English contralto opera singer. Member of the Beecham Opera Company in 1915.
Thornton, Edna, 1875-1964
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Photographs of New Zealand opera singers
Date: 1970-1992
From: Simpson, Adrienne Marie, 1943-2010 : Photographs relating to early music and opera singers
By: Majer-Finckes, active 20th century; Dominic, Zoe, active 1950s; Gravett, Guy, active 1960s-1990s
Reference: PAColl-3017
Description: New Zealand opera singers from the 1910s to the present Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Photoprints 303 x 252mm with variable white borders
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Rosina Buckman and Edna Thornton in a production of the opera Aida, in England
Date: [ca 1915-1919]
From: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999 :Photographs of Rosina Buckman
Reference: 1/2-139911-F
Description: Rosina Buckman as Aida and Edna Thornton as Amneris in a production of Aida, performed in England by the Sir Thomas Beecham Opera Company. Photograph taken circa 1915-1919 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative