Marketing Director of New York's Metropolitan Opera - 05 June 1980 - to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Autograph note - 25 June 1980 - from Ian Campbell, then General Manager of State Opera of South Australia, written after a meeting of The Opera Conference in Perth - including thoughts after the meeting about Opera in Australia, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Photocopy of letter - 10 July 1980 - from Richard Bonynge to Sir Charles Mackerras regarding casting the role of Wotan in forthcoming The Australian Opera Concert performances of Die Walkure, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Black & White photograph of Leona Mitchell in the title role of Manon Lescaut - The Australian Opera 1980, inscribed autograph "Moffatt, with fondest wishes, Leona Mitchell", 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Press clipping from Opera Australia August 1980 Portrait of an Opera Company - feature on wig mistress, Shirley Germain, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Autograph letter (in Italian) - 08 September 1980 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from Italian soprano, Orianna Santunione, also a photograph of Santunione and Todisco in Capri, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Black notebook with handwritten trip diary for Moffatt Oxenbould November/December 1980 notes, appointments, negotiations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Vienna, Prague and Geneva, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Letter - 21 October 1970 - from Patrick L. Veitch to Moffatt Oxenbould; Veitch was subsequently appointed to the position of General Manager of The Australian Opera, 1980 (Item) - Box 5

Annual Report 1980 - The Australian Opera, 1980 (File) - Box 5

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1981, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Roneoed performance schedules and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1981, 1980 (File) - Box 6

Provisional planning material including earliest proposed performance suggestions by Peter Hemmings with subsequent material provide to the Programme committee by Richard Bonynge and Moffatt Oxenbould, 1978-1980 (File) - Box 6

Subscription brochures for The Australian Opera in Sydney and Melbourne 1981 - the Melbourne brochure being a joint subscription venture with the Victoria State Opera, 1981 (File) - Box 6

Copy of letter to Desmond Digby from Douglas McLaggan asking him to be involved as designer in the revival of The Rape of Lucretia in the 1971 production by Moffatt Oxenbould - together with rehearsal schedule and list of technical requirements from Moffatt Oxenbould; the nightly program for the production and an autograph letter by the conductor, David Kram to Moffatt Oxenbould and an autographed note of congratulations from Board Member Elizabeth Silsbury, 1980, 1981 (File) - Box 6

Complete Schedule all engagements of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge in 1981 with some annotation by Moffatt Oxenbould, 1981 (File) - Box 6

Letter - 06 March 1981 - from Patrick Veitch to Moffatt Oxenbould in response to forward planning information provided to Patrick Veitch after the announcement of his appointment as The Australian Opera's General Manager, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Autograph letter - 10 April 1981 - from Kenneth W. Tribe to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for their work together during his "interim stay" and sending best wishes for Patrick Veitch and The Australian Opera's future, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Autograph letter - 16 April 1981 - from US soprano Marilyn Zschau to Moffatt Oxenbould about her work internationally and her future work in Australia with The Australian Opera, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Colour snapshot of Stuart Challender, Graeme Ewer, Moffatt Oxenbould, Jennifer McGregor and Nicola Waite at an Easter party in Melbourne 1981, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Photocopy of article from Vogue Australia May 1981 - an article about Patrick Veitch and his wife, Kathleen Norris, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Photocopy of Moffatt Oxenbould autograph salary suggestions for Artistic Staff within The Australian Opera in 1981, and a list of duties performed by Clio Calodoukas as Management assistant, 1981 (File) - Box 6

Colour snapshot of a dinner in Sydney in August 1981 - two days after the death of Moffatt Oxenbould's father; Left to right: Peter Fisher, Graeme Ewer, Ernest St. John Metz, Moffatt Oxenbould and Jennifer McGregor, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Autograph card from Dame Joan Sutherland to Moffatt Oxenbould - 18 August 1981 - offering condolences on the death of Moffatt Oxenbould's father, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Page from Opera Australia September 1981 - article about the death of Neil Warren-Smith and an obituary by John Germain for his friend, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Coloured photograph - circa August 1981 - of Rita Hunter, Richard Bonynge and Moffatt Oxenbould - inscribed autograph "best wishes, Rita", 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Colour photograph - circa September 1981 of Rita Hunter and Moffatt Oxenbould - inscribed by Rita Hunter "To Darling Moffatt from Gloria", 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Letter - 8 October 1981 - from Patrick Veitch to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding regarding payment and arrangements for Moffatt Oxenbould's revival of Il Trittico in 1982, 1981 (Item) - Box 6

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1982, 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Artist's roster, performance schedules and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1982, 1981 (File) - Box 6

Black & White photograph by Branco Gaica - 18 January 1982 - in The Australian Opera Offices prior to the first Opera in the Park open air performance - Dame Joan Sutherland in La traviata - on the "rain date" as the originally scheduled performance on 16 February 1982 was washed out by tumultuous rain in Sydney., 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Photograph features: Patrick Veitch, Peter Bloor, David Colville, Carmel Dalco, Moffatt Oxenbould and Carole McPhee.

Autograph letter - 31 January 1982 - from soprano Joan Carden to Moffatt Oxenbould, thanking him for congratulations on her OBE and for his "kindness and consideration" over the years of her association with opera, 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Autograph postcard from Elijah Moshinsky to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Script of audiovisual presentation 'A Day in the Life of The Australian Opera' - an initiative of Patrick Veitch presented to various Government ministers and representatives of funding authorities during 1982 and beyond - narrated "live" by senior executives of The Australian Opera during slide show, 1982 (File) - Box 6

Autograph letter - 5 July 1982 from Mrs. Marcel Dekyvere to Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer, 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Autograph letter - 23 July 1982 - from Kenneth Tribe to Moffatt Oxenbould in response congratulations on his award in the Order of Australia, 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Black & White photograph Branco Gaica of Ronald Maconaghie and Elizabeth Fretwell as Falstaff and Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff - The Australian Opera 1982, 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Autograph letter - 15 September 1982 - from Richard Bonynge in San Francisco to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Autograph letter from baritone John Germain - 26 October 1982 to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for sending flowers and port to commemorate his 25th anniversary with The Australian Opera, 1982 (Item) - Box 6

Report to the Board of Directors The Australian Opera from the General Manager, Patrick Veitch, on Artistic Plans Through 1984, 1984 (File) - Box 6

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1982 - 'A Year of Reaching Out', 1982 (File) - Box 6

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1983, 1983 (Item) - Box 7

Artist's roster, performance schedules and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1983, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Provisional Performance Plan 1983 as proposed by Richard Bonynge and Moffatt Oxenbould and submitted to the Programme Committee in March 1981, 1981 (File) - Box 7

Subscription brochure 1983 The Australian Opera Sydney Seasons, together with leaflet introducing 7 International artists taking part in season, including both Luciano Pavarotti and Leonie Rysanek, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Copies of various papers, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Black & White photographs (2) by Branco Gaica during rehearsal for the Sydney Parks performance of Die Fledermaus 15 January 1983, the first of Moffatt Oxenbould with Technical Administrator Russell Mitchell; the second of Stuart Maunder (partly obscured), Ronald Stevens, Dame Heather Begg and Moffatt Oxenbould, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Black & White photograph by Branco Gaica taken "backstage" during the Sydney Parks performance of Die Fledermaus 15 January 1983 - Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge and Leonie Rysanek, 1983 (Item) - Box 7

Rysanek appeared as a guest at Prince Orlofsky's party in Act II - singing 'Meine lippen sie kussen so heiss' (her Australian debut).

Black & White photograph by Branco Gaica, taken "backstage" during the Sydney Parks Performance of Die Fledermaus 15 January 1983 - Moffatt Oxenbould, Elu Gausmann (obscured) Leonie Rysanek, David Colville and Friedrich Lengies, 1983 (Item) - Box 7

Black & White photographs (3) by Branco Gaica of Leonie Rysanek in Tosca, The Australian Opera January 1983, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Autograph postcard - June 1983 - from Australian soprano, Eilene Hannan in Nantes to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1983 (Item) - Box 7

Autograph note from baritone Patrick Veitch - 25 June 1983 to Moffatt Oxenbould accompanying a gift and congratulating him on the success of the new Elijah Moshinsky/Sidney Nolan/Luciana Arrighi production of Il trovatore, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Original satirical ink sketches (2) by Luciana Arrighi, 1983 (File) - Box 7

The first inspired by a Friend of the Opera who had disagreed with the production concept of Il trovatore outlined by the director and designers at the Friends introduction to the opera; the second explained in the accompanying letter, illustrating Dame Joan Sutherland's meeting with Rita Hunter (with whom she was sharing the role of Leonora) at the hairdresser's.

Letter of agreement - 5 August1983 - from Patrick Veitch to Moffatt Oxenbould confirming the latter's terms of employment, notice etc. signed by both parties, 1983 (Item) - Box 7

Program for Rossini's Semiramide August 1983 - directed by Moffatt Oxenbould and starring Dame Joan Sutherland and Lauris Elms, conducted by Richard Bonynge, 1983 (Item) - Box 7

Black & White photographs (3) by Branco Gaica of Moffatt Oxenbould's production of Semiramide for The Australian Opera, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Two feature Dame Joan Sutherland in the title role, the third is of Dame Joan as Semiramide with Bruce Martin as Assur.

Two press reviews (Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian) for Semiramide - 8 August 1973, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Two autograph First Night good-luck cards to Moffatt Oxenbould - one from Lauris Elms - who sang the role of Arsace, the other from Norman Ayrton, who had directed the opera in Australia in 1965, during the Sutherland/Williamson Grand Opera Season, in a production that Moffatt Oxenbould had stage-managed, 1983 (File) - Box 7

German Opera Magazine Orpheus - January 1984 with photograph - p. 53 - of three The Australian Opera productions from 1983 - including Semiramide, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Notes on the items discussed at a two-day management retreat in the Hunter Valley on November 16-17 1983, including an action list arising from this retreat, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Colour snapshot photograph taken at a surprise 40th Birthday party for Moffatt Oxenbould - 18 November 1983 - Dr. Richard Barnett, Susan Barnett, Moffatt Oxenbould and Patrick Veitch; together with a Birthday card from soprano Elizabeth Fretwell - "from your old friend Betty", 1983 (File) - Box 7

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1983, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1984, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Performance schedules and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1984 - updated and amended by hand, 1983 (File) - Box 7

Autograph postcard - 20 January 1984 from repetiteur Sharolyn Kimmorley, in Rome, to Moffatt Oxenbould advising of her intended return date to The Australian Opera after a rewarding period of study in Italy, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Satirical sketch and letter verso from designer Luciana Arrighi to Moffatt Oxenbould - 24 February 1984, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Copy of letter - 4 June 1984 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Professor David Tunley, Chairman of the Australia Council's Music Board, with inked in correction by Patrick Veitch, together with Professor Tunley's reply (original) - 8 June 1984 - regarding future funding for The Australian Opera, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Press clipping - 8 June 1984 - from The Australian - interview/article on US Conductor David Agler who was appearing as a guest conductor of Nabucco with The Australian Opera, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Photocopy of handwritten letter - 4 July 1984 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Richard Bonynge - original delivered by hand to Bonynge by Charles J. Berg during their meeting on that date, advising Bonynge that the option on his contract as Musical Director was not being taken up and that Moffatt Oxenbould was being appointed as The Australian Opera's Artistic Director - together with a typescript "translation" of Moffatt Oxenbould's letter, 1984 (File) - Box 7

The Australian Opera Press Release - 5 July 1984 - announcing appointment of Moffatt Oxenbould as Artistic Director, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Complete list of performances, including concerts, recitals and charity concerts given by Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge in Australia (The Australian Opera) between 1974 and 1984, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Autograph notes by Moffatt Oxenbould, of discussion and negotiations with Richard Bonynge about his future relationships with The Australian Opera, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Press clippings (2) relating to Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment as Artistic Director and the retention of Richard Bonynge's (and Dame Joan Sutherland's) participation in future The Australian Opera seasons; The first (with cartoon of Moffatt Oxenbould and Richard Bonynge) from the Sydney Morning Herald by Geraldine O'Brien, the second, by Brian Hoad, from The Bulletin - July 31 1984, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Letters, cables and cards of congratulations to Moffatt Oxenbould on his appointment as Artistic Director of The Australian Opera from: John Copley - Director; Elizabeth Butcher - NIDA; Sergio Sergi - Ministry of Home Affairs; George Fairfax - Victorian Arts Centre Trust; Lucy Henty - Australian Ballet School; Lloyd Martin - Sydney Opera House Trust; Dame Margaret Scott; Jill and Neville Wran; Kenneth W. Tribe, Derek Farwagi; Vincent A. Warrener - West Australian Opera Company; Ken McKenzie Forbes - Victoria State Opera; John Durham - The Australian Opera Chorus; Ken Neate; James Christiansen and Marilyn Richardson; John Cargher, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Various papers, 1984-1987 (File) - Box 7

The Australian Opera Press Release - 7 August 1984 - Administrative Changes at The Australian Opera, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Paper on Budget Strategy 1986 and 1987, dated 9 August 1984 prepared by general manager Patrick Veitch for the Executive Committee of The Australian Opera Board, 1984 (File) - Box 7

The Australian Opera Press Release - 09 August 1984 regarding announcement of The Australian Opera 1985 Sydney Season, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Letter - 17 September 1984 from Stanley Murdoch - an old friend of Moffatt Oxenbould's parents, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

The Australian Opera Guild News - No. 14, September/October 1984, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Photocopy of article from 24 Hours - October 1984, together with a photocopy of an article from Look and Listen - October 1984, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Autograph letter to Moffatt Oxenbould from David Agler - 7 October 1984 - who had been appointed Musical Adviser to The Australian Opera commencing January 1985 and from 1986, Principal Conductor; Together with a photocopy of Opera Australia's reportage - November 1984 - of this announcement, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Photocopy of article/interview from Opera Australia - November 1984 - 'Bonynge still hopes to do Esclarmonde for the AO' - David Gyger interviews Richard Bonynge, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

List of The Australian Opera Repertoire since 1970 (to end 1984), 1984 (File) - Box 7

Black & White portrait photograph of Moffatt Oxenbould by Branco Gaica, 1984 (Item) - Box 7

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1985, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Performance schedules and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1985 - updated and amended by hand, 1984 (File) - Box 7

Program and three Black & White production photographs from Brian Howard's Metamorphosis, presented by The Australian Opera in the Recording Hall of the Sydney Opera House, January 1985, conducted by Stuart Challender and directed by Graeme Murphy, together with press reviews from The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Autograph suggested cast list requested by Moffatt Oxenbould from Stuart Challender for the roles of the eight Walkuren in Die Walkure in its revival in 1985, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Three undated notes from Patrick L. Veitch to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1984-1985 (File) - Box 7

Letters from David I. Smith - Official Secretary to the Governor-General regarding Moffatt Oxenbould's nomination as a Member of the Order of Australia, together with letters, cards, telegrams of congratulation on the AM award on 26 January 1985 from: Neville Wran - Premier; Pilar Lorengar - Spanish Soprano; Hayes and Helen Gordon; Kenneth W. Tribe AO; Margreta Elkins; Donald Horne - Chair Australia Council; David Clarke - Chair Macquarie Bank; Mr and Mrs Marcel Dekyvere; Sir Frank Callaway; Kevin R. Siddell; Stephen Hall AM; Lauris Elms AM OBE; Professor David Tunley; Patricia and John Davies; Philip Henry - Musica Viva; John Reid AO; Di Yerbury - Australia Council; George Fairfax - VAC; Ian Johnston - SOSA; Andrew Briger AM - AETT; Jeffrey Joynton-Smith; J.J. Carlton MP; Ingo Penzenstadler; Justin McDonnell - CAPPA; Marie Therese Driscoll; Werner and Sybil Baer; Chester Carone; Margery Amos; Nan Dalgleish; Timothy Pascoe; Isabel and John Shaw; Robert Allman; Noel Pelly - Australian Ballet; Alex Carmichael; Richard Divall; Sir Herman Black; John Germain AM; Margaret Carnegie; Sarah Billinghurst and Vivien Baldwin - San Francisco Opera; Hansie Davis Simblist; Jill Sinclair; John Gale; John Painter - NSW Conservatorium; Eve Mitchell; John Durham; Ian McRae - VAC; Lloyd Martin - SOHT; Robert Grant - SCEGS North Sydney; Alan Edwards – QTC, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Three snapshot photographs - the first of Leonie Rysanek and Lone Koppel in costume taken backstage at a performance of Jenufa in the Sydney Opera House February 1985, and the other two at a party at Moffatt Oxenbould's and Graeme Ewer's home after the final performance of the 9 February 1985, Leonie Rysanek and Lone Koppel; John and Isabel Shaw, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Program of Investiture 15 March 1985 at Government House Sydney, together with correspondence, ticket and a note card from Moffatt Oxenbould's maternal Aunt, Iris Lance, who was one of his two guests at the investiture, the other being Michele Oxenbould, together with a snapshot photograph taken after the investiture, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Handwritten draft of a memo by Moffatt Oxenbould to Patrick Veitch - 'Artistic Direction - The Australian Opera', 1985 (File) - Box 7

Program of gala Wagner/R. Strauss Concert in the Victorian Arts Centre 8 March 1985, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Press clipping The Sun 12 March 1985, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Bob Crimeen interview with Moffatt Oxenbould after the Union cancellation of the opening performance of The Australian Opera's first complete season in the new State Theatre of the Victoria Arts Centre - The Tales of Hoffmann starring Dame Joan Sutherland.

Autograph postcard - 12 March 1985 - from Leonie Rysanek and Elu Gausmann in Bora Bora after the cancelled opening performance of The Tales of Hoffmann, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Memo - 21 May 1985 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Patrick L. Veitch, with autograph response from Patrick L. Veitch, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Autograph draft of undated letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to critic Maria Prerauer, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Autograph letter - 10 July 1985 - from Margreta Elkins to Moffatt Oxenbould after her London performances as Amneris in Aida, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Autograph draft of letter - 28 July 1985 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Patrick Veitch, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Press clipping from Harper's Bazaar Australia - July 1985 - on Patrick Veitch's management team at The Australian Opera, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Autograph postcard - 6 July 1985 from Marilyn Zschau in Torre del Lago to Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer regarding Tosca, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Autograph card - 28 August 1985 from Maureen Howard to Moffatt Oxenbould, thanking him for treating her recent audition seriously, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Black & White photograph by Branco Gaica of Olga Sanderson-Smith as the Witch of the Sea in The Australian Opera's 1985 production of Anne Boyd's opera The Little Mermaid, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Autograph Black & White photo postcard of Hungarian prima donna, Eva Marton as Tosca, a role she sang in Sydney in 1985 with The Australian Opera, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Photocopy of letter and report - 29 August 1985 by Ron Adie, Brisbane College of Advanced Education on Management at The Australian Opera, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Autograph letter - 18 October 1985 - from Claudio Alcorso to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Correspondence between Patrick Veitch and Moffatt Oxenbould regarding Organisation chart and reporting responsibilities - October 1985, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Autograph draft of letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to Chairman Charles Berg - 14 October 1985, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Autograph handwritten aide memoire for Moffatt Oxenbould for meeting with Patrick Veitch, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Program National Opera Workshop 1985, Antigone by Michael Barnes, The Bamboo Flute by Michael Whiticker and Poe by Andrew Ford, together with 9 Black & White photographs of the operas and an article by Brian Hoad, The Bulletin - 19 November 1985 - on National Opera Workshop and general comments on The Australian Opera's history with contemporary works, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Item from John Germain - Hon Secretary of The Australian Opera Benevolent Fund - accepting - with regret Moffatt Oxenbould's resignation from the Board of Trustees, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

Press clipping from The Times, London - 5 November 1985, on problems at The Australian Opera, with attached card and autograph comments from Sir Charles Mackerras, 1985 (File) - Box 7

Personal letter - 28 November 1985 from David Colville, Assistant General Manager The Australian Opera to Moffatt Oxenbould on the eve of Colville leaving the Company, 1985 (Item) - Box 7

The Australian Opera - Annual Report 1985, 1986 (Item) - Box 7

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1986, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Performance schedules and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1984, 1985 (File) - Box 8

Press Release - 26 July 1985 - announcing full details of The Australian Opera's 30th Anniversary Season in 1986 - the first year completely planned by Moffatt Oxenbould as Artistic Director, 1985 (Item) - Box 8

Repertoire plan for 1986 submitted to Board Meeting 14 September 1984, 1984 (File) - Box 8

Letter - 20 August 1984 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Richard Bonynge with autograph Moffatt Oxenbould annotations from conversation with Richard Bonynge - concerning casting and repertoire for Richard Bonynge and Dame Joan Sutherland in 1986, 1984 (File) - Box 8

Several autograph Moffatt Oxenbould lists and charts of repertoire status and possibilities for 1986 and beyond, 1984-1986 (File) - Box 8

Copy of briefing notes on 1986 new Productions by Moffatt Oxenbould, together with handwritten draft, 1985 (File) - Box 8

Brochure for 1986 OperAction - part of The Australian Opera Youth Education Programme, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Two notes from Patrick L. Veitch to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding preparation of a Company Mission Statement, together with recommendations prepared by Leo Schofield and Associates in December 1985, 1985-1986 (File) - Box 8

Autograph note - 6 January 1986 from Rosina Raisbeck to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Letter - 09 January 1986 - and handwritten draft from Moffatt Oxenbould to Charles Berg with copy to Patrick Veitch reporting on a meeting between Moffatt Oxenbould and Patrick Veitch, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Press clipping The Australian, 11-12 January 1986; Maria Prerauer interview with Patrick Veitch, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Black & White photograph by Branco Gaica of 1986 Opera in The Park - Rigoletto - with Dame Joan Sutherland as Gilda, conducted by Richard Bonynge, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Program, together with one Black & White photograph of Winds of the Solstice - an original youth opera completely devised and presented by Opera Action on the set of the Concert Hall production of Lucia di Lammermoor in February 1986, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Copy of letter of resignation - 18 January 1986 - to Charles J. Berg, Chairman of The Australian Opera Board (cc to others including Moffatt Oxenbould) from Alex Carmichael, together with handwritten draft of Moffatt Oxenbould's letter in reply, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Photocopy of Brian Hoad article '$6 million bill to salvage our flagship' - The Bulletin -21 January 1986, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Photocopy of Memorandum to The Australian Opera Board - 21 February 1986 - from Charles Berg and David Clarke regarding Board reform and the establishment of new committees and the institution of management terms of reference, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Press Release - 28 February 1986 - confirming the appointment of David Clarke as the new Chairman of The Australian Opera and outlining new policy statements and structural changes - including the return of Donald McDonald to join The Australian Opera Board and the appointment of Alex Carmichael to head The Australian Opera's Finance Committee, together with sets of Board and Finance Committee Minutes relating to structural changes and new policies, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Autograph letter - February 1986 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from Swedish director - Goran Jarvefelt - director of the successful new production of The Magic Flute, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Autograph draft of letter from Moffatt Oxenbould to David Clarke and Patrick Veitch, together with Patrick L. Veitch reply and some documents relating to the new Artistic Advisory Committee, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Translation of invitation from Dr. Barthold C. Witte, on behalf of the Federal Government of Germany asking Moffatt Oxenbould to be one of a group of six Australian operatic practitioners making a study tour from March 16 to April 3 1986; Together with a Programme for the visit, Moffatt Oxenbould's Report on the visit dated 7 April 1986 and snapshot photographs (5), 1986 (File) - Box 8

Photographs features: Australian's Richard Divall, Ken McKenzie Forbes, Peter Burch, David Parker, Stuart Challender and Moffatt Oxenbould in Bonn, Hamburg, Munich and East Berlin.

Various papers and drafts regarding the formation, terms of reference and composition of The Australian Opera's Artistic Advisory Committee and Singers Liaison Committee, 1986 (File) - Box 8

The Australian Opera News Bulletin No. 23 - May-June 1986, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Three press clippings - from Opera Australia, The Australian Opera News Bulletin and US Opera News; Interviews and features regarding Patrick Veitch's position and authority as General Manager, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Autograph card from director John Copley to Moffatt Oxenbould, thanking him for Peter Grimes, together with a Black & White photograph by Paul Richardson of John Copley rehearsing Richard Greager on the set of Peter Grimes, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Snapshot taken backstage at a performance of Boris Godunov - 25 June 1986 in which John Wegner took on the title role at short notice, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Photograph of Robert Allman (Rangoni), John Wegner (Boris) Moffatt Oxenbould and Clifford Grant (Pimen)

Autograph letter from Rosamund Illing - 1 July 1986, thanking Moffatt Oxenbould for his support during rehearsals for Madama Butterfly, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

"Wish list" of possible roles for Elizabeth Connell and Marie Angel, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Photocopy of article by John Cargher - 'Future Singers of renown - if they are not wasted' - The Bulletin 19 August 1986, together with photocopy of preliminary notes by John Cargher, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Photocopy of Address to the National Council of The Australian Opera by Patrick Veitch - 31 August 1986, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Photocopy of Speech by Chairman, David Clarke to The Australian Opera National Council, 31 August 1986, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Contract (Service Agreement) dated 9 October 1986 between The Australian Opera and Moffatt Benjamin Oxenbould - signed by Patrick Veitch and Moffatt Oxenbould, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Autograph letter - 31 October 1986 from David Malouf to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding The Australian Opera, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Papers for meeting of The Australian Opera Artistic Advisory Committee - 27 October 1986, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Leaflet, program and papers relating to The Australian Opera's National Opera Workshop - 29-30 October 1986, together with Black & White photographs (3) by Branco Gaica of the workshop - two from Colin Brumby's Lorenzaccio and one from The Proposal by Ross Fiddes, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Letter - 2 November 1986 from Jim Sharman, to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding the 1986 National Opera Workshop and the open forum discussion held to discuss the future of the workshop idea, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Letter from composer Ross Fiddes regarding the 1986 National Opera Workshop and his opera The Proposal, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Press clippings, press release and commentary relating to the resignation of Patrick Veitch as General Manager of The Australian Opera in October 1986, together with a draft of the obituary written by Moffatt Oxenbould for the Sydney Morning Herald in April 2003 after Peter Veitch's death in the USA, recalling his time at The Australian Opera, 1986, 2003 (File) - Box 8

Updated press clipping - article on Moffatt Oxenbould - making clear that he does not aspire to the position of General Manager of The Australian Opera despite taking up the Acting General Manager's position until a new General Manager is appointed, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Report to The Australian Opera Board - 7 November 1986 from Moffatt Oxenbould as Artistic Director/Acting General Manager on the National Opera Workshop 1986 and plans for 1988 - with some pencilled notes and annotations, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Telex, cards and letters of congratulations to Moffatt Oxenbould who was awarded the inaugural Dame Joan Hammond Award by the Victoria State Opera Society in November 1986, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Correspondence from Lady Potter, Jenifer Eddy, Kenneth W. Tribe and Kim Williams.

Copy of Memorandum - 17 November 1986 from Alexander Carmichael, Chair of The Australian Opera Singers Liaison Committee to Donald McDonald, Chair of The Australian Opera Artistic Advisory Committee regarding the role and responsibility of the Artistic Director and a possible Musical Director of The Australian Opera, together with scribbled aide memoire card by Moffatt Oxenbould for discussion on this memorandum, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Autograph letter - 13 December 1986 - from Stuart Challender on holiday in Bali to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding The Australian Opera and plans for Mostly Mozart concerts in the Sydney Opera House, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Paper prepared by Moffatt Oxenbould for National Council meeting late in 1986 - Perspectives on the Australian operatic Artist - Future Directions, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Christmas card from Jennifer Muir Smith, a former The Australian Opera employee, together with a related note - 15 December 1986 - sent and then returned to Moffatt Oxenbould by Miss Muir Smith, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Greetings card (in Italian) from Italian prima donna Maria Chiara (who had sung Amelia in Un ballo in maschera with The Australian Opera in Melbourne in 1986) and her husband Antonio Cassinelli wishing all at The Australian Opera a happy new year, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

The Australian Opera - Annual Report 1986, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1987, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Performance schedules and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1987, 1986 (File) - Box 8

Early performance plans for the 1987 year, one prepared on the basis of The Australian Opera not being a full-time performing company, 1985 (File) - Box 8

Typed draft of Press Release 12 January 1987, confirming the appointment of Donald McDonald as General Manager of The Australian Opera, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Several press clippings (some photocopied) about Donald McDonald's appointment and return to the Company as General Manager, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Autograph notecard 7 January 1987 from tenor Peter Cousens to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for offering "the greatest challenge of my career so far", 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Documents and notes by Moffatt Oxenbould regarding whether or not The Australian Opera should have a Musical Director, and if so, what effect this would have on the status of the Artistic Director, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Colour photographs (2) of Moffatt Oxenbould being presented to Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark during the interval of a performance of La Fille du Regiment in the Sydney Opera House on 5 February 1987, 1987 (File) - Box 8

In one photograph left to right Italian baritone Renato Capecchi, Moffatt Oxenbould, Janet McDonald (obscured), Donald McDonald, Alexander Carmichael, HM Queen Margrethe - in the other Wayne Maddern representing Sydney Opera House is beside Queen Margrethe.

Leaflet dedicating the performance of I Masnadieri on 6 February 1987 to the memory of Stefan Haag, who had died on 25 December 1986; Leaflet has several photographs of Stefan Haag and a brief tribute by Moffatt Oxenbould, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Letter - 9 February 1987 - from John Cargher to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for his good wishes on the award of Member of the Order of Australia, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Autograph - 12 February 1987 - from Donald Shanks to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for his good wishes on the award of the AO and for the role Moffatt Oxenbould has played in his career, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Report - 16 February 1987 - to the Board of The Australian Opera from the Artistic Advisory Committee on the subject of Appointment of a Musical Director, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Report - 9 March 1987 - to the Board of The Australian Opera from Moffatt Oxenbould on the Opera Foundation Australia - Renato Capecchi Workshop and the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra (includes copy of letter from John Pringle about the importance and benefit of the Capecchi workshops), 1987 (File) - Box 8

Autograph letter - 25 March 1987 - from mezzo-soprano Patricia Price to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Subscription brochure for The Australian Opera Melbourne Season 1987, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Nightly program for the 1987 Melbourne performances of Richard Meale's Voss, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Photocopy of autograph letter - 22 April 1987 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Stuart Challender regarding Manon Lescaut, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Letter - 27 April 1987 - from Jill Hickson (Wran) congratulating Moffatt Oxenbould on the Dame Joan Hammond Award, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Autograph menus (2) (some different autographs on each menu) for a supper at Mietta's on 1 May 1987 to celebrate the first night of Manon Lescaut during the Melbourne season, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Artistic Director's Report to the Board of Directors - 18 May 1987 - on the recently concluded Melbourne Season, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Material relating to the planned National Opera Workshop in 1988 - a commissioned work from composer Felix Meagher (two autograph letters included) and director Baz Luhrmann, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Letter - 12 May 1987 - from Dame Margaret Scott to Moffatt Oxenbould, thanking him for talking to the students at The Australian Ballet School, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Undated card to Moffatt Oxenbould from Valda Bagnall, notable Australian soprano who had sung leading roles in the Company's first season in 1956, Circa 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Letter - 20 June 1987 to Moffatt Oxenbould from Nick Enright, with his positive response to the first performance of Neil Armfield's production of Britten's The Turn of the Screw, together with a Black & White photograph of the production by Paul Richardson of a scene from the opera - featuring Anson Austin, Eilene Hannan and Patrick Taylor, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Press clipping from The Sydney Morning Herald - 22 July 1987 - interview with Moffatt Oxenbould by Geraldine O'Brien after three years as Artistic Director, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Gift card - 22 August 1987 - from Stanley, the 82 year-old actor who played an organ grinder in the 1987 revival of Il Tabarro, directed by Moffatt Oxenbould, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Card - 8 October 1987 from Jim Sharman to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Photocopy of article - 25 August 1987 - by Roger Covell regarding composer Larry Sitsky, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Photocopy of undated letter from composer Michael Whitticker to Stuart Challender regarding the future of the National Opera Workshop program, together with two Black & White photographs by Branco Gaica of Gesualdo a work commissioned from Michael Whitticker as a result of the letter; Also 2 Black & White Branco Gaica photographs from Eleanor of Aquitaine by Gillian Whitehead which was also part of the National Opera Workshop in 1987, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Correspondence, letter of agreement and text of article written by Moffatt Oxenbould on Opera Production for Currency Press and A Companion to Music in Australia, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Press clipping from Daily Telegraph - Sydney 10 October 1987 - an interview with Donald McDonald by Susan Bredow, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

Letter - 30 November 1987 from Artistic Administrator Russell Mitchell to Marion Jacka at Actors Equity regarding the use of overseas artists in The Australian Opera performances, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

List of Australian Opera Repertoire (productions stored in warehouse) as at December 1987, 1987 (File) - Box 8

Seasonal card - 26 December 12 1987 from Justice Michael Kirby to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1987 (Item) - Box 8

The Australian Opera Yearbook 1987, 1986 (Item) - Box 8

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1987, 1988 (Item) - Box 8

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1988 (loose pages), 1988 (File) - Box 9

Performance schedules and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1988, 1987 (File) - Box 9

Moffatt Oxenbould autograph scribbled notes on auditions he heard during 1988 on loose diary pages, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Three separate Artistic Director's reports to The Australian Opera Board, at different stages of 1988, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Report to The Australian Opera Board and senior staff on overseas visit made by Donald McDonald and Moffatt Oxenbould in February/March 1988, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Pencilled diary notes (loose pages) on casting for Cosi fan tutte proposed for 1989 and notes and schedule from a meeting with Christopher Hogwood relating to a proposed staged production of La Clemenza di Tito in 1991, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Christopher Hogwood conducted a concert performance of this opera in 1988 with The Australian Opera soloists

Subscription brochure for The Australian Opera Sydney Seasons in 1988, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

Notice and agenda of Artistic Advisory Committee meeting Melbourne, 20 May 1988, together with Draft paper (Agenda Item) The Role of The Australian Opera - Objectives and Policies May 1988, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Photocopy of letter of apology - 17 May 1988 and appended list of comments on the draft "Objectives" by Hayes Gordon - guest star of The Australian Opera's Fiddler on the Roof and member of the Artistic Advisory Committee, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Important "philosophical and procedural" memo - 7 April 1988 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Artistic Administration, and Resident Directors, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

Two Melbourne press reviews of 'Lake Lost - The Ra Project - the 1988 National Opera Workshop'; The first - 16 May 1988 by Clive O'Connell in The Age; the other - 17 May 1988 - by Susan McCulloch in The Herald, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Letter - 23 June 1988 - from Joan Carden to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for his good wishes on the award of the AO, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

Two autograph letters to Moffatt Oxenbould - the first - 30 August 1988 - from Peter Hemmings in Los Angeles; the second - 6 October 1988 - from Leona Mitchell in Toronto, regarding the death of noted voice teacher and coach, Ernest St John (Jack) Metz, who died in August 1988, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Jack Metz had an important long-standing association with The Australian Opera.

Autograph card - 5 August 1988 from guest artist Judi Connelli to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for making her welcome in the Company, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

Autograph cards (2) to Moffatt Oxenbould from Jim Sharman - the first (undated) for the first night of his new production of The Rake's Progress - the second from Europe on 3 September 1988, 1988 (File) - Box 9

The Australian Opera News Bulletin - No. 33S - August-October 1988, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

Article by Moffatt Oxenbould on Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (and the cancellation of the staged 'Ring cycle') from 2MBS Programme Guide - September 1988, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

Photocopy of undated review from The Bulletin by Brian Hoad for The Australian Opera's Albert Herring, which Moffatt Oxenbould revived in 1988 in John Cox's earlier production, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

Librettist's outline, program (including complete libretto) and Black & White photographs (4) by Branco Gaica of the world premiere production of Whitsunday by Brian Howard with Libretto by Louis Nowra, presented by The Australian Opera in the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre in September 1988, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Report of Study of Operations and Financial Requirements of the State Orchestra of Victoria and the Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra submitted to Victorian Ministry of the Arts, New South Wales Ministry of the Arts and performing Arts Board of the Australia Council, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Study undertaken and report submitted by Kenneth W. Tribe September/October 1988.

Program for Opera at Ascham 2 November 1988 - a fundraising concert to assist OperAction, The Australian Opera's Youth Education Program, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

John Shaw: The Lion in Winter' - an interview/article by Geraldine O'Brien - Sydney Morning Herald - 17 December 1988, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

The Australian Opera Yearbook 1988, 1987 (Item) - Box 9

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1988, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1989 (loose pages), 1989 (File) - Box 9

Performance schedules (Diary insert) and master cast lists for The Australian Opera 1989, 1988 (File) - Box 9

Moffatt Oxenbould autograph and typed notes and provisional scheduling material for 1989 schedule, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Three separate Artistic Director's reports to The Australian Opera Board, at different stages of 1989, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Two different Moffatt Oxenbould annotated papers - The Role of the Australian Opera - Objectives and Policies – January 1989, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Undated autograph card from David Stanhope, thanking Moffatt Oxenbould for giving him the opportunity to conduct The Turn of the Screw, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

Two autograph postcards - 7 May 1989 and 12 June 1989 - from Jim Sharman to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Autograph undated postcard and letter from Yvonne Kalman (one also from Vera Kalman) to Donald McDonald and Moffatt Oxenbould, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Letter - 14 June 1989 - from Mietta O'Donnell to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

Autograph letter - 21 June 1989 - from Kenneth W. Tribe to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

The Twenty Questions Most Commonly Asked About The Australian Opera - Successful information booklet - June 1989, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Draft - for discussion - Moffatt Oxenbould proposal to form a group of Associate Artists, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

Autograph card - 20 July 1989 - from Yvonne Kenny to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for his good wishes on the award of the AM, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

Two colour snapshots - the first - Bernadette Cullen and Carlo Felice Cillario at a party hosted by Neil Rosenshein on Sydney Harbour; the second Moffatt Oxenbould, Helena Carr, Elijah Moshinsky and Janet McDonald probably after the premiere of Moshinsky's production of Werther in June 1989, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Fax - 16 August 1989 - sent by Donald McDonald in Sydney to Moffatt Oxenbould in London - pale original and recent photocopy, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Autograph card - 14 August 1989 to Moffatt Oxenbould from soprano Rhonda Bruce - thanking him for a retirement tribute he had written about her in Opera Australia, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

Paper for Board Nominees of The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra regarding a Chief Conductor for the Orchestra, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

Photocopy of Press Release 28 September 1989 and article by Peter Cochrane for the Sydney Morning Herald regarding the removal of the director of the 1989 National Opera Workshop production of Ross Edwards's Christina's World, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

Menu for a dinner to honour John Shaw AO, OBE after his final performance with The Australian Opera - Jack Rance in La Fanciulla del West on 7 October 10 1989, with an affectionate autograph thanks to Moffatt Oxenbould from John Shaw on verso of insert, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Lists of members of the Young Artists Development Program of The Australian Opera 1984-1989 and details of their progress beyond the program, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Autograph cards of thanks to Moffatt Oxenbould from Dame Joan Sutherland and Edmund Capon, AGNSW, for the exhibition at the gallery curated by Moffatt Oxenbould on Dame Joan's career; Also press clipping from Vogue Australia with shots of guests at Opening Dinner, and notes of thanks from Lady Tait, Margreta and Ike Elkins and Beryl Bloor for the evening and a letter of congratulations from Stephen Hall, 1989 (File) - Box 9

In December 1989 Moffatt Oxenbould curated a major exhibition on Dame Joan Sutherland's career for the Art Gallery of NSW. In association with the exhibition he also wrote and compiled material for the book Joan Sutherland - A Tribute, published by Honeysett Publications.

Christmas card from the venerable and renowned Italian conductor, Alberto Erede, and his wife; Maestro Erede had conducted Tosca with the Company in 1985, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Colour photograph of Artistic Administrator Ruth Yeatman wearing a costume from Manon - a costume archival shot - inscribed by Ruth Yeatman to Moffatt Oxenbould on the occasion of her farewell to the Company, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

The Australian Opera Yearbook 1989, 1988 (Item) - Box 9

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1989, 1989 (File) - Box 9

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1990 (loose pages), 1990 (File) - Box 9

List of 1990 repertoire and performances, The Australian Opera, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Moffatt Oxenbould autograph and typed notes and provisional scheduling material for 1990 seasons, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Two separate Artistic Director's reports to The Australian Opera Board, at different stages of 1990, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Subscription Brochure for The Australian Opera Sydney Seasons 1990, 1989 (Item) - Box 9

Profile Goran Jarvefelt 1947-1989 issued by The Australian Opera at the time of the premiere of the new production of Cosi fan tutte - rehearsed by Ross Perry after Jarvefelt's death, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Autograph card and photograph from designer Carl Friedrich Oberle to Moffatt Oxenbould on the first night of Cosi fan tutte - 8 January 1990, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Letters of congratulations to Moffatt Oxenbould on Joan Sutherland - A Tribute - exhibition and book - from Lord Harewood, Ardis Krainik and Marcia Marks, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Feature article from Opera Now - UK specialist magazine - on Sydney Opera House and The Australian Opera, interview with Moffatt Oxenbould and comments on his work by artists, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Autograph note - 8 February 1990 from Lady Tait to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Autograph postcards (2) - 16 January 1990 and 30 June 1990 - from baritone Renato Capecchi to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Program of landmark new production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, The Australian Opera 1990 - conducted by Stuart Challender and directed by Neil Armfield, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Memorials, tributes, cards and letters relating to The Australian Opera baritone John Fulford who died in Sydney on 26 February 1990, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Photocopy of new service agreement for Moffatt Oxenbould as The Australian Opera Artistic Director - for calendar years 1990-1995, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Article/interview Moffatt Oxenbould and Donald McDonald by Peter Craven - Our National Opera, do we need it? Can we afford it? How good is it? - The Sunday Age 25 March 1990, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Thank you card - 23 April 1990 from Peter Sculthorpe to Moffatt Oxenbould after his Award in the Order of Australia, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Autograph letter - 20 June 1990 - from David Agler to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Autograph letter and snapshot - undated - from John Copley in London to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Autograph card - June 1990 to Moffatt Oxenbould from former Artistic Administration colleague, Andrew Roffe, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Colour photographs (6) taken during the season of Kalman's operetta The Gipsy Princess - 3 at a luncheon at the American Club in Sydney - of Moffatt Oxenbould, Kenneth Rowell, Richard Bonynge, Sharolyn Kimmorley, Dame Joan Sutherland, Carmel Dalco, Russell Mitchell, Josephine Ridge, Donald McDonald, Yvonne Kalman, Nigel Douglas and Helmuth Klump and 3 snapshots at a dinner hosted by Yvonne Kalman at the Intercontinental Hotel - of Yvonne Kalman, Rosina Raisbeck, Richard Bonynge, Carmel Dalco and Moffatt Oxenbould, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Autograph card - 4 June 1990 - from Gregory Yurisich to Moffatt Oxenbould, together with a program of the Concert performance of Lulu presented by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and The Australian Opera, conducted by Stuart Challender and featuring Gregory Yurisich as Dr Schon/Jack the Ripper and a file copy of a letter - 10 October 1990 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Gregory Yurisich, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Three press clippings (Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, The Australian) and a review of Baz Luhrmann's new The Australian Opera production of La boheme - controversial but hugely successful, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Press clippings (4) and a card relating to Dame Joan Sutherland's farewell stage performances - Les Huguenots - September/October 1990 - with The Australian Opera in the Sydney Opera House, 1990 (File) - Box 9

File copies of 9 Moffatt Oxenbould letters - August/October 1990 demonstrating the scope and range of the Artistic Director's activity; Letters to Carlo Felice Cillario, John Pringle, Diane Clark, Russell Mitchell, Sir John Tooley, Virginia Braden, Douglas Horton, Ceri Llewellen and Jenifer Eddy, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Several papers and proposals regarding The Australian Opera and its future activity in relation to Contemporary Australian Composition, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Autograph card to Moffatt Oxenbould from Rosalind Keene - principal soprano of the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company in the 1950s and 1960s, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Confidential memorandum - 17 September 1990 from Moffatt Oxenbould to The Australian Opera Senior Management regarding repertoire plans for 1993, 1994 and 1995, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Autograph note cards (2) from Italian conductor, Evelino Pido, who conducted The Australian Opera's Aida in 1990, 1990 (File) - Box 9

Autograph note - 4 October 1990 - from Stuart Challender to Moffatt Oxenbould and Donald McDonald thanking them for flowers sent to him in hospital, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Autograph card to Moffatt Oxenbould - 16 October 1990 from soprano Christine Douglas, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Program of 1990 The Australian Opera National Opera Workshop - November 1990 Dracula by David Stanhope, The Ascension of Robert Flau by Douglas Knehans and Damascus by Stephen Lalor and Libby Hathorn, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

File copy of letter from Moffatt Oxenbould - 16 October 1990 to agent Vicky Harper regarding Dennis Watkins, Alan John and The Eighth Wonder, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

File copy of letter - 16 October 1990 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Larry Sitsky regarding creative personnel for The Golem, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Critical review of The Australian Opera's 1990 productions by Humphrey McQueen in ABC Radio 24 Hours, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Autograph letter 22 November 1990 - from Dame Joan Sutherland to Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer, reminiscing about her final performances and the standards of The Australian Opera, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Autograph letter - 5 December 1990 - from John Hunter, NIDA to Moffatt Oxenbould expressing enjoyment of ABC Radio interview with Moffatt Oxenbould about his career, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

File copy of letter - 11 December 1990 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Dr. John Carmody in Germany, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Five 1990 copies of The Australian Opera Broadsheet - containing articles by Moffatt Oxenbould and others, 1990 (File) - Box 9

The Australian Opera News Issue No. 1 - November 1990, 1990 (Item) - Box 9

Black & White photographs (2), taken by Women's Weekly of Joan Carden (Vitellia) and Moffatt Oxenbould (Director) during rehearsals for Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito, Sydney 1990, 1990 (File) - Box 9

The Australian Opera Yearbook 1990, 1989 (File) - Box 9

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1990, 1991 (File) - Box 9

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1991 (loose pages), 1991 (File) - Box 10

List of repertoire and performances. The Australian Opera 1991, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Provisional Casting 1991 - typed, annotated and handwritten cast lists, 1989-1990 (File) - Box 10

Loose diary pages with scribbled notes on all auditions heard by Moffatt Oxenbould in November/December 1990 and 1991 - includes report on Bryn Terfel's audition in London in November 1990, 1990-1991 (File) - Box 10

Subscription brochures for The Australian Opera's Sydney and Melbourne Seasons 1991, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Four separate Artistic Director's reports to The Australian Opera Board, at different stages of 1991 - one autograph original draft by Moffatt Oxenbould, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Two Autograph letters - 7 January 1991 and 24 February 1991 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from his brother, Christopher Oxenbould, who was in command of Australia's forces in the Gulf War at that time, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Snapshot photograph of a celebration at the Opera Centre Surry Hills - Moffatt Oxenbould with international prima donna Grace Bumbry - who made her The Australian Opera and role debut during the 1991 Sydney Summer Season, together with a Black & White photograph of Grace Bumbry, Moffatt Oxenbould and Dame Joan Sutherland at another social function, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Autograph card and photograph from designer Carl Friedrich Oberle to Moffatt Oxenbould on the first night of Don Giovanni - 5 January 1991, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Printed card with autograph thanks from Donald McDonald for the first performance of Moffatt Oxenbould's production of La Clemenza di Tito on 14 January 1991, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph card - 20 March 1991 from conductor Myer Fredman to Moffatt Oxenbould after their Melbourne collaboration on La Clemenza di Tito, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Article from The Bulletin 23 April 1991 - The $8 billion Arts Industry - one of a series of articles on "power" in Australia, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph card - 19 April 1991 - from bass Clifford Grant to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

File copies of 38 Moffatt Oxenbould letters and memos demonstrating the scope and range of the Artistic Director's activity during 1990; from David Crooks and Donald McDonald - Letters to Virginia Braden, Jenifer Eddy, Noel Staunton, Lindy Hume, Hilary Linstead, Moya Henderson, Marion Jacka, Viccy Harper, Russell Mitchell, Felix Meagher, Jamie Moffatt, Stuart Challender AO, Christopher Lyndon Gee and Larry Sitsky, Barry Keeley, Kelvin Coe AM, Elke Neidhardt, Carl Friedrich Oberle and Rennie Wright, James Waites, David Collins White, Fiona Janes, Carlo Felice Cillario and others, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Article/Interview with Moffatt Oxenbould from Outrage - May 1991 - The Living is Important - Aids in The Australian Opera, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph letter (undated) from tenor David Hobson to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph postcard - Melbourne 1991 - from Meryl Tankard to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Company Notice - 2 May 1991 - Moffatt Oxenbould advises the Company that Robert Gard will be presented with the Australian Opera Trophy onstage after the first Melbourne performance of Death in Venice, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph postcard - 29 June 1991 - from Renato Capecchi, in Provence, to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph letter - 9 September 1991 - from Sir Edward Downes to Moffatt Oxenbould, thanking him for his good wishes on his knighthood, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph card - 3 September 1991 to Moffatt Oxenbould from designer Carl Friedrich Oberle - for the first performance of The Australian Opera's new production of Der Rosenkavalier, together with a card from Richard Gill on the same evening, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Letter from conductor Stuart Challender - 11 September 1991 - to Moffatt Oxenbould about the scheduling of an orchestral rehearsal on the morning following the first performance of Der Rosenkavalier, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Draft of Press Release with handwritten Moffatt Oxenbould annotations – announcing the withdrawal (for health reasons) of Stuart Challender from his final four scheduled performances of Der Rosenkavalier, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Anonymous letter - 25 September 1991 - about Stuart Challender and AIDS, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Program of Memorial Service for Stuart Challender - December 1991, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph notecard from David Malouf - 2 October 1991 - thanking Moffatt Oxenbould for his patience and support for Mer de Glace - a new opera by Richard Meale, with libretto by David Malouf - together with program of Mer de Glace, containing complete libretto, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Photocopy of article by Moffatt Oxenbould - Repertoire - from The Australian Opera News, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph card - 27 October 1991 from soprano Clare Gormley to Moffatt Oxenbould - thanking him for help and support during her time as a young artist of The Australian Opera, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Obituary by Moffatt Oxenbould for Nola Laird Dekyvere - who died on 13 November 1991, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Two memoranda from Moffatt Oxenbould to Donald McDonald - 2 December 1991 and 3 December 1991 - the first on Perth - Future Collaborations with West Australian Opera Company, the second an important 5-year Repertoire plan for The Australian Opera, 1991 (File) - Box 10

Four issues of The Australian Opera News - Numbers 2-5 1991 (includes some articles by Moffatt Oxenbould), 1991 (File) - Box 10

Eight issues of The Australian Opera Broadsheet - Issues 6-13 1991 - (includes some articles by Moffatt Oxenbould), 1991 (File) - Box 10

The Australian Opera's 1991 Christmas Card - with a photograph of Moffatt Oxenbould's production of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito, 1990 (File) - Box 10

The Australian Opera Year Book 1991 (Item) - Box 10

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1991 (Item) - Box 10

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1992 (loose pages), 1992 (File) - Box 10

Casting Sheets and Master Schedule The Australian Opera 1992 (handwritten amendments and updates), 1991 (File) - Box 10

Loose diary pages with scribbled notes on auditions heard by Moffatt Oxenbould in 1992, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Subscription brochures for The Australian Opera's Sydney and Melbourne Seasons 1992, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Four separate Artistic Director's reports to The Australian Opera Board, at different stages of 1992, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Two pages of Moffatt Oxenbould Manuscript/scribble about the Summer Season revival of Der Rosenkavalier 1992, 1992 (File) - Box 10

File copies of 16 Moffatt Oxenbould letters and memos; January/December 1992 demonstrating the scope and range of the Artistic Director's activity during the year, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Letters to Mary Vallentine, Elke Neidhardt, Peter Scriven, Russell Mitchell, Christopher Hogwood, Lyndon Terracini, Jenifer Eddy, Herbert H. Breslin, Sarah Billinghurst, Sir Charles Mackerras, Jyoti Brunsdon and Allan Holley and Jonathan Balkind.

Copy of memo - 17 February 1992 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Russell Mitchell regarding a commissioned work from composer Felix Meagher for 1996 - together with a photocopy of a newspaper photograph provided by Baz Luhrmann and Felix Meagher, 1992 (File) - Box 10

3 faxes - 18 May 1992, 21 May 1992 and 27 May 1992 from Donald McDonald in London and New York to Moffatt Oxenbould in Sydney, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Letter - 18 May 1992 from journalist Dr. Francis Hajtas, together with the May issue of German magazine - Opernwelt - including interviews with Moffatt Oxenbould and Anthony Clarke from The Australian Opera, pp. 13-14, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Autograph letter - 23 April 1992 to Moffatt Oxenbould from David Hobson in Paris where he was studying the role of Orphee - just before he was diagnosed with a return of the Hodgkins Disease that he had suffered some years earlier - together with an autograph letter - 15 June 1992 from David Hobson's father, Philip, thanking Moffatt Oxenbould for his interest and concern for David - and a letter - 3 June 1992 - from Anthony Warlow to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding his treatment for lymphoma, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Moffatt Oxenbould, David Hobson and Anthony Warlow all share the same birthday - 18th November

Inscribed Black & White photograph from US soprano - Diana Soviero to Moffatt Oxenbould; Miss Soviero sang the title role in Adriana Lecouvreur with The Australian Opera in Sydney in 1992, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Black & White photograph by Robert Rosen of Moffatt Oxenbould with Dame Joan Sutherland and an unnamed gentleman, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Memo to Board - 31 July 1992 - from Director of Operations, Russell Mitchell regarding Staff Restructuring, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Sepia postcard - 31 August 1992 - from conductor David Stanhope to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding the casting of the understudy for the title role in Lulu, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Letter - 5 August 1992 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from David Malouf regarding extension of The Australian Opera Repertory – prior to discussion at the forthcoming meeting of the Artistic Associates, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Papers and commentary from the initial meeting on 15 August 1992 of the Associate Artists of The Australian Opera - a group proposed by Moffatt Oxenbould to discuss the artistic health of The Australian Opera, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Autograph card - 3 September 1992 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from tenor/teacher/director Joseph Ward - who had taken classes with the members of The Australian Opera's Young Artist's Development Program, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Photocopy of interview with Moffatt Oxenbould by Ivano Ercole - Opera Music and Dance 1992, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph postcard - Glasgow 1992 - from soprano Lisa Gasteen to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph letter - 7 October 1992 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from counter tenor Graham Pushee who sang Ruggiero in Alcina in Sydney (his home town) with The Australian Opera in 1992, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph letter - 28 October 1992 - from Lindy Hume to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Autograph letter - 30 October (?) 1992 to Moffatt Oxenbould from Dennis Watkins after the National Opera Workshop of his work The Eighth Wonder - together with a copy of the opera's libretto and the program of the National Opera Workshop performance of several scenes from the opera, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Black & White photograph by Branco Gaica of Moffatt Oxenbould with soprano Rosalind Keene and Technical Director, Norman Parker at a dinner at the Hotel Intercontinental 26 October 1992 in honour of Norman Parker on the occasion of his retirement, together with a souvenir menu autographed by all the guests, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Newspaper supplement - the Sydney Morning Herald - 24 August 1992 with interview by Angela Bennie with Moffatt Oxenbould and articles about several new productions to be seen in 1993 The Australian Opera seasons - together with supplement from Northern District Times launching The Australian Opera's 1993 season - included press photo of Moffatt Oxenbould with designer Catherine Martin, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Paper (with some scribbled annotations) - 25 August 1992 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to colleagues on Future Directions of Young Artists Development program, together with photocopy of article by Moffatt Oxenbould for The Australian Opera Broadsheet, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Forward Production Cost budget allocations for 1994 and production budget actuals 1989-1992 in 1992, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Five-year 1992-1996 The Australian Opera Repertoire plans - at three dates (13 January 1992, 15 June 1992 and 6 August 1992) demonstrating evolution of planning and changes throughout year, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Planning material - list of physical productions retained "in stock" as at 1 August 1992 and some pages of planning information for future seasons, 1992 (File) - Box 10

Pages from Dance Australia - Obituary feature for premier danseur Kelvin Coe - 1946-1992 - including tributes written by both Richard Bonynge and Moffatt Oxenbould, 1992 (File) - Box 10

The Australian Opera News - No. 7, May 1992, 1992 (Item) - Box 10

Six issues of The Australian Opera Broadsheet - Issues 14-19 1992 (includes some articles by Moffatt Oxenbould), 1992 (File) - Box 10

Two cards from international opera "legends" - the first from mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik and her husband - Arbit Blatas - a little souvenir of her 50th season on stage - the second from baritone Renato Capecchi, 1992 (File) - Box 10

The Australian Opera Yearbook 1992, 1991 (Item) - Box 10

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1992, 1993 (File) - Box 10

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1993 (loose pages), 1993 (File) - Box 11

Casting Sheets and Master Schedule The Australian Opera 1993 (handwritten amendments and updates), 1992 (File) - Box 11

Various provisional cast lists, schedules and planning information for 1993 and future seasons, including some Opera Conference material, 1992-1993 (File) - Box 11

Subscription and season brochures for The Australian Opera's Sydney and Melbourne Seasons 1993, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Six separate Artistic Director's reports to The Australian Opera Board, at different stages of 1993, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Autograph letter - 17 January 1993 - from Richard Steele, a former artistic administration colleague, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Draft of text by Moffatt Oxenbould for Artistic Director's page in nightly program of Sydney Summer Season performances of La boheme giving rationale and update on new Baz Luhrmann production of A Midsummer Night's Dream later in the year, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Autograph note to Moffatt Oxenbould - 28 January 1993 - from tenor Anson Austin - who had been awarded an honour in the Order of Australia, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph card - 28 March 1993 from actor/director Kevin Jackson to Moffatt Oxenbould on high quality of The Australian Opera Sydney Summer Season, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Undated (1993) autograph card - to Moffatt Oxenbould from David Hobson, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Lengthy interview/article from Opera Australia - February 1993 pages 1, 4 - Oxenbould looks forward and backward - by David Gyger, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Copy of letter from Composer Moya Henderson - 8 February 1993 attaching complete cast list and scene breakdown for her opera Lindy, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Thank you card - March 1993 - from male soprano Rodney Gilchrist to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for guidance and casting him in one of the leading roles in L'Incoronazione di Poppea, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Photocopy of article - Focusing on the audience - by Jeremy Eccles – International Arts Manager January 1993 - interview/article with Donald McDonald and Moffatt Oxenbould, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph letter - 13 January 1993 - from conductor Richard Gill to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Letter - 24 February 1993 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from George Pugh, Executive Producer of Review on ABC Television, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Moffatt Oxenbould's file copy of long and important letter - 27 June 1993 from Moffatt Oxenbould to Donald McDonald regarding "balance", ideals, relationship with The Australian Opera Board, staffing and Moffatt Oxenbould's future, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph card - 28 June 1993 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from tenor Keith Lewis apologising for withdrawing from the title role in Idomeneo with The Australian Opera in 1994, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Article from HQ - July/August 1993 - Barrie the boy wonder - about Barrie Kosky with quote from Moffatt Oxenbould, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Agenda and discussion papers for the second meeting of the Associate Artists of The Australian Opera on 22 August 1993 - dedicated to discuss the artistic health of The Australian Opera; Also an important paper - 22 August 1993 - from David Stanhope, Music Adviser to the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra on the orchestra's future development, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Autograph card (undated) to Moffatt Oxenbould and Donald McDonald from choreographer Meryl Tankard - after her work on The Australian Opera's new production of Gluck's Orphee, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph letter - 11 October 1993 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from Lady Viola Tait in Melbourne, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Letter - 18 October 1993 from International soprano, Grace Bumbry, complimenting The Australian Opera and Moffatt Oxenbould on high standards during her recent appearances as Tosca in Sydney with The Australian Opera, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Two autograph cards - one undated, the other 3 November 1993 from Barrie Kosky to Moffatt Oxenbould on the aftermath of the production of The Golem and his gratitude to and unflinching trust in Moffatt Oxenbould, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Various materials relating to The Golem - by Larry Sitsky - given its world premiere by The Australian Opera in Sydney 14:10:1993; Program of the opera, an autograph card from designer, Michael Anderson and an autograph card from Dr. Richard Letts, formerly of the Australia Council and latterly Director of the Australian Music Centre; Also a copy of Stages September/October 1993 - including an interview/article (pp. 22-23) with Moffatt Oxenbould by James Waites, 1993 (File) - Box 11

UK Magazine Opera November 1993 - with photograph of The Australian Opera's Orphee et Eurydice on its cover and a major article on Opera in Australia with reviews on several The Australian Opera performances by editor Rodney Milnes, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Comprehensive paper (marked exhibit) on The Australian Opera's Young Artist's Development Program, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Autograph postcard 11 October 1993 from Renato Capecchi in San Francisco advising Moffatt Oxenbould that "this season is my last at The Met, officially", 1993 (Item) - Box 11

The Australian Opera Christmas Card for 1993 with photograph of Kathryn McCusker as Tytania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1993 (Item) - Box 11

Six issues of The Australian Opera Broadsheet - Issues 20-26 1993 (includes some articles by Moffatt Oxenbould), 1993 (File) - Box 11

The Australian Opera Yearbook 1993, 1992 (Item) - Box 11

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1993, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1994 (loose pages), 1994 (File) - Box 11

Casting Sheets and Repertoire Information for Company Meeting Sheet The Australian Opera 1994 (handwritten amendments and updates), 1993 (File) - Box 11

Subscription and season brochures for The Australian Opera's Sydney and Melbourne Seasons 1994, 1993 (File) - Box 11

Provisional report on 1994 Repertoire to The Australian Opera Board together with three separate Artistic Director's reports to The Australian Opera Board, at different stages of 1994, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Notebook filled with scribbled reports of auditions heard by Moffatt Oxenbould January 1994-January 1998, 1994-1998 (File) - Box 11

Autograph note to Moffatt Oxenbould - Summer 1994 - from stagecraft teacher Anna Sweeny, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Interview Moffatt Oxenbould - The Bulletin 18 January 1994 - by Lenore Nicklin, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Snapshot photographs (2) - one of Moffatt Oxenbould and conductor Christopher Hogwood during Idomeneo rehearsals, the other of the Idomeneo cast, conductor and stage-management onstage after the final Sydney Summer performance of the opera, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Letter - 1 February 1994 from Richard Bonynge to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Snapshot photograph of accompanist Sharolyn Kimmorley and Moffatt Oxenbould backstage at the Sydney Opera House during the AIDS Trust Benefit Concert given by artists of the Company during the 1994 Sydney Summer Season, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph card - 23 March 1994 - from Choreographer Meryl Tankard to Moffatt Oxenbould on the Melbourne first night of Orphee et Eurydice, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Copy of Paper - 19 March 1994 from Donald McDonald to The Australian Opera Board sub-committee - Major Issues, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Memo and attachment - 12 April 1994 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Richard Gill regarding confirmed repertoire list for The Australian Opera 1995 and 1996, and provisionally for 1997, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Memo - 12 April 1994 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Artistic Administrator Sharolyn Kimmorley reporting on recent meeting of Opera Conference and the agreement between companies to share future repertoire details and fee information, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Autograph card - 16 April 1994 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from baritone Renato Capecchi in Berlin, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Two papers prepared by Moffatt Oxenbould for The Australian Opera Board of Directors - the first - 20 April 1994 - on Wagner, The Ring and The Australian Opera the second, also signed by Donald McDonald, on The Place of Operetta in Australian Opera's Repertoire, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Autograph card from former YAP - composer Anthony Crowley to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Note to Moffatt Oxenbould (undated) from Lady Tait, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph card - 6 May 1994 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from director Simon Phillips - who had been invited to direct Verdi's Falstaff, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Copy of letter - 9 May 1994 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Donald McDonald regarding renewal of Moffatt Oxenbould's contract as Artistic Director and Moffatt Oxenbould's response and thoughts, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Paper - Rehearsal Expectations - prepared by Moffatt Oxenbould and his staff - 1994, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph letter - 27 May 1994 from International soprano, Grace Bumbry to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Pages from The Sydney News - 22 June 1994 - featuring Kelly Burke interview with Moffatt Oxenbould and an interview by Kelly Burke with soprano Joan Carden, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Memo to Senior Staff - 24 June 1994 - from Donald McDonald attached to report on discussions with management and staff of The Australian Opera by John Ducker - some underlining and annotation by Moffatt Oxenbould, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Autograph letter - 4 July 1994 from Lady Galleghan - Opera Foundation - to Moffatt Oxenbould, together with two photographs of Lady Galleghan and Moffatt Oxenbould taken at a concert Moffatt Oxenbould arranged to benefit the work of Lady Galleghan's committee and to thank her for her tremendous personal and public support for The Australian Opera and Opera in Australia, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Letter - 13 July 1994 - from deputy Chairman The Australian Opera, Alexander Carmichael, congratulating Moffatt Oxenbould on his achievements in 10 years as Artistic Director of The Australian Opera, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph postcard 19 July 1994 - from The Australian Opera's first Chairman, Claudio Alcorso to Moffatt Oxenbould after attending a performance of The Australian Opera's Giulio Cesare, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Card - 27 July 1994 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from Anna Sweeny and bass, Harry Coghill, congratulating Moffatt Oxenbould on his 10 years as Artistic Director of The Australian Opera, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

18 Colour Snapshots of celebration at the Opera Centre Sydney to mark Moffatt Oxenbould's 10 Years as The Australian Opera's Artistic Director, together with a note signed by wardrobe staff congratulating Moffatt Oxenbould, but apologising for not attending because they were "up to our ears in Traviata", 1994 (File) - Box 11

Union Recorder Issue 8 - July 1994 Cover photograph of The Australian Opera A Midsummer Night's Dream and inside Opera in the Nineties – and Sing for your Supper - interviews by Sophie Gee with Moffatt Oxenbould and David Hobson, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph letter - 14 August 1994 - from Soprano Amelia Farrugia to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Fax correspondence - August 1994 - (4 items) between Moffatt Oxenbould and David Hobson - who was in San Francisco, appearing with San Francisco Opera in the world premiere of Dangerous Liaisons, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Copy of letter - 18 August 1994 - Moffatt Oxenbould reference for Louis Nowra and Graeme Koehne regarding a proposed operatic version of Neville Shute's On The Beach, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Photocopy - of major article by Michael Shmith - The Age - 20 August 1994 - interview with Moffatt Oxenbould - Staying Power, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Autograph postcard - 23 August 1994 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from Ingo Penzenstadler, Leonie Rysanek, Elu Gausmann and Olaf Stanger in Los Angeles, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Various materials from The Australian Opera's 1994 International tour - taking Baz Luhrmann's production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream to the Edinburgh International Festival, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Correspondence (9 items) between Moffatt Oxenbould, Director Francisco Negrin and his agent Virginia Braden regarding a new production of Les Contes d'Hoffmann for The Australian Opera, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Autograph letter - 28 October 1994 - from baritone Angus Wood to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Signed copy of Service Agreement - 28 October 1994 - between The Australian Opera and Moffatt Benjamin Oxenbould providing for the engagement of Moffatt Oxenbould as Artistic Director until 31 December 2000, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Copies of a sampling of Moffatt Oxenbould's correspondence in 1994 giving examples of the range and scope of the Artistic Directors work in that year, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Correspondents include Dr. John Carmody, Ken Healey, Tony Fogg, Mary Vallentine, Edo de Waart, Hilary Linstead, Larry Sitsky, Judith Jacks, Jim Sharman, Jenifer Eddy, David Brennan, Viccy Harper, Graeme Samuel, Heather Begg, Graeme Murphy, Meryl Tankard and Neil Armfield.

Four pieces of Moffatt Oxenbould correspondence - July-October 1994 - regarding Lindy a work commissioned from Moya Henderson and Judith Rodriguez, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Fax from Russell Mitchell - 14 November 1994 - to Moffatt Oxenbould in London regarding a planning brief for The Australian Opera in 1998, 1994 (Item) - Box 11

Material regarding the plans to present the three major Monteverdi Operas during the Adelaide Festival in 1996 under the Artistic Direction of Barrie Kosky - and the evolution of those plans - leading to the creation of OzOpera and the eventual production of The Magic Flute at the festival, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Four issues of The Australian Opera Broadsheet - Issues 27–30 1994, 1994 (File) - Box 11

Draft copy for The Australian Opera Yearbook 1994 (never printed), 1993 (Item) - Box 11

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1994, 1995 (File) - Box 11

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1995 (loose pages), 1995 (File) - Box 12

Casting Sheets and Performance Schedule The Australian Opera 1995, 1994 (File) - Box 12

Working papers, artists allocations, revisions and detailed planning The Australian Opera 1995 Season, 1992-1994 (File) - Box 12

Subscription and season brochure for The Australian Opera's Sydney Seasons 1995, 1994 (File) - Box 12

Autograph letter from Per Erik Ohrn, a contemporary of Goran Jarvefelt - complimenting Moffatt Oxenbould on his revival of The Magic Flute, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Artistic Director's report to The Australian Opera Board, on 1995 Summer Season, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Two provisional rehearsal schedules - 2 March 1995 and 2 May 1995 - for Moffatt Oxenbould's revival of his 1973 production of Puccini's Il Trittico, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Copies of a sampling of Moffatt Oxenbould's correspondence in 1995 giving examples of the range and scope of the Artistic Directors work in that year, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Correspondents include Richard Bonynge, Jenifer Eddy, David Hobson, Barrie Kosky, Professor Andrew McCredie, Stephen Dee, Christopher Hogwood, John Clarke and Peter Kingston, David Crooks, Brenda Holleman, Neil Armfield, Sir Charles Mackerras, Christopher Doig, Lindy Hume and Virginia Braden.

Photocopy of letter - 2 February 1995 - from Richard Bonynge to Sharolyn Kimmorley regarding Lindy Hume's production of Carmen, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph postcard - 21 February 1995 - from Neil Armfield in Prague to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Memo - 13 March 1995 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Donald McDonald regarding a possible publication to commemorate The Australian Opera's 40th Anniversary in 1996, together with memo from Moffatt Oxenbould - 15 May 1995 - to Senior Management regarding The Australian Opera 40th Anniversary, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Interview Moffatt Oxenbould - Unidentified Melbourne Magazine - by Robin Usher, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph note - 3 April 1995 - from soprano Cheryl Barker to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding her release from Orphee to sing a new production of Tippett's Midsummer Marriage at the Royal Opera House in London, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph note - 2 May 1995 - from Joan Carden to Moffatt Oxenbould following her return to the stage after major heart surgery, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph letter 20 May 1995 - from Noel Pelly to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for various Melbourne events in the recent past, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Snapshot photograph of Paul Clarkson, Donald McDonald, Graeme Samuel and Moffatt Oxenbould in the Yarra Valley looking at possible venues for future OzOpera events and performances, together with a letter 23 May 1995 - from Graeme Samuel to Moffatt Oxenbould, complimenting him on the 1995 Melbourne Season, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Report by Moffatt Oxenbould on conversations with members of the Australian Opera Chorus - 24 May 1995, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Two memos - 30 May 1995 - from Russell Mitchell to Donald McDonald and Moffatt Oxenbould regarding budget estimates for concerts and OzOpera in 1996/1997, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Two press clipping articles after Barrie Kosky's controversial production of Nabucco - One by Kosky himself, the other by McKenzie Wark, 1995 (File) - Box 12

The Australian Opera repertoire lists and future planning information, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Autograph letter - 3 August 1995 - from Cheryl Barker to Moffatt Oxenbould with her response to the initial design ideas for Moffatt Oxenbould's production of Madama Butterfly planned for 1997, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph card - 23 August 1995 from US tenor - Vinson Cole to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Four important papers - August 1995 - by Moffatt Oxenbould and Donald McDonald to Chairman and Board regarding Future Artistic Direction of The Australian Opera, Succession Planning, Future Artistic Leadership and Artistic Associates (some pencilled Moffatt Oxenbould annotations); Also, memo to Board Members - 18 October 1995 from Donald McDonald on Future Leadership, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Autograph card - 1 September 1995 - to Moffatt Oxenbould from assistant director/dancer Matthew Barclay - thanking him for reference, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph card - 9 September 1995 - from Lindy Hume to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Fax from Commander Peter Mole (Royal Australian Navy) to Moffatt Oxenbould with attached article/interview with Moffatt Oxenbould and his brother Christopher by Jenna Price - Canberra Times 10 September 1995 - Music and the Sea Dad's Great Gifts, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Copy of letter - 21 March 1995 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Vanessa Berry, daughter of Tom Brown who was Moffatt Oxenbould's principal teacher at NIDA, together with an Sydney Morning Herald article by Helen Frizell - 2 October 1973 - and the 1995 Sydney Morning Herald obituary for Tom Brown, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Photocopy of article from Opera Australasia, October 1995 - by Terence Clarke about The Eighth Wonder - and Moffatt Oxenbould's commitment to new Australian operas, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Memo - 18 October 1995 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to artists participating in Encounters - a program of workshops organised by The Australian Opera to benefit opera students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Autograph letter - 19 October 1995 - from Moffatt Oxenbould's childhood idol, actress Dinah Shearing, who spoke two narrations in The Australian Opera's 1995 performances of Cherubini's Medee, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph letter - 20 October 1995 - from mezzo-soprano Suzanne Johnston, thanking Moffatt Oxenbould for casting her as Carmen, and in other roles, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph postcard - 21 October 1995 - from writer Melvyn Morrow to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding The Eighth Wonder, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph postcard - undated 1995 - from director Greg McLean in Salzburg to Moffatt Oxenbould, regarding research for the 1996 OzOpera production of The Magic Flute, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Photocopy of memo - 16 November 1995 - from Moffatt Oxenbould to Anthony Clarke regarding future progress on Lindy, the commissioned opera by Moya Henderson and Judith Rodriguez, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Faxed autograph letter - 16 November 1995 - from David Crooks, Moffatt Oxenbould's Personal Assistant, who was about to leave The Australian Opera, referring to aspects of his work and reflections on Moffatt Oxenbould's strengths and weaknesses, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph letter - 12 December 1995 - from conductor Richard Gill to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph letter - 29 December 1995 - from director Jim Sharman to Moffatt Oxenbould - regarding his health and The Eighth Wonder - from which Sharman had had to withdraw due to severe depression, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Christmas card from bass, Bruce Martin with amusing dressing room photograph of Bruce Martin taken during Perth season of Don Giovanni, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Article - The Big M of the Arts - Sydney Morning Herald 16 December 1995 - on Donald McDonald, 1995 (Item) - Box 12

Four issues of The Australian Opera Broadsheet -Issues 31-34 1995, 1995 (File) - Box 12

The Australian Opera Annual Report 1995, 1996 (File) - Box 12

Moffatt Oxenbould's appointment diary 1996, 1996 (Item) - Box 12

Performance Schedule The Australian Opera 1996, 1994 (File) - Box 12

Working papers, artists allocations, revisions and detailed planning The Australian Opera 1996 Season, 1994-1995 (File) - Box 12

Subscription and season brochure for The Australian Opera's Sydney and Melbourne Seasons 1996, 1995 (File) - Box 12

Six Artistic Director's reports to The Australian Opera Board, on 1996 performances and future planning, 1996 (File) - Box 12

Annotated paper prepared by Moffatt Oxenbould on Possible Company Structure and Proposed New Productions 1996-2000, 1996 (File) - Box 12

Important paper by Moffatt Oxenbould to The Australian Opera Board - 12 February 1996 on Commissioning and Performance of Australian Compositions, 1996 (File) - Box 12

Three autograph cards - 20 January 1996 - from the conductor, director and designer of The Australian Opera's new production of The Makropulos Secret, 1996 (File) - Box 12

David Stanhope thanks Moffatt Oxenbould for the opportunity to conduct such a marvellous opera. Neil Armfield thanks him for the opera and the chance to work with designer Carl Friedrich Oberle who in turn thanks Moffatt Oxenbould for enabling him to work with Neil Armfield

Autograph letter - 21 March 1996 - from baritone Robert Allman to Moffatt Oxenbould following up on a conversation between the two regarding Robert Allman's retirement from The Australian Opera in 1997, 1996 (Item) - Box 12

Two Colour snapshots of Opera in the Park rehearsal Summer 1996, 1996 (File) - Box 12

7 Colour snapshots of rehearsals and venue for the Adelaide Festival of Arts debut of OzOpera, together with an autograph first night card to Moffatt Oxenbould from designer Lianne Wilcher and director Greg McLean, 1996 (File) - Box 12

Autograph letter - 31 May 1996 - from conductor Richard Gill to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding inaugural Oz Opera series of performances of The Magic Flute, 1996 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph card from designer Peter England to Moffatt Oxenbould noting his faith in young Australian designers, 1996 (Item) - Box 12

Autograph letter - 22 June 1996 - from Artists Department Manager, Sue Hackett to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1996 (Item) - Box 12

Draft contract - 15 July 1996 - proposed by Helga Schmidt for The Australian Opera to join with several leading International Opera Houses to facilitate and improve relationships between companies regarding co-productions, 1996 (File) - Box 12

Autograph letter - 12 July 1996 - from conductor Richard Gill to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for placing his trust in him and providing "wonderful opportunities", 1996 (Item) - Box 12