National Opera of Australia

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Organisation National Opera of Australia
Other Names
NSW National Opera Company
Australian National Opera
Address NSW Australia
First Date March 1951
Place of Origin Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969)
Last Date 1955
Place of Demise Palladium Theatre
Functions Presenting Company, Production Company
Notes Arising from productions at The Sydney Conservatorium & The Stage and Society Club (est 1947). name changed 1953 from NSW Opera to "National Opera of Australia" to directly challenge Gertrude Johnson's Melbourne-based National Theatre Opera Company & Movement. Despite co-operation over 1952 product
Events

The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust

The National Theatre Movement of Australia

The National Theatre Opera Company

Tivoli Circuit (Australia) Pty Ltd

J C Williamson Theatres Limited (1943-1976)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

The National Theatre Ballet Company

Arts Council Ballet Limited

Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney

Dagenham Girl Pipers

National Opera Orchestra

National Theatre Drama Company

National Theatre Opera School

The Arts Council of Australia

Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW

Palladium Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC

Albert Hall, Yarralumla, ACT

Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW

Ayr, Ayr, QLD

His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland

Kingaroy, Kingaroy, QLD

Lyceum Hall, Wingham, NSW

Mackay, Mackay, QLD

New South Wales, NSW

Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Armidale, Armidale, NSW

Armidale Town Hall, Armidale, NSW

Assembly Hall, Cootamundra, NSW

Atherton, Atherton, QLD

Bathurst, Bathurst, NSW

Bellingen, Bellingen, NSW

Bowen, Bowen, QLD

Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD

Broadway Theatre, Tully, QLD

Bundaberg, Bundaberg , QLD

Cairns, Cairns, QLD

Casino, Casino, NSW

Casino Civic Hall, Casino, NSW

Charters Towers, Charters Towers, QLD

Gardens Theatre, Grafton, NSW

Gladstone, Gladstone, QLD

Gosford, Gosford, NSW

Grafton, Grafton, NSW

Grand Opera House (1914-1977), Wellington

Grand Theatre, Bowen, QLD

Hibernian Hall, Cairns, QLD

Ingham, Ingham, QLD

Innisfail, Innisfail, QLD

Ipswich, Ipswich, QLD

Kempsey, Kempsey, NSW

Lismore, Lismore, NSW

Maryborough Town Hall, Maryborough, QLD

Merriland Hall, Atherton, QLD

Mittagong, Mittagong, NSW

Moree, Moree, NSW

Murgon, Murgon, QLD

Murgon Public Hall, Murgon, QLD

Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, NSW

Muswellbrook Town Hall, Muswellbrook, NSW

Narrabri, Narrabri, NSW

Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW

North Sydney Anzac Memorial Club , Cammeray, NSW

Orange, Orange, NSW

Queensland, QLD

Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Concord, NSW

Rockhampton, Rockhampton, QLD

Roxy Theatre (1955-1971), Hamilton (Newcastle), NSW

School of Arts, Rockhampton, QLD

Scone, Scone, NSW

Shire Hall (1916-1963), Ingham, QLD

Stanthorpe, Stanthorpe, QLD

Tamworth, Tamworth, NSW

Tamworth War Memorial Town Hall, Tamworth, NSW

Theatre Royal, Charters Towers, QLD

Theatre Royal, Townsville, QLD

Theatre Royal, Lithgow, NSW

Toowoomba, Toowoomba, QLD

Townsville, Townsville, QLD

Tully, Tully, QLD

Vanity Theatre (1940s-1964), Lismore, NSW

Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga, NSW

Georg Tintner - Conductor, Musical Director

Józef Drewniak - Actor, Actor and Singer

Ailene Fischer - Actor, Actor and Singer

Harry Quick - Actor, Actor and Singer

Jean Reeve - Actor, Actor and Singer

Douglas Parnell - Actor, Actor and Singer, Singer

Heather Begg - Actor, Actor and Singer, Singer

Giacomo Puccini - Composer

John Pooley - Actor

Walter Rychtowski - Actor

Mina Shelley - Director, Original Director, Producer

Ivan Rixon - Chorus Master/Mistress, Collaborator, Conductor

Wilfred Asplin - Designer

Dorothy Hitch - Actor, Actor and Singer

John Limpus - Actor, Actor and Singer

Valerie Ryan - Actor, Actor and Singer

Robert Tasman-Smith - Actor, Actor and Singer

Keith Wright - Actor, Actor and Singer

Daniel Auber - Composer

Michael Brand - Head Electrician

Pamela Coleman - Actor

Herbert Cox - Actor

Brian De Fouesnel - Actor, Assistant Stage Manager

Margreta Elkins - Actor and Singer, Singer

Anthony Fenech - Actor

Rolf Johannesen - Mechanist

Brian Johnson - Actor

Rosalind Keene - Actor

Jeanette King - Actor

Simon Montague - Director, Producer, Set Designer

Ramon Opie - Actor

Desmond Patterson - Actor

John Rohde - Company Manager

Madge Stephens - Actor

Gino Zancanaro - Actor

Will Thompson - Stage Director

Mary Adams - Actor and Singer

Mary Blake - Actor and Singer

Violet Holman-Hunt - Actor and Singer

Gloria Read - Actor and Singer

Ereach Riley - Actor and Singer

Judith Staff - Actor and Singer

Doc K Sternberg - Stage Director

George Tiley - Actor and Singer

Ronald Dowd - Actor and Singer, Singer

Jean Aitken - Actor

Robert Allnut - Stage Director

Richard Bromley - Actor

Neil Easton - Actor and Singer, Singer

Joy Mammen - Actor

Alan Light - Actor and Singer, Singer

Frank Lisle - Actor and Singer, Singer

Geoffrey Chard - Actor and Singer, Singer

Gladys Mawson - Actor and Singer, Singer

Robert O'Donnell - Actor and Singer, Singer

Tais Taras - Actor and Singer, Singer

Beryl Hardy - Actor and Singer, Singer

Robin Lovejoy - Costume Designer, Designer, Director, Singer

Betty Prentice - Actor and Singer, Singer

Justine Rettick - Actor and Singer

Jacqueline Talbot - Actor and Singer, Singer

John L Clugston - Stage Manager

Joseph Post - Conductor, Musical Director

John Dudley - Actor and Singer, Associate Director, Director

Raymond McDonald - Actor and Singer, Singer

Warwick Braithwaite - Conductor

Linda Parker - Actor and Singer

Antony Riddell - Director

William Constable - Costume Designer, Designer

Allan Ferris - Singer

Yusef Kayrooz - Singer

John Shaw - Actor and Singer

Marie Collier - Actor and Singer

Dimo Galiungi - Conductor

Marie Tysoe - Actor and Singer, Singer

Giuseppe Verdi - Composer

  • La Traviata, Palladium Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 March 1955
  • Il Trovatore, Palladium Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 24 February 1955
  • Rigoletto, Palladium Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 17 February 1955
  • Il Trovatore, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 26 July 1954

Robert Allman - Actor and Singer

John Antill - Composer, Singer

Arthur Benjamin - Composer

Lennox Brewer - Associate Director, Producer

John Brownlee - Actor and Singer

Eric Clapham - Musical Director

William Diamond - Singer

Desmonde Downing - Designer

Robert Eddie - Singer

Alan Eddy - Actor and Singer

Ray Evans - Dancer

Elizabeth Fretwell - Actor and Singer

Ruth Galene - Dancer

Joan Holcombe - Wardrobe Master/Mistress, Wardrobe Mistress

Gladys Jennings - Costume Maker, Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Alick McKenzie - Designer

Gladys Miller - Singer

Sydney Montigue - Stage Director

Keith Neilson - Actor, Actor and Singer

Lorenzo Nolan - Actor, Actor and Singer

Tibor Paul - Conductor

  • La Boheme, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 20 August 1953
  • La Boheme, Albert Hall, Yarralumla, ACT, 12 August 1953
  • Carmen, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 8 May 1953

Alistair Roberts - Costume Designer

Phyllis Rogers - Actor and Singer

Ivor Sheridan - Actor, Actor and Singer

Robert Simmons - Actor, Actor and Singer

Barbara Wilson - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Leslie Adams - Singer

Valda Bagnall - Actor and Singer, Singer

John Barnes - Singer

  • La Boheme, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 20 August 1953
  • La Boheme, Albert Hall, Yarralumla, ACT, 12 August 1953

Pauline Bindley - Director

Verona Cappadona - Actor and Singer

Victor Carell - Stage Manager

William P Carr - Production Coordinator, Production Manager

Moira Claux - Dancer

James Convery - Stage Manager

  • Tosca, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952
  • A Masked Ball, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, February 1952

Joan Coombe - Singer

Alex Crethar - Dancer

Beth Dean - Choreographer

Dorothea Deegan - Actor and Singer

Robert Everingham - Singer

Alan Ferris - Actor and Singer

Helene Ffrance - Dancer

Arvid Fibigs - Dancer

Stefan Haag - Actor and Singer, Producer

  • Don Giovanni, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952
  • Tosca, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

Bruno Harvey - Dancer

Marjorie Head - Milliner

  • Tosca, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952
  • Lucia di Lammermoor, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

Bernard Heinze - Conductor

Adrian Holland - Musical Advisor

Betty Hooper - Actor and Singer

Leon Kellaway - Choreographer, Dancer

Vladislavs Leonaitis - Dancer

Ernest Llewellyn - Concert Master

Nigel Lovell - Director

  • Il Trovatore, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 26 July 1954
  • A Masked Ball, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, February 1952

Muriel Luyk - Actor, Actor and Singer

Patricia MacDonald - Dancer

Jon Marten - Dancer

David N Martin - Presenter

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Composer

  • Il Seraglio, Grand Opera House (1914-1977), Wellington, 22 April 1954
  • Don Giovanni, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

Rachel Neale - Singer

Carl Randall - Director

  • Lohengrin, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952
  • Lohengrin, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, February 1952

Glenda Raymond - Actor and Singer

Aina Reega - Dancer

William P Robinson - Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Gioacchino Rossini - Composer

Joyce Simmons - Actor and Singer

Noel Spark - Actor, Actor and Singer

Maurice Sullivan - Designer

  • La Boheme, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 20 August 1953
  • La Boheme, Albert Hall, Yarralumla, ACT, 12 August 1953

Florence Taylor - Actor and Singer, Singer

Tommy Trinder - Comedian

Elaine Vallance - Dancer

Vija Vetra - Dancer

Morris Williams - Actor and Singer

John Young - Actor and Singer

Enid Adams - Actor

Noelle Aitken - Dancer

Jean Alexander - Choreographer

Angelina Arena - Actor and Singer

John Baker - Dancer

Reg Bartram - Dancer

Anne Beecher - Dancer

Betty Benfield - Singer

Georges Bizet - Composer

  • Carmen, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 8 May 1953

Mollie Braham - Actor

June Bronhill - Actor and Singer

Joan Brown - Dancer

June Brown - Actor

Sandra Brown - Dancer

Joan Brownlie - Choreographer

  • Carmen, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 8 May 1953

June Brunell - Actor

Judith Burgess - Dancer

Ann Butt - Dancer

Mary Byrne - Dancer

Margaret Calder - Dancer

Zoe Caldwell - Actor

Salvadore Cammarano - Book and Lyrics Librettist

  • Il Trovatore, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 26 July 1954

Joanne Capilli - Singer

William Carse - Dancer

Frank Clements - Actor

Alan Coad - Actor and Singer

Robert Cometti - Singer

  • Il Trovatore, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 26 July 1954

Marjorie Conley - Singer

Norma Cooper - Dancer

Dick Cordon - Performer

Daniel Cortesi - Performer

Bruce Crowl - Actor

Odell Crowther - Dancer

Marie Cumisky - Dancer

Henry Danton - Dancer

Lindsay Davis - Dancer

Maureen Davis - Dancer

Roy Day - Actor

Reg Dell - Actor

David Dexter - Dancer

Gaetano Donizetti - Composer

Brian Dooley - Actor

Norman Dowd - Singer

John Dudley - Stage Manager

Robin Dumbell - Singer

  • Il Trovatore, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 26 July 1954

Robert Earle - Actor

Robert Eastgate - Actor

Neal Easton - Singer

  • Il Tabarro, His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, 2 April 1954

Pat Elvins - Actor

Owen Evans - Actor

Moira Farrow - Actor

Wilma Farrow - Actor

Fay Ffrench - Dancer

Ann Finch - Dancer

Colin Fitzgerald - Dancer

Earl Francis - Actor

Anne Fraser - Actor

Betty Fretwell - Actor and Singer

  • Tosca, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

Gwen Furrer - Actor

Dimo Galuingi - Producer

  • Carmen, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 8 May 1953

Robert Gardiner - Actor

Robert Gerard - Performer

Henry Gilbert - Musical Advisor

Reg Gillam - Actor

Shirley Goding - Dancer

Lynne Golding - Dancer

Harold Goodsell - Actor and Singer

Eugene Goossens - Conductor

Harriet Gordon - Actor

Walter Gore - Dancer

Joyce Graeme - Ballet Master/Mistress

  • Don Giovanni, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

Jean Grieve - Singer

Joan Halcombe - Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Ron Harris - Performer

William Harvey - Dancer

Charles Hawthorne - Stage Director

Evelyn Hecht - Actor

Strelsa Heckelman - Dancer

Ian Henderson - Dancer

Kate Herbert - Actor and Singer

Kathleen Herbert - Singer

Richard Hillier - Dancer

Paula Hinton - Dancer

Laurie Hodge - Performer

Marlene Holmlund - Actor

Stanley Hooker - Performer

Michael Hourihan - Performer

Lance Ingram - Performer

Dorothea Jacobs - Actor

Lew Jacobs - Dancer

Gertrude Johnson - Administrator

Roma Johnston - Actor

William Juliff - Actor

Louis Kahan - Designer

Gwenda Kaires - Dancer

Michael Kalentos - Actor and Singer

Clement Kennedy - Set Designer

Janet Keyte - Dancer

Patsy King - Actor

Doreen Knudsen - Singer

Wesley Ladd - Performer

Dorothy Laver - Actor

Ray Lawler - Actor

Allan Laza - Dance Group

Ruggero Leoncavallo - Composer

Norma Lever - Actor and Singer

Patricia Lewis - Dancer

Geoffrey Leyton - Actor and Singer

John Lindsay - Actor

Clarice Lorenz - Artistic Director

Marita Lowdon - Dancer

Norma Lowdon - Dancer

Rex Lowe - Actor

Jeanine Lowery - Actor

Gayrie MacSween - Dancer

Mona Malcolm - Singer

Keith Maling - Singer

Pamela Marks-John - Actor and Singer

Pietro Mascagni - Composer

Allan Matheson - Actor

Gloria May - Dancer

John McKiever - Actor

Rhana Medlin - Singer

Kathleen Michael - Dancer

Eric Michelson - Actor and Singer

Brian Mitchell - Actor

Eric Mitchelson - Actor and Singer

Pat Monkhouse - Actor

Margaret Moore - Actor and Singer

Edward Morcom - Actor

John Moyle - Actor

Ronald Neill - Actor and Singer

Elena Nicholidakis - Singer

Shirley Nicholls - Actor and Singer

Peter Norton - Actor

Alphonse Pater - Dancer

Marie Paton - Actor

Annette Quinn - Dancer

Ronald Reay - Dancer

Kathie Reed - Actor

George Reid - Singer

Beverley Richards - Dancer

Maurie Ripper - Actor

Betty Rockman - Actor

John Rowell - Designer

  • Don Giovanni, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

Victorien Sardou - Playwright

  • Tosca, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

Tessa Schell - Singer

R Schildberger - Conductor

  • Don Giovanni, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

David Selig - Singer

Monica Selig - Singer

Alwyn Smith - Actor and Singer

Eric Starling - Singer

Harry Starling - Actor

Johann Strauss - Composer

Joe Stringer - Performer

Desmond Sullivan - Actor and Singer

John Sullivan - Actor and Singer

Margaret Symes - Dancer

Kevin Terry - Actor and Singer

Claude Thomas - Actor

Naeidra Torrence - Dancer

Raymond Trickett - Dancer

Stephen Tunks - Actor

Marguerite Ulcoq - Actor

Pam Walters - Dancer

Tim Walton - Designer

  • Tosca, Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW, June 1952

Marion Ward - Dancer

Cynthia Wardlaw - Actor

Diana Weinberg - Dancer

John Wiener - Performer

Harold Williams - Singer

  • Carmen, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 8 May 1953

Verdon Williams - Musical Director

Athol Willoughby - Dancer

Hugh Woodhouse - Actor and Singer

Shirley Young - Actor

Hans Zander - Musical Director

Arete Zantiotis - Actor and Singer

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