Melba, Nellie (Dame), 1861-1931

Date: 1922 to 1923

By: d'Oisly, Maurice, 1882-1949; Morrison, George Scott, 1918-2004

Reference: PA1-o-351

Description: Photographs, chiefly taken by Maurice D'Oisly, when on tour through New Zealand and Australia with his wife, the singer Rosina Buckman, and her mother Henrietta Buckman. Images begin on the RMS Ionic, travelling from Southampton to New Zealand, including scenes of shipboard life; Panama Canal; various passengers and crew on the ship. Shipboard staff include Captain (also called Commander) Jones, Chief Engineer Scott, Purser Gregson, and Dr Irving. Passengers include Mrs Guthrie-Smith and her daughter Barbara Guthrie-Smith. Inscriptions: Album page - "Tour 1922-23" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown leather cover; initials M. d'O. stamped into leather; 24.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1909

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1909

Description: Includes: Madame Ada Crossley. Australasian tour 1908-09. Direction J C Williamson (With John Harrison, tenor; Mr Jay Ryan, baritone; M Leon Sametini, violin; Mr Percy Grainger, piano; accompanist Harold Whittle). Programme - second concert [Pencilled date 19 January 1909]. Pianoforte recitals by Misses Madoleine Webbe and Gertrude Spooner (assisted by Miss Peggy Bain, violin; Miss Blanche Garland, contralto; and Mr J F Carr, tenor). Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington, 21 and 25 May 1909. Programme, and promotional pamphlet with photographs of the two main performers. Wanganui Orchestral Society. Concert. Opera House, 30 September 1909. Programme (with singer Mrs P Lewis, bassoonists Messrs B Yeates and G Turvey) Concert in aid of Rahui Cricket Club (President Byron Brown, secretary Arthur Hall; with performers Mrs Larkin, Mr and Master Dentice, Mrs R D'Ath, Mr T K Thomson, Mr D Kenny, Miss A M St George, Miss K Lynch). Otaki?, 4 December 1909. Programme Madame Melba. Tour 1909, under the direction of John Lemmone. People's concert, Wellington 4 May [1909]. Programme (2 copies) and three pink tickets Madame Melba. Tour 1909, under the direction of John Lemmone (with Una Bourne, John Lemmone, and Fred Ranalow). Opera House, Auckland, 18 May 1090. Programme Madame Melba. Tour 1909, under the direction of John Lemmone (with Una Bourne, John Lemmone and Fred Ranalow). Opera House Auckland, 20 May 1909. Programme Madame Melba. Tour 1909, under the direction of John Lemmone (with Una Bourne and Frederick Ranalow). Programmes (3 different, and one duplicate of one) Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and offset print, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: [19--]

By: O'Grady, James, 1888-1956

Reference: MS-Papers-9085

Description: Collection comprises six typewritten reminiscences recording O'Grady's adventures collecting autographs during and after the war throughout Ireland, England, France and Belgium. Some of the signatures were obtained from Madame Melba; English Premier Lloyd George; Cardinal Mercier; His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales; President Raymond Poincare of France and President Eamon de Valera of Ireland. Selected names indexed. Source of title - Supplied by Library Corporal O'Grady served with the Otago Infantry Regiment E Company during World War I. Later in his career O'Grady became a journalist. It is during this period of his life that these wartime reminiscences were written. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Davidson Auctions, New South Wales, May 2008

Date: 1917 - 1955 - 1960 - 1937 - 1956 - 1979

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-GB-1900/1979

Description: Includes programmes for the following performances: 1917: Aldwych Theatre. Sir Thomas Beecham's Season of grand opera. "Faust". Programme Princes Theatre. "Carminetta" [17 December 1917]. Programme (May Beatty) 1923: "The boatswain's mate" and "Fete galante". Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 11 June 1923. Programme (Rosina Buckman) 1926: Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Farewell appearance of Dame Nellie Melba in opera at Covent Garden. 8 June 1926. Programme. Farewell of Dame Nellie Melba 1926. Royal Albert Hall, 25 June 1926. Souvenir programme. 1937: Three one act operas: "Il tabarro", "Suor Angelica", "Gianni Schicchi" Conductor Warwick Braithwaite. Dukes Hall, Royal Academy of Music, 13-17 July 1937. Programme (Warwick Braithwaite) 1939: Sadlers Wells. "Rigoletto". Sadlers Wells Theatre, 6 January 1939. Programme (Warwick Braithwaite) 1951: "Billy Budd". First performance, at Royal Opera House Covent garden, 1 December 1951. Programme (Inia Te Wiata) 1953: Handel Opera Society, 21st anniversary season. "Alcina". Sadler's Wells Theatre, 22-31 October 1975. Programme (Bryan Drake) 1955: Royal Albert Hall. Beniamino Gigli; with Dino Fedri at the piano. Sunday March 6th 1955. programme. 1956: Gala performance ("Pearl fishers", "Faust", "Simone [sic] Boccanegra ... with ballet items). Sadlers Wells Theatre in the presence of HRH Princess Margaret, 6 January 1956. Programme (Denis Dowling) "The magic flute". Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 19 January 1956. Programme (Inia Te Wiata) "The magic flute". Special performance in the presence of HRH the Duchess of Kent in honour of the bi-centenary of the birth of Mozart. Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 27 January 1956. Programme (Inia Te Wiata) 1959: "My fair lady". Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 30 April 1958. Souvenir book (No known NZ connection) 1960s: "The most happy fella". Coliseum. Souvenir book (Inia Te Wiata) 1960: Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 28 May - 16 August 1960. Programme (Emily Maire [Mair]) Guildhall School of Music and Drama. "Der Freischutz". May-June 1960. Programme (Clarence Atkinson, Corinne Bridge) 1961: "Un giorno di Regno". St Pancras Arts Festival, 21-22 March 1961. Programme (John Hauxvell) "Jane Eyre" a new musical. Theatre Royal Windsor, 13 June 1961. Programme (Vivienne Martin) Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 24 May - 20 August 1961. Programme (Emily Maire [Mair]) 1962: Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 21 May - 19 August 1962. Programme (Emily Maire [Mair]) 1963: "The daughter of the regiment". Royal Festival Hall, 8 February 1963. Programme (Donald McIntyre) 1964: Sadlers Wells Opera. "Rigoletto". Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 4 January 1964. Programme (Noel Mangin; conductor Warwick Braithwaite) 1965: "Curlew river". Chester Cathedral, 6-8 October 1965. Programme (Bryan Drake) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1965. Programme (Alex Lindsay; Jon Andrew in "Der Rosenkavalier") 1966: Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1966. Programme (Janet Kenny in "Die Zauberflote") "Maria Stuarda", by Gaetano Donizetti. 12th St Pancras Arts Festival, Town Hall Euston Road, 1-2 March 1966. Programme / flier. (Bryan Drake) 1967: Sadlers Wells Opera. "Madam Butterfly". Royal Shakespeare Theatre, [early 1967]. Programme (Noel Mangin; conductor Warwick Braithwaite) London Opera Centre. "The magic flute", 19-22 July 1967. Programme (Kiri Te Kanawa) London Opera Centre. 13-16 December 1967. Programme (Kiri Te Kanawa) 1968: London Opera Centre at Sadler's Wells. 16-21 December 1968. Programmel (Kiri Te Kanawa) Anniversary gala in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, 24 October 1968. ("Fidelio", ""Leonore overture", "Nutcracker", "Aida"). Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Programme (2 copies) (Donald McIntyre) Sadler's Wells Theatre. "Albert Herring". London Opera Centre, 16-17 December 1968. Programme (Student list in back includes Kiri Te Kanawa, Mary Masterton, Kurt Ganzl, Michael Crowl) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1968. Programme (Peter Baillie in "Anna Bolena") 1970: "A midsummer night's dream". Opera at the Maltings, 29 and 31 August [1970]. Programme (Bryan Drake) 1973: Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1973. Programme (Kiri Te Kanawa) Fanfare; a celebration in words and usic to mark the entry of the United Kingdom into the European Community. Covent Garden, 3 January 1973. Special Royal Gala souvenir in the shape of a fan with a red tassle (Kiri Te Kanawa). 1974: Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1974. "Le nozze di Figaro" included. Programme (Kiri Te Kanawa) (2 copies) Photocopies of newclippings about Kiri Te Kanawa in "Faust". Observer review, 17 November 1984, Times Saturday review 29 June 1974; Times 11 December 1974. An evening of opera and ballet in honour of Lord Drogheda, chairman 1958-1974, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. 17 July 1974. Programme (Kiri Te Kanawa) 1975: "Alcina". Handel Opera Society. Sadlers Wells Theatre 1975. Programme (Bryan Drake) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1975. "Intermezzo" included. Programme (Jean Williams) "King Saul", by Alan Detweiler. Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, 26-28 November 1975. Programme (Rodney Macann) Phoenix Opera Gala. Sadler's Wells Theatre, 30 November [1975]. Programme (Denis Dowling) 1977: "Peter Grimes". Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 24 March 1977. Programme (Patricia Payne) 1978: "Big sin city". The Round House (London), ca 1978. Programme (Ellie Smith) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1978. Programme (Keith Lewis) Ludlow Festival. "The taming of the shrew". 24 June - 8 July 1978. Programme (Edmund Bohan) 1979: Camden Festival 17-31 March 1979. Programme (Keith Lewis) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1979. Programme (Keith Lewis, Patrick Power) "My fair lady". Haymarket Theatre Leicester. 9 November 1978. Programme (Peter Land) Quantity: 44 programmes and fliers. Physical Description: Programmes, sizes ranging under 350 mm.

Date: 1910-1959, nd

By: Velden, Petrus van der, 1837-1913; Van der Velden, David, active 1958

Reference: MS-Papers-5796

Description: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, lecture notes on art theory and exhibition catalogue collected by Petrus van der Velden and his immediate family Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, ms, typescript, printed matter Provenance: Collected by International Art Centre from Mr David van der Welden, Sydney ca 1958 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 44 photographs (PA Coll-4810).

Date: 1976 - 1978

From: Circa Theatre :[Posters. 1976 onwards].

Reference: Eph-C-CIRCA-1976/1978

Description: Includes posters for: 1976: Circa Theatre introduces "Glide time", a comedy in the Public Service, by Roger Hall, from Aug. 11th [1976] David Williamson's award-winning play, "The removalists", directed by Grant Tilly, beginning 3 November 1976. 1977: "Antigone", a political play of our time by Jean Anouilh, directed by Ray Henwood. Opens Sept. 7 [1977] "Knock knock", a new play by Jules Feiffer, directed by Ross Jolly. Ieanne d'Arc. Opens May 4th at 7 Harris St. [Poster designed by Grant Tilly] 1978: "A toast to Melba"; a raunchy romp thru the life of Australia's most legendary lady, by Jack Hibberd. Circa Theatre, from March 15th [1978] Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, sizes varying up to 370 x 285 mm. Provenance: Some donated by Circa Theatre.

Date: 6 Nov 2004

From: Flury, Roger, 1948- : Papers

By: Alda, Frances, 1879-1952; Austral, Florence Mary, 1892-1968; Hammond, Joan, 1912-1996; McEachern, Walter Malcolm Neil, 1883-1945; Melba, Nellie (Dame), 1861-1931; Natzke, Franz Oscar, 1912-1951; Stevens, Horace, 1874-1954; Tassian, Serban, 1909-1983

Reference: MSCD-2644

Description: Recording of radio broadcast of 'Saturday afternoon at the opera' that featured Australian and New Zealand born opera singers. Other - Other CDs of this radio broadcast are at MSCD-2645 and MSCD-2646 Contents: Oscar Natzka: Contents: Captain Stratton's Fancy / Warlock Contents: The merry wives of Windsor. Als Bublein klein / Nicolai Contents: Die Zauberflote. O Isis und Osiris / Mozart Contents: Shenandoah Contents: Joan Hammond: Contents: Herodiade. Il est doux / Massenet Contents: Turandot. In questa reggia / Puccini Contents: Die tote Stadt. Gluck, das mir verblieb / Korngold Contents: Serban Tassian: Contents: Don Pasquale. Bella sicome un angelo / Donizetti Contents: Don Pasquale. Cheti, cheti, immantinente / Donizetti Contents: Nellie Melba: Contents: Pastorale / Bizet Contents: Frances Alda: Contents: Manon Lescaut. In quelle trine morbide / Puccini Contents: Florence Austral: Contents: The Golden legend. The night is calm / Sullivan Contents: Horace Stevens: Contents: Messiah. The trumpet shall sound / Handel Contents: Il Prigone d'Edinburgo. Sulla Poppa / Ricci Vermont Public Radio (VPR) have since 1977 offered a weekly opera programme on Saturdays hosted by Peter Fox Smith. Quantity: 1 compact disc(s). 69.23 Minutes and seconds Duration.

Date: ca 1928-1976

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 : Papers of Cranleigh Barton and his forebears, Reverend Richard Taylor and Mary C Medley

Reference: 77-166-9/1

Description: Contains photographs of CB, biographical sketches, letters of condolence at CB's death, newspaper clippings relating to CB's artwork and donations, material relating to CB's involvement with religious bodies, and miscellaneous letters and photos to CB from public and religious personalities Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1921-1960

From: Mulgan, Alan Edward, 1881-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0224-17

Description: Includes: Copy of letter to Sir Robert Stout, 1921; letter for information on New Zealand war casualties for revision of `New Zealand. Country and people'; Wellington City Corporation giving notes on `Verses in tramcars'; Wellington Provincial Centennial Committee re proposed history; extracts from `Triad' re Madame Melba; copy of correspondence re State Literary Pensions for Jessie Mackay and James Cowan; copy of letter from H W Williams re Prof McMillan Brown and G E Morrison (`Chinese' Morrison); brief notes on Alan Wilkie's Shakespeare performances in NZ; New Zealander's experience with an American `Vanity Publisher'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 2 Dec 1909

By: Melba, Nellie (Dame), 1861-1931

Reference: MS-Papers-3184

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1912-1933

From: Trowell, Arnold Thomas Wilberforce, 1887-1966 : Music scores and papers

By: Trowell, Oliver, 1927-

Reference: MS-Papers-9016-008

Description: Includes certicate of election as fellow to the Guildhall School of Music, various correspondence, newspaper clippings and music programmes relating Trowell's career in the United Kingdom and correspondence with JW Black regarding the New Zealand Pageant Committee, London, 1924 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter, holographs, typescripts

Date: 1908-1909

Reference: MS-Papers-6323

Description: Relate to a proposed conservatorium of music, education, conferences of musicians, a Musicians Bill to be introduced into Parliament to set up an Association of Professional Musicians, Trinity College examination results, and visits of musicians and singers to New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Processing information: Transferred from Research Centre, 1998

Date: [1922? 1945-1949?]

From: Morrison, Rosina Tarepa Buckman, 1923-2005: Papers relating to Rosina Buckman

Reference: MS-Papers-9784-1

Description: Includes typescript of tribute to Buckman from Elizabeth R, for her services during the Second World War; Marconigram from Nellie Melba to Buckman; obituary cards of Georges Maurice D'Oisly and John Buckman Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 12 Mar 1994

From: Salkeld, Brian Hope, 1926-1995 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Melba, Nellie (Dame), 1861-1931

Reference: MSC-005894

Description: Place of recording - Place of recording Concert FM Side two of this cassette is blank. Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s).

Date: [ca 1925]

From: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999 :Photographs of Rosina Buckman

Reference: 1/2-139909-F

Description: Singers Maurice d'Oisly, Nellie Melba and Rosina Buckman. Photograph taken circa 1925 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1981

From: Millen, Julia Elizabeth, 1942- : Papers

Reference: MSC-000963

Description: Programme for Radio New Zealand Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s).

Date: [1975?]

From: Salkeld, Brian Hope, 1926-1995 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Melba, Nellie (Dame), 1861-1931; de Reszke, Edouard, 1853-1917

Reference: MSD12-0077

Description: James Robertson talks about the Met's performance of Faust featuring Nellie Melba and Edouard de Reszke. He plays excerpts, probably from the Mapleston cylinder recordings, 1900-1094. Quantity: 1 12" disc(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary list available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A88-246) - Donated by Mr B Salkeld, Lower Hutt