Portraits of opera singers, ca. 1946-1955 ; J. C. Williamson International Grand Opera Season, 1955

PXE 843/6-35

series

ca. 1946-1955

Graphic Materials, Photographs

403738

Photographs - 30 silver gelatin photoprints - 13.5-20 x 8.5-25.5 cm.

6. Umberto Borso, dramatic tenor
7. Lottie Croydon as Maizie Mogglesworth [?]
8. Therese Desmond as Maggie Everybody
9. Ronald Dowd, Joseph Post, Betty Fretwell / Suttcliffe Pty. Ltd. ... Melbourne
10. Neil Easton / Shelley Studio Sydney
11. Betty Fretwell
12. American star Evie Hayes in "Annie get your gun" [signed]
13. Edward Howell as Fred Everybody
14. Madeline Howell as Daisy Sproggins
15. John Mac Callum [i.e. McCallum, signed]
16. Cyril Ritchard & Madge Elliott, 1946 [ signed & dated]
17. Gabriella Tucci / Foto Luxardo [signed]
18-19. Gabriella Tucci as Nedda in I Pagliacci / Associated Newspapers Ltd, Sydney
20. Gabriella Tucci in La Traviata / Sydney Morning Herald
21. Carmen, Scene from Act 1 / Allan Studios, Collingwood, 1955
22. Il Trovatore, charity performance with Alan Light, Gladys Mawson, Raymond McDonald, Margaret Elkins (seated) / Sydney Morning Herald
23-24. La Traviata with Afro Poli, Gabriella Tucci, Maria Huder, Danilo Vega / Allan Studios, Collingwood, 1955
25-26. Madame Butterfly with Justine Rettich and Betty Fretwell / Consolidated Press and Truth & Sportsman Limited, 1953
27. Rina Malatrasi / Sydney Morning Herald, 1955 [signed & dated]
28. Rina Malatrasi as Cho-Cho-San / Allan Studios, Collingwood, 1955
29. Shaw & Fretwell in Tosca / Associated Newspapers Ltd.
30. Lance Ingram (now Albert Lance) & Fretwell in Tosca / Truth and Sportsman Limited
31. Umberto Borso in Tosca, Act III / Foto Ivan
32. Betty Fretwell in Tosca / Truth & Sportsman Limited [signed]
33. Turandot, final curtain last night of season, 1/10/55
34. Victorian Opera Co. reception: Marie Collier, John Shaw and Betty Fretwell / Consolidated Press Ltd.
35. Barbara Wilson and Betty Fretwell inspect the queen's chocolates / Herald-Sun photograph