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Photographs

Subseries consists of photographs and contact sheets of most major Opera School productions between 1946 and 2016; headshots of performers and administrators (Kathryn Knapp, John Beckwith, Ettore Mazzoleni, Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, Jacqui Lynn Fidlar, Tania Perrish, Eve-Rachel McLeod, Herman Geiger-Torel, Virginia Lippert, Marion Parsons, Ernesto Barbini, Ermanno Mauro, Alpar the fencing master); and photographs from various Opera School events, including the Opera Department's 25th anniversary, the commemoration of the Herman Geiger-Torel room, and Lofti Mansouri's visit. Subseries also includes photographs of MacMillan Theatre, Walter Hall, the construction of the Edward Johnson Building, opera student scholarship winners, and Helen May's lesson with Dr. Ernesto Vinci, with Emelie Rubleu at the piano (June 25, 1952).

Subseries includes photographs from the following productions:

  • Opera excerpts (December 1946)
  • The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana (April 1947)
  • Orfeo and Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck (February 1948)
  • Rosalinda by Johann Strauss (May 1948)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (December 1948)
  • Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini (March 1949)
  • La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (May 1949)
  • Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (November 1950)
  • Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi (February 1950)
  • Opera School film by the National Film Board (1951)
  • The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti (April 1952)
  • Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (February 1953)
  • Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (February 1953)
  • Angelique by Jacques Ibert (May 1953)
  • The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti (April 1955)
  • Amelia Goes to the Ball by Gian Carlo Menotti (April 1959)
  • The Marriage contract by Gioachino Rossini (April 1960)
  • Die Kluge by Carl Orff (April 1961)
  • The Mother by Alois Hába (April 1961)
  • Maria Egiziaca by Ottorino Respighi (April 1961)
  • A Dinner Engagement by Lennox Berkeley (April 1962)
  • Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1963)
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti (December 1964)
  • Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten (March 1964) [opening of MacMillan Theatre]
  • Angélique by Jacques Ibert and Le Pauvre Matelot by Darius Milhaud (April 1964)
  • The Secret Marriage by Domenico Cimarosa (February 1965)
  • Deirdre by Healey Willan (April 1965)
  • The Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev (December 1965)
  • L'Oca del Cairo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 1966)
  • Die Kluge by Carl Orff (February 1966)
  • The Portuguese Inn by Luigi Cherubini and The Wandering Scholar by Gustav Holst (March 1966)
  • Deirdre by Healey Willan (September 1966)
  • Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (December 1966)
  • The Impressario by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Le Portrait de Manon by Jules Massenet (January 1967)
  • The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten (February 1967)
  • Dialogues des Carmelites by Francis Poulenc (April 1967)
  • Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky (November 1967)
  • Le Portrait de Manon by Jules Massenet and There and Back by Paul Hindemith (December 1967)
  • The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (December 1967)
  • The Unwilling Physician by Salvatore Allegra and Il Combattimento di Tancredi by Claudio Monteverdi (January 1968)
  • Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy (March 1968)
  • The Turk in Italy by Gioachino Rossini (November 1968)
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti (December 1968)
  • Hamlet by Humphrey Searle (February 1969)
  • Ariadne on Naxos by Richard Strauss (March 1969)
  • "A School for Opera" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, and GIacomo Puccini (March 1970)
  • Iphigenie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck (November 1970)
  • The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten (December 1970)
  • "The Magic of Opera" by Carl Maria von Weber, Giuseppe Verdi, and Jacques Offenbach (March 1971)
  • The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky (December 1971)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1972)
  • Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi (January 1973)
  • L'Ormindo by Francesco Cavalli (April 1973)
  • The Prisoner's Play by John Rea (May 1973)
  • Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 1974)
  • Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1974)
  • Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell and Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini (April 1974)
  • The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti (January 1975)
  • Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (April 1975)
  • The Crucible by Robert Ward (January-February 1976)
  • The Mines of Sulphur by Richard Rodney Bennett (April 1976)
  • The Four Ruffians by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (January 1977)
  • Katya Kabanova by Leoš Janáček (March 1977)
  • Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten (December 1977)
  • Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach (December 1977)
  • Don Giovanni by Ralph Vaughan Williams (March 1978)
  • Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten (November 1978)
  • Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach (March 1979)
  • L'Enfant Prodigue by Claude Debussy and Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini (November 1979)
  • Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc (March 1980)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (November 1980)
  • Patience by Arthur Sullivan (March 1981)
  • La Perichole by Jacques Offenbach (November 1981)
  • Amelia Goes to the Ball by Gian Carlo Menotti and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams (March 1982)
  • Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (November 1982)
  • Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell and L'Heure Espagnole by Maurice Ravel (March 1983)
  • Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams (March 1983)
  • Opera excerpts (1983)
  • Maria Egiziaca by Ottorino Respighi and Prima Donna by Arthur Benjamin (November-December 1983)
  • Sir John in Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams (March 1984)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1985)
  • Mamelles de Tiresias by Francis Poulenc (March 1986)
  • The Goose of Cairo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1987)
  • Angelique by Jacques Ibert (March 1987)
  • Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams (March 1988)
  • The Marriage Contract by Gioachino Rossini (March 1988)
  • La Caterina by Joseph Haydn (March 1989)
  • Iolanta by Arthur Sullivan (March 1989)
  • Patience by Arthur Sullivan (March 1990)
  • "French Trilogy": L'Enfant Prodigue by Claude Debussy, Le portrait de Manon by Jules Massenet, and M. Choufleuri by Jacques Offenbach (February 1991)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1992)
  • Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (March 1993)
  • Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini (March 1993)
  • The Goose of Cairo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and The Breasts of Tiresias by Francis Poulenc (March 1994)
  • Iolanthe by Arthur Sullivan (March 1995)
  • L'étoile by Emmanuel Chabrier [March 1997]
  • La finta giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (November 1997)
  • Paul Bunyan, op. 17 by Benjamin Britten (March 1998)
  • Threepenny opera by Bertolt Brecht (November 1998)
  • Dialogues des Carmelites by Francis Poulenc (March 1999)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64 by Benjamin Britten (November 1999)
  • La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini (February 2000)
  • Die Fledermaus by Richard Strauss (November 2006)
  • L'Heure Espagnole by Maurice Ravel [March 2009]
  • The Secret marriage by Domenico Cimarosa (2010)
  • Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 2011)
  • Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti (November 2013)
  • The Machine Stops by Patrick McGraw, Robert Taylor and Stephen Webb, libretto by Michael Albano, based on the short story by E.M. Forster (January 2016)
  • Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss (n.d.)
  • The Four ruffians by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (n.d.)
  • Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini (n.d.)
  • Orpheus (n.d.)
  • Dialogues des Carmelites by Francis Poulenc (n.d.)
  • Riders to the sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams (n.d.)
  • Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten (n.d.)
  • L'Enfant Prodigue by Claude Debussy (n.d.)
  • Iolanta by Arthur Sullivan (n.d.)
  • M. Choufleri by Jacques Offenbach (n.d.)
  • Manon by Jules Massenet (n.d.)
  • Patience by Arthur Sullivan (n.d.)
  • Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti (n.d.)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (n.d.)
  • Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (n.d.)

University of Toronto Opera Division fonds

  • OTUFM 84
  • Fonds
  • 1945-2022

Fonds consists of the records of the University of Toronto Opera Division, including promotional materials, production files, costume designs, and photographs.

University of Toronto. Opera Division

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada : contributions

File consists of Carl Morey's research notes and contract with the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada to write articles for: Istvan Anhalt, Francesco D'Auria, The Fisherman and his Soul [ballet by Harry Somers and Grant Strate], House of Atreus [ballet by Grant Strate, music by Harry Somers], Red Ear of Corn [ballet by Boris Volkoff, music by John Weinzweig], Rose Latulippe [ballet by Brian Macdonald, music by Harry Freedman], Deirdre [by Healey Willan], H.M.S. Parliament [or, the Lady who Loved a Government Clerk, with libretto by William H.], The Luck of Ginger Coffey [by Raymond Pannell], Loving (Toi) [by R. Murray Schafer], Ten Centuries Concerts, Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), Herman Geiger-Torel, [R.S.] Williams (Individual and Company), and Mason & Risch.

Memorial tribute to Dr. Herman Geiger-Torel

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Program:

  • Quartet in G minor, K. 516 / Mozart (Lorand Fenyves, David Zafer, violins ; Victor Martin, Victor Feldbrill, violas ; Vladimir Orloff, cello)
  • Tributes by Ezra Schabas and Walter Homberger
  • Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550. Molto allegro / Mozart (members of the Toronto Symphony)
  • Tribute by Robert L.T. Baillie, Canadian Opera Company
  • Ingemisco. Requiem / Verdi (Ermanno Mauro, tenor ; George Brough, piano).

The mines of sulphur / Bennett

File consists of a recording of the University of Toronto Opera Division production of The mines of sulpher by Richard Rodney Bennett, which took place in MacMillan Theatre. The performance was the Canadian premiere.

Performers: Stefan Gyarto, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, director ; Elsie Sawchuk, designer ; Ron Snippe, lighting designer ; Derek Bate, assistant conductor ; Thomas Schweitzer, assistant director ; John Nieboer, Susan Pautz, John Keane, Joel Katz, Rosemarie Landry, Jean MacPhail, Richard Brunner, Jonas Vaskevicius, Mark DuBois, cast

The mines of sulphur / Bennett

File consists of a recording and a program from the University of Toronto Opera Division production of The mines of sulpher by Richard Rodney Bennett, which took place in MacMillan Theatre. The performance was the Canadian premiere.

Performers: Stefan Gyarto, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, director ; Elsie Sawchuk, designer ; Ron Snippe, lighting designer ; Derek Bate, assistant conductor ; Thomas Schweitzer, assistant director ; Douglas McEachen, Susan Gudgeon, Stephen Young, James Shafer, Douglas McEachen, Nancy Hermiston, Patricia Harton, Richard Brunner, Mark Pedrotti, Mark DuBois, cast.

Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

File consists of a recording of the University of Toronto Opera Department production of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performances took place in the MacMillan Theatre.

Performers: Robert Vigod, Leporello ; Deborah Jeans, Donna Anna ; James Anderson, Don Giovanni ; Jonas Vaskevicius, Il Commendatore ; Jose Hernandez, Don Otta Vio ; Marion Harvey, Donna Elvira ; Constance Adorno, Zerlina ; Guillermo Silva, Masetto ; James Craig, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, director ; Opera Department Chorus ; University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

File consists of a recording and a program from the University of Toronto Opera Department production of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performances took place in the MacMillan Theatre.

Performers: James Craig, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, director ; Douglas McEachen, Leporello ; Deborah Jeans, Donna Anna ; James Anderson, Don Giovanni ; Jonas Vaskevicius, Il Commendatore ; Stephen Young, Don Otta Vio ; Carol Ann Looman, Donna Elvira ; Barbara Carter, Zerlina ; Robert Mang, Masetto ; Opera Department Chorus ; University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

The marriage of Figaro

File consists of the program from a production of The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (English translation) by the Opera Department at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto and a newspaper clipping of a review. The production celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Opera Department and performances took place in the MacMillan Theatre.

Performers: Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, director ; Martha Mann, stage design ; Suzane Mess, costume design ; David Grinstead, lighting design ; Lloyd Bradshaw, chorus master ; Lois Smith, choreographer ; Ernesto Barbini, recitative accompanist ; Donald Oddie, Bruce Kelly, Ann Cooper, Veronica Kalfman, John Dodington, Nancy Greenwood, Jane O'Brien, Michele Dowsett, Lynda Culham, Peter Barcza, Cornelis Verlaan, Edward Matthiessen, Barney Ingram, Jr., Stephanie Bogle, Jean Ann Gooch, Bruce Kelly, Donald Oddie, Glyn Evans, Daniel Shalanko, Penny Speedie, Young-Ae Kim, Jane O'Brien, Stephanie Norton.

The magic of opera

File consists of a recording and a program from a production by the Opera Department at the Faculty of Music of opera excerpts.

Program:

  • Der Freischutz / Carl Maria von Weber (Alfred Strombergs, conductor ; Georg Philipp, director)
  • Les Contes d'Hoffman / Jacques Offenbach (Eugene Plawutsky, conductor ; Roland Laroche, director)
  • Falstaff / Giuseppe Verdi (Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, director).

An afternoon of opera excerpts

File consists of a program from a University of Toronto Faculty of Music Opera Department production in MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • La Boheme. Scene from Act I / Puccini
  • Aida. Duet from Act II / Verdi
  • Madama Butterfly. Scene from Act II / Puccini
  • Manon. Scene from Act I / Massenet
  • Rosenkavalier. Final scene / Richard Strauss
  • Lucia. Scene from Act I / Donizetti
  • Abduction from the Seraglio. Scene, Act II / Mozart
  • The Magic flute. Trio from Act II / Mozart
  • Marriage of Figaro. Duet, Scene, Aria from Act I / Mozart
  • Don Pasquale. Finale from Act II / Donizetti.

An afternoon of opera excerpts

File consists of a program from a University of Toronto Faculty of Music Opera Department production in MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Don Giovanni. Quartet / Mozart
  • Der Freischutz. Duet / Von Weber
  • Der Rosenkavalier. Scene from Act II / R. Strauss
  • Don Pasquale. Duet / Donizetti
  • La Boheme. Scene from Act I / Puccini
  • Traviata. Duet from Act II / Verdi
  • Aida. Duet from Act II / Verdi
  • Cavalleria rusticanna. Duet / Mascagni
  • Manon. Duet from Act I / Massenet
  • Gianni Schicchi. Scene / Puccini
  • La Boheme. Scene from Act I / Puccini
  • La Gioconda. Scene from Act II / Ponchielli.

Ariadne on Naxos

File consists of a program from the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School's production of Ariadne on Naxos by Richard Strauss in English translation. Performances took place in MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building.

Performers: Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, director ; Murray Laufer, designer ; Donald Acaster, lighting designer ; Alfred Strombergs, Bruce Grant, Nora Clemons, repetiteurs ; Danny Jellis, assistant director ; Steven Henrikson, James Bradford, Avo Kittask, George Reinke, Lorna Hearst, Elizabeth Douglas, Wilmer Neufeld, Peter Parcza, Stephanie Gerson, Mary Lou Fallis, Nancy Gottschalk, Margaret Zeidman, Paul Trepanier, Gerard Boyd, Steven Henrikson, Frederick Donaldson, Ralph Oostwoud, Igor Saika-Voivod, Ricki Turofsky, Helen Grant, Sonia Rohoznynsky, Silvia Buchanan, Clare Bewley, Michele Dowsett, cast.

Third evening of opera excerpts

File consists of a program from a University of Toronto Royal Conservatory Opera School concert in MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Dido and Aeneas. Excerpts / Purcell
  • La Cenerentola. Excerpts / Rossini
  • The Marriage of Figaro. Excerpts / Mozart
  • Cosi fan tutte. Excerpts / Mozart
  • Falstaff. Excerpts / Verdi
  • Tosca. Excerpts / Puccini
  • La Boheme. Act III / Puccini
  • Susannah. Excerpts / C. Floyd
  • Mahoganny (Moon of Alabama) / Brecht, Weill
  • The Telephone / Menotti.

Second evening of opera excerpts

File consists of a program from a University of Toronto Royal Conservatory Opera School concert in MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Madama Butterfly. Scenes from Act II / Puccini
  • Fidelio. Scenes from Act I / Beethoven
  • Die Kluge = The Wise woman / Orff
  • The Medium. Act I / Menotti
  • Un Ballo in maschera = A Masked ball. Scene from Act III / Verdi
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor. Scene from Act I / Nicolai
  • Riders to the sea / Vaughan Williams.

First evening of opera excerpts

File consists of a program from a University of Toronto Royal Conservatory Opera School concert in MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Idomeneo. Scene from Act I / Mozart
  • La Forza del destino. Scene from Act II / Verdi
  • Don Giovanni. Scenes from Act I / Mozart
  • The Medium. Act I / Menotti
  • La Boheme. Act III / Puccini
  • The Bartered bride. Scenes from Act II / Smetana
  • Eugene Onegin. Scene from Act I / Tchaikovksy
  • Un Ballo in maschera = A masked ball. Scene from Act III / Verdi.

Opera excerpts

File consists of a program from a concert presented by the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School in MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Gloria / Vivaldi
  • Magic flute. Excerpts / Mozart
  • Carmen. Excerpts / Bizet
  • Manon. Excerpts / Massenet
  • Il trovatore. Excerpts / Verdi
  • La Boheme. Excerpts / Puccini
  • Eugene Onegin. Excerpts / Tchaikovsky
  • Aida. Excerpts / Verdi.

Die Kluge

File consists of a program from a production by the University of Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School, Die Kluge (The King and the Clever Girl) by Carl Orff at the MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building.

Performers: Ettore Mazzoleni, music director ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director ; Lawrence Schafer, set and costume design ; Wallace A. Russell, lighting design ; Stephen Ford, film realization ; Richard Braun, Maurice Brown, Nancy Gottschalk, Marilyn Brewer, Lloyd Dean, Ernest Atinkson, Paul Frederics, Robert Jeffrey, Robert Carley, Herman Rombouts, Joseph Balint, Angelo Calendrello, Ronald Graner, Igor Saika-Voivod, Gioacchino Gitto, Peter Milne.

Deirdre / Healey Willan

File consists of a program from a University of Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School production in MacMillan Theatre. This was the first stage performance of Deirdre by Healey Willan, with libretto by John Coulter.

Performers: Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, director ; Lawrence Schafer, set and costume designer ; W.A. Russell, lighting designer.

Le pauvre matelot ; Angelique

File consists of a program from a production by the University of Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School of Le Pauvre Matelot by Darius Milhaud and Angelique by Jacques Ibert. The performances took place in the MacMillan Theatre of the Edward Johnson Building. Le Pauvre Matelot
Performers: Jean Bonhomme, Helly Sapinski, Maurice Brown, Robert Carley, cast ; Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director ; Lillian Sarafinchan, set and costume designer. Angelique
Performers: Eleanor Calbes, Richard Braun, Herman Rombouts, Bernard Fitch, Thomas Park, David Geary, Garnet Brooks, Jeannette Zarou, Genevieve Perrault, cast ; Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Andrew MacMillan, stage director ; Elsie Sawchuk, set and costume designer.

Silent night / Nino Rota ; Aria da capo / Raymond Pannell

File consists of a program from a University of Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School production in Hart House Theatre.

Performers, Silent Night: Maurice Brown, David Geary, Dan Pociernicki, Carrol Anne Curry, Bernard Fitch, Jean Bonhomme, Thomas Park, cast ; Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Andrew MacMillan, stage director ; Sally Ness, designer ; Suzanne Mess, costumes.

Performers, Aria da capo: Eleanor Calbes, Garnet Brooks, Maurice Brown, Thomas Clerke, Tito Dean, cast ; Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director ; Sally Ness, designer ; Suzanne Mess, costumes.

The World of the moon / Giovanni Paisiello ; A Dinner engagement / Lennox Berkeley

File consists of a program and pamphlet from a production by the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School at Hart House Theatre.

Performers, The World of the Moon: Arthur Apy, Maurice Brown, Muriel James, Diane Gibson, William Nahr, Jacques Lareau, Ernest Atkinson, Daniel Pociernicki, cast ; Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Andrew MacMillan, stage director ; Horst Dantz, designer ; Suzanne Mess, costumes.

Performers, A Dinner Engagement: Ronald Nelsen, Elizabeth Elliott, Heather Thomson, Mona Kelly, Jean MacPhail, Garnet Brooks, Ernest Atkinson, cast ; Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director ; Horst Dantz, designer ; Suzanne Mess, costumes.

The Mother / Stanley Hollingsworth ; Maria Egiziaca / Ottorino Respighi

File consists of a program from a production by the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School at Hart House Theatre.

Performers, The Mother [in English]: Lise Joanisse, Merla Jackman, Ronald Nelsen, Maurice Brown, Peggy Anne McMurray, Wallace Williamson, Thomas Clerke, Muriel James, Diane Gibson, Mona Kelly, Eva Szilard, Ronald Nelsen, Maurice Brown, cast ; Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Leon Major, stage director ; Les Lawrence, designer.

Performers, Maria Egiziaca [in Italian]: Gwen Little, Franki Pannell, Thomas Clerke, Ernest Atkinson, Tito Dean, Jacques Lareau, Dan Pociernick, Joanna Myhal, Roberta Ging, Arthur Apy, Joseph Lloyd, Ruth Hircock, Jean MacPhail, Maria Pellegrini, Carrol Anne Curry, Ronald Nelsen, Marlene Vance, Maurice Brown, cast ; Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, Andrew MacMillan, stage directors ; William Lord, designer.

An evening of operatic excerpts

File consists of two programs from a performance by the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School in the Recital Hall.

Program:

  • Fidelio. Duet from Act I / Beethoven
  • La Boheme. Scene from Act I / Puccini
  • Der Freischutz. Duet from Act II / Weber
  • La Boheme. Quartet from Act III / Puccini
  • Abduction from the Seraglio. Trio from Act I / Mozart
  • Hansel and Gretel. Act I, Scene I / Humperdinck
  • La Traviata. Scene from Act IV / Verdi
  • The Medium / Menotti
  • Carmen. Duet from Act I / Bizet
  • The Marriage of Figaro. Duet from Act I / Mozart
  • Faust. Scene from Act II / Gounod
  • Werther. Scene from Act III / Massenet.

The Marriage contract / Gioacchino Rossini ; Gallantry / Douglas Moore ; Riders to the sea / Ralph Vaughan Williams

File consists of a program from a production by the Royal Cosnervatory of Music Opera School at Hart House Theatre.

Performers, The Marriage Contract: Cornelis Opthof, Barbara Strathdee, Kathryn Newman, Donald Young, Ronald Nelsen, Robert Briggs, Joseph Lloyd, Peggy McMurray, Mona Kelly, Ernie Atkinson, Danny Tait, Slava Ziemelyte, cast ; Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Andrew MacMillan, stage director.

Performers, Gallantry: Genevieve Grabowski, Darlene Hirst, Joseph Macko, Daphne Drake, Danny Tait, Ernie Atkinson, Maurice Brown, Diane Gibson, Joanna Myhal, cast ; Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Leon Major, stage director.

Performers, Riders to the Sea: Patricia Rideout, Hugh Phin, Ronald Nelsen, Margarita Kuznetsov, Gwen Little, Peggy McMurray, Ghislaine Beaudet, Diane Gibson, Jean MacPhail, Peggy McMurray, Marlene Vance, cast ; Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director.

An evening of operatic excerpts

File consists of a program from a performance by the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School in the Recital Hall.

Program:

  • Mefistofele. Scene from Prologue / Boito
  • Don Pasquale. Chorus of servants / Donizetti
  • Marriage of Figaro. Duet from Act I / Mozart
  • Carmen. Scene from Act III / Bizet
  • Marriage of Figaro. Scenes from Act II / Mozart
  • Rigoletto. Duet from Act III / Verdi
  • Don Giovanni. Scene from Act I / Mozart
  • The Old maid and the thief. Duet / Menotti
  • Cosi fan tutte. Quintet from Act I / Mozart
  • Cosi fan tutte. Duet from Act II / Mozart
  • Hansel and Gretel. Scene from Act III / Humperdinck.

An evening of operatic excerpts

File consists of two programs from a performance by the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School.

Program:

  • The Magic Flute. Scene from Act II / Mozart
  • The Merry wives of Windsor. Deut from Act I / Nicolai
  • Don Giovanni. Sextet from Act II / Mozart
  • La Traviata. Scene from Act I / Verdi
  • The Magic flute. Two scenes from Act II / Mozart
  • Faust. Garden scene from Act II / Gounod
  • The Marriage of Figaro. Sextet from Act III / Mozart
  • The Old maid and the theif. Scene 1 / Menotti
  • Cosi fan tutte. Act I, Finale / Mozart.

Amelia goes to the ball / Gian-Carlo Menotti ; Prima donna / Arthur Benjamin

File consists of a program from a production by the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School in the Hart House Theatre.

Performers, Amelia Goes to the Ball: Barbara Strathdee, Jean Ramsay, Merna Jenkin, Helen Hajnik, Genevieve, Grabowski, Elsie Sawchuk, Ruth Ann Morse, Donald Young, Yvon Vienneau, Danny Tait, Lloyd Skarsgard, cast ; Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Andrew MacMillan, stage director.

Performers, Prima Donna : Cornelis Opthof, Robert Briggs, Darlene Hirst, Marnie Jane Patrick, Sheila Piercey, Luba Hanushak, Cecil Semchyshyn, cast ; Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director.

An evening of opera excerpts

File consists of a program from a production by the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School in the Recital Hall.

Performers: Ernesto Barbini, musical director ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director ; Andrew MacMillan, assistant stage director.

Program:

  • Madame Butterfly. Final scenes of Act III / Puccini
  • Faust. Act I, Scene 1 / Gounod
  • The Damnation of Faust. Scene 2 / Berlioz
  • Mephistofele. Act I, Scene 2 / Boito
  • Manon Lescaut. Act I excerpt / Puccini
  • Manon. Act I excerpt / Massenet
  • The Merry wives of Windsor. Act I, Scene 1 / Nicolai
  • Sir John in love. Act II, Scene 1 / Vaughan Williams
  • Falstaff. Act I, Scene 2 / Verdi
  • Falstaff. Act II, Scene 2 / Verdi.

Mariage by lantern ; There and back ; Riders to the sea

File consists of a program from performances of Marriage by Lantern by Jacques Offenbach; There and Back by Paul Hindemith (new English adaptation by Herman Geiger-Torel with lyrics translated by Andrew MacMillan); and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams, by the University of Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School. Performances took place at Hart House Theatre.

Marriage by lantern cast : Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director ; Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Arch McDonell, narrator ; Brian Beaton, Kathryn Newman, John Purdy, Sheila Piercey, Arlene Meadows.

There and back cast: Ernesto Barbini, conductor ; Andrew MacMillan, stage director ; Elsie Sawchuk, Sheila Piercey, Donald Bartle, Anne Harrington, John Purdy, Joseph Macko, Walter Dinoff, Leonard Bilodeau.

Riders to the sea
Performers: Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director ; Teresa Stratas, Arlene Meadows, Patricia Rideout, Joseph Macko, Helen Hajnik, Elizabeth Harris, Connie Francis.

Operatic excerpts

File consists of a program from a concert by students of the Opera School, staged by Herman Geiger-Torel, with musical direction by Nicholas Goldschmidt and Mario Bernardi, and pianists Bernardi and June McBride.

Program:

  • Der Freischutz. Aria / Weber
  • Rigoletto. Scene from Act II / Verdi
  • Falstaff. Scene from Act I / Verdi
  • Magic Flute. Scene from Act II / Mozart
  • Tosca. Scene from Act II / Puccini
  • Hansel and Gretel. Scene from Act II / Humperdinck.

Operatic excerpts

File consists of a program from a concert by students of the Opera School, staged by Herman Geiger-Torel, with musical direction by Nicholas Goldschmidt and Mario Bernardi, and pianists Bernardi and June McBride.

Program:

  • Madame Butterfly. Scene from Act II / Puccini
  • Hansel and Gretel. Scene from Act I / Humperdinck
  • Falstaff. Scene from Act I / Verdi
  • Falstaff. Aria from Act II / Verdi
  • Aida. Duet from Act III / Verdi
  • Porgy and Bess. Aria / Gershwin
  • La Boheme. Quartet from Act III / Puccini

An evening of opera workshop

File consists of a program from a workshop in the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto Summer School with Herman Geiger-Torel, director.

Program:

  • The Barber of Seville. Excerpts / Rossini
  • Carmen. Excerpts / Bizet
  • Don Giovanni. Excerpts / Mozart
  • La Boheme. Excerpts / Puccini
  • La Traviata. Excerpts / Verdi
  • Madame Butterfly. Excerpts / Puccini
  • The Magic flute. Excerpts / Mozart
  • Pagliacci. Excerpts / Leoncavallo
  • Werther. Excerpts / Massenet.

The Collegium Musicum of the Faculty of Music

File consists of a program from a concert in the Recital Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music.

Performers: Collegium Musicum ; Ernesto Barbini, director.

Program:

  • Chaconne in G minor / Purcell
  • Concerto grosso in C minor / Geminiani
  • Ecce quomodo / Palestrina
  • Ahi! Che quest'occhi mei / Palestrina
  • Cor mio / Monteverdi
  • Combattimento di Tancredi et Clorinda / Monteverdi

Royal Alexandra Theatre opera festival

File consists of a program from the fifth annual Opera Festival at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, presented by the Royal Conservatory Opera Company. The latter performed The Consul by Gian-Carlo Menotti.

Performers: Glenn Gardiner, Theresa Gray, Nellie Smith, Andrew MacMillan, William Copeland, Charles Couture, Joanne Ivey, Jan Rubes, Suzette Nadon, Milla Andrew, Andree Theriault, Roma Butler, Catherine Akos, Ernest Adams, Bernard Turgeon, cast ; Nicholas Goldschmidt, conductor ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director.

Cosi fan tutte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

File consists of a program from a University of Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School production in St. Peter's School Auditorium.

Performers: Edward Johnson, Donald Garrard, Jan Rubes, Mary Morrison, Sylvia Grant, Jacqueline Smith, cast ; Nicholas Goldschmidt, Paul McIntyre, pianos ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director.

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