Broomfield, Frank, active 1964

Date: 1963

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-NZOC-1963

Description: Includes: The New Zealand Opera Company presents "La boheme" by Giacomo Puccini. Producer John Thompson; conductor Georg Tintner or James Robertson; designer Raymond Boyce. [NZ tour 6 April - 15 June 1963. Programme (2 copies) and pamphlet/programme. Also mimeographed typescript page The New Zealand Opera Company presents "Cosi fan tutte" (Mozart). Producer John Thompson; designer Raymond Boyce; conductor James Robertson (With Grant Dickson, Peter Baillie, Graeme Gorton, Elisabeth Hellawell, Angela Shaw, Beryl Dalley). Victoria University Memorial Theatre, September - October 1963. Programme (2 copies) and dinner ticket for table 2 on 5th October [1963] (2 copies) The New Zealand Opera Company presents "Don Pasquale" (There's no fool like an old fool) by Gaetano Donizetti. With Grant Dickson, Graeme Gorton, Angela Shaw, John Poole and Frank Broomfield. producer John Thompson; production director Donald Munro; pianist Russell Channell; sets and costume designer Raymond Boyce. Little Theatre Lower Hutt. Wednesday 16 October [1963]. Mimeographed programme comprising two stapled sheets (2 copies) The New Zealand Opera Company presents "The magic flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Productions director Donald Munro, resident producer John Thompson; stage director Barry Leighton; stage manager Frank Broomfield. Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, Hamilton, April 3 to May 27 1963. Programme (2 copies) Royal performance, "A unicorn for Christmas". Music by David Farquhar from a play by Ngaio Marsh. St James Theatre Auckland, 7-9 February 1963. Programme (3 copies, including one autographed) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Programmes, sizes ranging under 330 mm.

Date: 1963 - 1964

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-NZOC-1963/1964

Description: Includes: 1963: The New Zealand Opera Company presents "Don Pasquale" (There's no fool like an old fool) by Gaetano Donizetti (With Ian Morton or Grant Dixon as Don Pasquale; Angela Shaw or Gillian Redstone as Norina). Pianist Russell Channell; producer John Thompson; production director Donald Munro; stage manager Frank Broomfield; set and costume designer Raymond Boyce. Programme The New Zealand Opera Company presents "Don Pasquale" (There's no fool like an old fool) by Gaetano Donizetti (With Ian Morton or Grant Dixon as Don Pasquale; Angela Shaw or Gillian Redstone as Norina). Pianist Russell Channell; producer John Thompson; production director Donald Munro; stage manager Frank Broomfield; sets and costumes designer Raymond Boyce. Community Arts Service tour 1963, Auckland Province. Programme (Pelorus Press Ltd) The New Zealand Opera Company presents "The magic flute" (Mozart) produced by Stefan Haag; design by Desmonde Downing, conductor James Robertson; "La boheme" (Puccini), produced by John Thompson, design by Raymond Boyce; guest conductor Georg Tintner. National tour April-June 1963. Pamphlet / booking form (2 copies), and member's concession voucher 1964: The New Zealand Opera Company. Opera for New Zealanders; an opera sponsorship scheme for provincial centres [ca 1964]. Pamphlet The New Zealand Opera Company. [Enrolment form. ca 1964] The New Zealand Opera presents "Rigoletto" (Verdi), producer John Thompson; designer Raymond Boyce; conductor Georg Tintner; "The bartered bride" (Smetana), producer Stephan Beinl; designer S Ostoja Kotkowski; conductor Georg Tintner; guest conductor Eduard Fischer; [and] "Cosi fan tutte" (Mozart), producer John Thompson, designer Raymond Boyce, conductor Georg Tintner. Pamphlet / itinerary / booking form (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Programmes and pamphlets, sizes ranging under 250 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 1965

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-NZOC-1965

Description: Includes: The New Zealand Opera Society Wellington Branch. Membership enrolment form (2 copies) New Zealand Opera Company national tour, July-September 1965. "Don Giovanni" (Mozart), producer John Thompson, sets designed by Alan Lees; [and] "Il trovatore" (Verdi), produced and designed by Raymond Boyce. Pamphlet / itinerary / booking form (2 copies) The New Zealand Opera Company and in association with the New Zealand Opera Society presents "Gallantry", a soap opera in one act; music by Douglas Moore, libretto by Arnold Sundgaard; [and] "L'heure Espagnole"; music by Ravel, libretto from a poem by Franc-Nohain. Pianist Russell Channell; producer John Thompson; musical director Dobbs Franks; sets and costumes designer Raymond Boyce; stage director Frank Broomfield. Concert Chamber Wellington Town Hall, 16-19 November [1965]. Programme (2 copies) "Porgy and Bess". Inia Te Wiata, Martha Flowers. Entire production directed by Ella Gerber; musical director Dobbs Franks. Pamphlet / New Zealand itinerary / booking form (2 copies, 1 slightly damaged) The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in association with Harry M Miller and the New Zealand Opera Company present the Australian premiere season of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" (Inia Te Wiata as Porgy, Phyllis Bash as Bess). Her Majesty's Theatre Brisbane, 9-20 November [1965]. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Programmes and pamphlets, sizes ranging under 250 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources.