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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).

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

File consists of a program from a workshop in the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto Summer School.

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.

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.

File consists of a program from a workshop in the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto Summer School.

File consists of a program from a production by the Collegium Musicum and the Opera School in Hart House Theatre.

File consists of a program from a workshop in the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto Summer School.

File consists of a program from a production by the Opera Festival Singers of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory Opera Company, which took place at the Niagara Falls Collegiate Institute.

File consists of a program from a production by the Opera Festival Singers of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory Opera Company, which took place at the Barrie Distric Collegiate Auditorium.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

File consists of a program from a production by the Royal Conservatory Opera School.

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

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.

File consists of a program from a production by the Royal Conservatory Opera School, produced and directed by Herman Geiger-Torel, at the Empress Theatre in Medicine Hat.

File consists of a program from a production by the Royal Conservatory Opera School, produced and directed by Herman Geiger-Torel, in Capitol Theatre, Lethbridge, Alberta.

File consists of a program from a production by the Royal Conservatory Opera School in Grand Theatre, London, Ontario.

Performers: Joanne Ivey, Jean Edwards, Joan Hall, Andrew MacMillan, cast ; Nicholas Goldschmidt, musical director ; Herman Geiger-Torel, stage director and commentator ; Nicholas Goldschmidt, June McBride, piano accompaniment.