[Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand in 1970].

Includes:

Undated 1970s?:

Southern Opera Ensemble. "The old maid and the thief", by Menotti. Director Effie Cockburn; musical director Ian Page. [1970-1980s?]. Programme

"Amelia goes to the ball", by Menotti. Opera School demonstration, Wellington, 26-30 November [1970]. Programme (2 copies)

North Shore Operatic Society. Rogers & Hammerstein's "Carousel" by arrangement with Chappell & Co. Producer Alan de Malmanche; musical director Ian Harvey; choreographer Doreen Yalland. North Shore Teachers' College, 13-27 June 1970. Programme

Sacred Heart Girls College, Napier Boys' High School. "Free as air", by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade. Produced by Mr J Beardsell. Boys' High School Hall, 30 April - 5 May 1970. Programme

Auckland Operatic Society. "A funny thing happened on the way to the forum", by Stephen Sondheim. Produced by Robert Alderton; musical director Derek Firth; choreographer Robert Young. Set design Neil McGough. Auckland Festival February 1970. Programme (2 copies)

Light Opera Club (Inc) proudly present a Glbert and Sullivan season of "The gondoliers". Auckland Grammar School Centennial Theatre, May 1970. Programme

Auckland Operatic Society. "Kismet", by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Producer Robert Alderton; musical director Neil McGough; choreographer Robert Young; wardrobe Joan Maynard. His Majesty's Theatre, commencing 24 June 1970. Programme

NZ Opera Society Canterbury Branch. Recital by senior students in conjunction with the Institute of Registered Music Teachers. (With Shelley Spang, Catherine Johnstone, Bryan Botting, David Vine, Carol Dodge, Tanya Pekelharing, Annaliese Pekelharing, Jill Pears, Felicity Ward, Sarah Watkins, Murray Lennox, Bernadette Richardson). State Trinity Theatre, 16 September [1970]. Programme

Light Opera Club. "Pink champagne", by Johann Strauss. Produced by John Atha; musical director Gordon Cole; choreographer Doreen Yalland. Auckland Grammar School Centennial Theatre, October 1970. Programme

1970s?: The Flute group presents Mozart's "The magic flute". Producer Warner Haldane; guest conductor Gillian Bibby. Gisborne War Memorial Theatre, 10-15 February [1970s?] Programme (2 copies)

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Programmes, sizes ranging under 250 mm.

Provenance: One programme donated by Roger Flury in 1998; one by Ross Harland, Wellington, in 2011; one by Morva Croxson, 2015.