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Boyce, Raymond Stanley, 1928-2019 :A celebration. The New Zealand Opera Company, 1954-1...
Date: 1958 - 1997
By: Boyce, Raymond Stanley (Dr), 1928-2019; Munro, Donald George Alfred, 1913-2012
Reference: C-168-001
Description: A commissioned acrylic portrait made for a New Zealand Opera Company reunion in Kelburn, Wellington in Jan or Feb 1998, featuring Donald Munro dressed as Count Almaviva in Mozart's 'The marriage of Figaro'. Munro stands centre-stage in full costume, featuring a powdered wig, red velvet frock-coat and long brown waistcoat, brown knickerbockers, white leggings and high buckled shoes. His left hand rests on the hilt of his sword. Behind him stand a number of other characters from the opera, also dressed in costume This painting was reproduced on the back of Donald Munro's funeral service sheet, in 2012 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Raymond Boyce '97 [in brushpoint]; Verso - top centre - Painting - acrylic on canvas - by Raymond Boyce 1997. Donald Munro as Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro. The New Zealand Opera Company 1958 also to commemorate the founding of the company [in felt pen] Quantity: 1 acrylic(s). Physical Description: Acrylic on canvas, 680 x 450 mm, adhered to foam board, 710 x 480 mm Provenance: Portrait presented to Donald Munro in 1998. Bequeathed to his family on his death
Steele Photography Ltd :Photograph of Auckland Community Arts Service Ensemble musicians
Date: 1953
By: Munro, Donald George Alfred, 1913-2012; Steele Photography Ltd
Reference: PAColl-0230
Description: The Auckland Community Arts Service Ensemble engaged for the North Island Tour of `La Serva Padronal' by Pergolesi. First violin - Unidentified; second violin - Colleen Doran; harpsichord - Layton Ring; viola - Carol McKenzie; and cello - Diana Coleman. Photographed in 1953 by Steele Photography Ltd, Auckland. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Steele Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.5 x 20.6 cm, mounted on card folder