National Theatre Opera School

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Organisation National Theatre Opera School
Address VIC 3182
Australia
First Date 1936
Place of Origin Nicholas Building Little Theatre
Last Date 1980
Place of Demise National Theatre
Functions Other, Production Company
Notes Merged with VCA School of Opera 1978. (VCA @ The National Theatre) and moved to St Kilda Rd premises in 1980. Operated 1980-2006 as VCA Opera School.
Related Organisations
Events

The National Theatre Movement of Australia

The National Theatre Opera Company

Australian National Theatre Ltd.

The National Theatre Ballet School

The National Theatre Drama School

Moomba Festival

  • Norma, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC, 7 March 1959
  • Hiawatha, Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne, VIC, March 1958
  • Aida, Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC, March 1957
  • Aida, Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC, March 1956

National Theatre Drama Company

The Melbourne Opera

Carroll-Fuller Theatres Company Pty. Ltd.

The National Theatre Ballet Company

Brighton Philharmonic Choir

Camberwell Philharmonic Choir

National Opera of Australia

The Elizabethan Trust Melbourne Orchestra

The Victorian Symphony Orchestra

  • Hiawatha, Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne, VIC, March 1958

National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC

Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC

National Theatre, St Kilda, VIC

University of Melbourne, Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne (Parkville), VIC

Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC

Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC

Apollo Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne, VIC

The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, VIC

William P Carr - Director, Director, Assistant to the, Production Coordinator, Teacher

Gertrude Johnson - Administrator, Director

Herman Schildberger - Conductor, Musical Director, Teacher

  • Rigoletto, University of Melbourne, Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne (Parkville), VIC, October 1969
  • Norma, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC, 7 March 1959
  • Hiawatha, Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne, VIC, March 1958
  • Aida, Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC, March 1957
  • Aida, Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC, March 1956
  • Scenes from Opera, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 14 December 1954
  • National Theatre Festival of the Arts 1954 : Season Eight, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 3 February 1954
  • Tosca, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 1951

Jean Alexander - Choreographer

Lennox Brewer - Director

  • Norma, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC, 7 March 1959
  • Hiawatha, Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne, VIC, March 1958
  • Aida, Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC, March 1957
  • Aida, Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC, March 1956
  • Mozart Season, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 6 May 1955
  • Scenes from Opera, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 14 December 1954

Jean Marks - Actor and Singer

  • Aida, Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC, March 1957
  • Madama Butterfly, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, April 1956
  • Aida, Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne, VIC, March 1956
  • Mozart Season, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 6 May 1955
  • Scenes from Opera, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 14 December 1954

Alwyn Smith - Actor and Singer

Blair Edgar - Actor, Director

  • The Consul, National Theatre, St Kilda, VIC, 1975
  • Even Unto Bethlehem / The New Vicar, University of Melbourne, Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne (Parkville), VIC, November 1972
  • Gianni Schicci, University of Melbourne, Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne (Parkville), VIC, 1972
  • Hiawatha, Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne, VIC, March 1958

Robert Rosen - Actor and Singer, Conductor, Musical Director

Gustav Slapoffski - Conductor, Musical Director

Ian Cousins - Actor and Singer

Elizabeth Fretwell - Actor and Singer

Lorenzo Nolan - Actor and Singer

John Pickering - Actor and Singer

Justine Rettick - Actor and Singer, Performer

Peter Rorke - Composer, Conductor, Musical Director

Loris Synan - Actor and Singer

Barbara Wilson - Actor and Singer

Robert Allman - Actor and Singer

Edouard Borovansky - Choreographer

Mary Brown - Actor and Singer

Jean Brunning - Actor and Singer

Eric Clapham - Conductor, Conductor, Assistant

Paul Cleveland - Designer

Marie Collier - Actor and Singer

Brian Crossley - Director

Dorothea Deegan - Actor and Singer

Doris Dodd - Actor and Singer

Neil Easton - Actor and Singer

Cid Ellwood - Accompanist

Lauris Elms - Actor and Singer

Anne Fraser - Actor, Designer

Lance Ingram - Actor and Singer

Frank Lasslett - Actor and Singer

Ray Lawler - Actor, Writer

Muriel Luyk - Actor and Singer

Keith Neilson - Actor and Singer

Shirley Nicholls - Actor and Singer

Beatrice Oakley - Actor and Singer

Joseph Post - Musical Director

John Shaw - Actor and Singer

Joyce Simmons - Actor and Singer

Noel Spark - Actor and Singer

Malcolm Steed - Designer, Director

Jonathan Summers - Actor and Singer

Morris Williams - Actor and Singer

Verdon Williams - Musical Director

Enid Adams - Actor

Noelle Aitken - Dancer

Alan Angwin - Actor and Singer

Ronald Austron - Actor and Singer

Harold Badger - Artistic Director

  • Gianni Schicci, University of Melbourne, Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne (Parkville), VIC, 1972

John Baker - Dancer

Reg Bartram - Dancer

Anne Beecher - Dancer

Graeme Bent - Director

Etta Bernard - Actor and Singer

Mollie Braham - Actor

Jennie Brenan - Ballet Master/Mistress

Tony Briglia - Musician, Cellist

Benjamin Britten - Composer

June Brown - Actor

Sandra Brown - Dancer

John Brownlee - Actor and Singer

June Brunell - Actor

Judith Burgess - Dancer

Doreen Burroughs - Actor and Singer

Mary Byrne - Dancer

Margaret Calder - Dancer

Zoe Caldwell - Actor

Graeme Campbell - Actor and Singer

Verona Cappadona - Actor and Singer

Garnet Carroll - Director

William Carse - Dancer

Kathie Choles - Actor and Singer

Karen Christensen - Actor and Singer

Frank Clements - Actor

Frederick Collier - Actor and Singer

James Convery - Stage Manager

  • Norma, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC, 7 March 1959

Nina Cooke - Director

Norma Cooper - Dancer

Margot Corey - Actor and Singer

Leslie Cox - Actor and Singer

Bruce Crowl - Actor

Odell Crowther - Dancer

Marie Cumisky - Dancer

Rod Currie - Designer

Henry Danton - Dancer

Joan Dargaval - Actor and Singer

Lindsay Davis - Dancer

Maureen Davis - Dancer

Roy Day - Actor

Leonard Delany - Actor and Singer

Reg Dell - Actor

Gregory Dempsey - Actor and Singer

Mary Desmond - Actor and Singer

David Dexter - Dancer

Ian Dickson - Actor and Singer

Brian Dooley - Actor

Ronald Dowd - Actor and Singer

Robert Earle - Actor

Robert Eastgate - Actor

Alan Eddy - Actor and Singer

Jenifer Eddy - Actor and Singer

Pat Elvins - Actor

Owen Evans - Actor

Ray Evans - Dancer

Ronald Falk - Actor

Moira Farrow - Actor

Wilma Farrow - Actor

Alan Ferris - Actor and Singer

Fay Ffrench - Dancer

Ann Finch - Dancer

Earl Francis - Actor

Victor Franklin - Actor and Singer

  • Hiawatha, Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne, VIC, March 1958

Gwen Furrer - Actor

Ruth Galene - Dancer

Robert Gardiner - Actor

Reg Gillam - Actor

Shirley Goding - Dancer

Lynne Golding - Dancer

Kathleen Goodall - Actor and Singer

Harriet Gordon - Actor

Walter Gore - Dancer

Clifford Grant - Actor and Singer

Nance Grant - Actor and Singer

Ailsa Green - Actor and Singer

Stefan Haag - Actor and Singer

Brian Hansford - Actor and Singer

Beryl Hardy - Actor and Singer

Edith Harrhy - Accompanist

  • Martha, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 1944

Fritz Hart - Composer

William Harvey - Dancer

Evelyn Hecht - Actor

Strelsa Heckelman - Dancer

Kate Herbert - Actor and Singer

Betrine Heriot - Soloist

Richard Hillier - Dancer

Paula Hinton - Dancer

Marlene Holmlund - Actor

Betty Hooper - Actor and Singer

William Howard - Actor and Singer

  • Hiawatha, Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne, VIC, March 1958

Keith Humble - Musical Director

Dorothea Jacobs - Actor

Lew Jacobs - Dancer

Aleda Johnsen - Actor and Singer

Roma Johnston - Actor

Junewyn Jones - Actor and Singer

William Juliff - Actor

Gwenda Kaires - Dancer

Leon Kellaway - Dancer

Janet Keyte - Dancer

Patsy King - Actor

Lynette Kutschewski - Actor and Singer

Angela La Gruta - Actor and Singer

Laurie Lane - Stage Manager

John Lanigan - Actor and Singer

  • Faust, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 24 April 1946

Dorothy Laver - Actor

Patricia Lewis - Dancer

Alan Light - Actor and Singer

John Lindsay - Actor

Charles Linwood - Actor and Singer

Marita Lowdon - Dancer

Norma Lowdon - Dancer

Rex Lowe - Actor

Jeanine Lowery - Actor

Robin Luke - Actor and Singer

  • Gianni Schicci, University of Melbourne, Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne (Parkville), VIC, 1972

Jean Lydell - Actor and Singer

Gayrie MacSween - Dancer

Joy Mammen - Actor and Singer

Ronald S Mann - Director, Assistant to the

Jack Manuel - Actor and Singer

Ernest Marsaus - Performer

Gregory Martin - Actor and Singer

Allan Matheson - Actor

Gloria May - Dancer

Anne-Maree McDonald - Actor and Singer

Raymond McDonald - Actor and Singer

Carol McKenzie - Actor and Singer

John McKiever - Actor

Kathleen Michael - Dancer

Eric Michelson - Actor and Singer

Brian Mitchell - Actor

Jeoffry Monk - Designer

Pat Monkhouse - Actor

Edward Morcom - Actor

Bruce Morrow - Actor and Singer

Sue Moss - Actor and Singer

John Moyle - Actor

Diana Munn - Actor and Singer

Harry Myers - Lighting Designer

Roger Myers - Supernumerary

  • Norma, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC, 7 March 1959

Keith Nelson - Actor and Singer

Margaret Nisbett - Actor and Singer

Peter Norton - Actor

Dorothy O'Donaghoo - Actor and Singer

Max Oldaker - Actor and Singer

Alphonse Pater - Dancer

Marie Paton - Actor

Joy Peters - Actor and Singer

Peter Pianella - Actor and Singer

Kelvin Plant - Actor and Singer

Rex Potter - Actor and Singer

Annette Quinn - Dancer

Nance Rasmussen - Actor and Singer

Glenda Raymond - Actor and Singer

Ronald Reay - Dancer

Kathie Reed - Actor

Beverley Richards - Dancer

John Rickard - Actor and Singer, Singer, Baritone

Maurie Ripper - Actor

Leslie Robertson - Actor and Singer

Betty Rockman - Actor

Phyllis Rogers - Actor and Singer

John Rowell - Designer

Camille Saint-Saens - Composer

Yurek Shabelewski - Director

Ivor Sheridan - Actor and Singer

Robert Simmons - Actor and Singer

Marian Sinclair - Actor and Singer

Glynis Smith - Actor and Singer

Donald Solomon - Actor and Singer

  • Norma, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC, 7 March 1959

Judith Sporton - Actor and Singer

  • Gianni Schicci, University of Melbourne, Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne (Parkville), VIC, 1972

Ian Stapleton - Actor and Singer

Harry Starling - Actor

Sybil Stroud - Actor and Singer

  • Faust, National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC, 24 April 1946

Desmond Sullivan - Actor and Singer

John Sullivan - Actor and Singer

Margaret Symes - Dancer

Joseph Talia - Actor and Singer

Fred Taplin - Actor and Singer

Claude Thomas - Actor

Naeidra Torrence - Dancer

Richard Trebilcock - Lighting Designer

Raymond Trickett - Dancer

Stephen Tunks - Actor

Artur Turnbull - Actor and Singer

Marguerite Ulcoq - Actor

Carl Maria von Weber - Composer

Margaret Walder - Actor and Singer

Bill Walker - Designer

Pam Walters - Dancer

Marion Ward - Dancer

Cynthia Wardlaw - Actor

Neil Warren-Smith - Actor and Singer

John Wegner - Actor and Singer

Diana Weinberg - Dancer

Wilma Whitney - Actor and Singer

Gordon Wilcock - Actor and Singer

Athol Willoughby - Dancer

Max Worthley - Actor and Singer

Norman Yemm - Actor and Singer

John Young - Actor and Singer

Shirley Young - Actor

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