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AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA COLLECTION FINDING AID DAME JOAN HILDA HOOD HAMMOND (1912-1996) PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS AND EPHEMERA (PROMPT) PRINTED AUSTRALIANA JULY 2018 Dame Joan Hilda Hood Hammond, DBE, CMG (24 May 1912 – 26 November 1996) was a New Zealand born Australian operatic soprano, singing coach and champion golfer. She toured widely, and became noted particularly for her Puccini roles, and appeared in the major opera houses of the world – the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Scala, the Vienna State Opera and the Bolshoi. Her fame in Britain came not just from her stage appearances but from her recordings. A prolific artist, Hammond's repertoire encompassed Verdi, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Massenet, Beethoven, as well as folk song, art song, and lieder. She returned to Australia for concert tours in 1946, 1949 and 1953, and starred in the second Elizabethan Theatre Trust opera season in 1957. She undertook world concert tours between 1946 and 1961. She became patron and a life member of the Victorian Opera Company (since 1976, the Victorian State Opera – VSO), and was the VSO's artistic director from 1971 until 1976 and remained on the board until 1985. Working with the then General Manager, Peter Burch, she invited the young conductor Richard Divall to become the company's Musical Director in 1972. She joined the Victorian Council of the Arts, was a member of the Australia Council for the Arts opera advisory panel, and was an Honorary Life Member of Opera Australia. She was important to the success of both the VSO and Opera Australia. Hammond embarked on a second career as a voice teacher after her performance career ended. In 1975, she was appointed the head of the voice faculty at the Victorian College of the Arts, where she remained until her retirement seventeen years later in 1992. In that time she trained an extraordinary number of Australian singers who had successful careers in Australia and on the international stage. Among her notable pupils is soprano Cheryl Barker. CONTENT Printed materials in the PROMPT collection include programs and printed ephemera such as brochures, leaflets, tickets, etc. Theatre programs are taken as the prime documentary evidence of a performance by Joan Hammond. In a few cases however, the only evidence of a performance is a piece of printed ephemera. In these cases the type of piece is identified, eg, brochure. The list is based on imperfect holdings, and is updated as gaps in the Library’s holdings are filled. Unless otherwise stated, all entries are based on published programs in the PROMPT collection. ACCESS The Dame Joan Hilda Hood Hammond PROMPT files may be accessed through the Library’s Special Collections Reading Room by eCallslip request: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3528398 ARRANGEMENT Programs in the National Library’ PROMPT collection are arranged chronologically / by entrepreneur and/or management company name, etc. 1. Australian Performances by Hammond 2. Overseas performances by Hammond then individually listed, chronologically by performance as follows: Date (day and month); City Name of production or performer Headline performers etc. An index to staged productions and appearances by staff performers is provided at the end of the document. This document is also keyword searchable [add content to suit material.]. OTHER RESOURCES The National Library’s collection also includes: Other programs of Hammond performances within the Royal Opera (Covent Garden) PROMPT file ▪ Books and biographical cuttings ▪ Pictures and posters ▪ Oral history interview ▪ Joan Hood Hammond and Joan Hammond information and resources listed within the TROVE discovery service ▪ Newspaper articles about Dame Joan Hammond can found in Trove ▪ Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APAFT) for indexed journal articles Dame Joan Hammond (1912-1966) 2 AUSTRALIAN PERFORMANCES See also Digitised Australian newspaper and magazine coverage of Joan Hammond (including promotions and reviews). 1946 14 July; [Town Hall], Melbourne (Victoria) Melbourne Civic Concert: Joan Hammond Associate Artist (pianist) Raymond Lambert. “Under the auspices of the Melbourne City Council” 1 program 1946 20 July; Theatre Royal, Hobart (Tasmania) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond Associate Artist (pianist) Raymond Lambert 1 program 1946 14 August; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond By arrangement with Harold Hold Ltd. Associate Artist (pianist) Raymond Lambert 2 programs 1946 21 August; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond By arrangement with Harold Hold Ltd. Associate Artist (pianist) Raymond Lambert 1 program 1946 19 September; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond By arrangement with Harold Hold Ltd. Associate Artist (pianist) Raymond Lambert 2 programs 1946 19 November; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) Joan Hammond [proceeds to the Australian Red Cross Society] Featuring Raymond Lambert at the piano 1 program Dame Joan Hammond (1912-1966) 3 1949 10 August; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The N.S.W. Ladies Golf Union present Joan Hammond Accompanist: Lindley Evans. “In the first of her ‘Thank You’ concerts” 1 program 1949 15 August; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The N.S.W. Ladies Golf Union present Joan Hammond Accompanist: Lindley Evans. “In the final of her ‘Thank You’ concerts” 1 program 1949 26 August; Town Hall, Melbourne (Victoria) Joan Hammond Concert Accompanist: Bernice Lehmann. 1 program 1953 23 June; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond O.B.E. Associate Artist: Walter Susskind. 1 program 1953 25 June; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond O.B.E. Associate Artist: Walter Susskind. 1 program 1953 27 June; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond O.B.E. Associate Artist: Walter Susskind. 1 program 1953 4 July; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond Associate artist: Walter Susskind. 1 program Dame Joan Hammond (1912-1966) 4 1953 7 July; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond Associate artist: Walter Susskind. 2 programs 1953 1,4,6,8 August; Town Hall, Melbourne (Victoria) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents the World famous soprano Joan Hammond At the Piano: Walter Susskind 3 flyers 1953 19-20 August; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents the Sydney Symphony Orchestra In the eighth concert of the 1953 Subscription Series Red Season. Conductor: Eugene Goossens Soloist: Joan Hammond 1 program 1953 28 August; Adelaide Town Hall (Adelaide) Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Joan Hammond with Walter Susskind. 1 program 1953 12 September; Town Hall, Melbourne (Victoria) The Australian Broadcasting Commission presents the Victorian Symphony Orchestra In the seventh of the 1953 Subscription Concerts - Red Season. Conductor: Juan Jose Castro; Soloist: Joan Hammond 1 program. 1 flyer 1953 17 September; Town Hall, Melbourne (Victoria) Special Orchestral Concert with the Victorian Symhony Orchestra Conductor: Juan Jose Castro; Soloist: Joan Hammond 1 flyer 1957 October; Princess Theatre (Melbourne) Othello/Verdi The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust by arrangement with Garnet H. Carroll presents the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company with the Victorian Symphony Dame Joan Hammond (1912-1966) 5 Orchestra. Joan Hammond stars as Desdemona, with Ronald Dowd as Othello. 1 program 1960 21 May; Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales) Salome/Strauss By arrangement with Harold Hold Ltd. Associate Artist (pianist) Raymond Lambert 1 program OVERSEAS PERFORMANCES 1940 23 March; Queen’s Hall (London) Harold Holt presents a Special Concert The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, with Hammond as soloist with Tilly Connely and John Tobin. 1942 8 May; Liverpool Empire (Liverpool) La Traviata/Verdi The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company under the direction of H.B. Phillips, featuring Hammond as Violetta Valery. Note: early use of “Royal” Carl Rosa Opera Co., and unusual format (usually seen for variety programmes) 1942 10 May; Royal Albert Hall (London) Harold Holt Sunday Concerts, Sullivan Centenary Festival London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood, featuring Joan Hammond, Henry Wendon, Astra Desmond, Denis Noble, Muriel Brunskill, Leyland White, with the Alexandra Choir. 1942 14 May; Cambridge Theatre (London) International Festival of Music, seventh concert Presented by Jay Pomeroy, featuring Joan Hammond, Dino Borgioli, Daria Bayan, Novakowsi, Kiriloff, conducted by Charles Hambourg. 1942 28 July; Royal Albert Hall (London) BBC Promenade Concerts Featuring Joan Hammond and Cyril Smith with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Dame Joan Hammond (1912-1966) 6 conducted by Sir Henry Wood. 1942 Commencing 2 November; Wimbledon Theatre (London) Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co. Featuring Joan Hammond, Gwen Catley, Heddle Nash, Norman Allin, Dennis Noble; under the direction of H.B. Phillips 1 season program 1942 8 November; Royal Albert Hall (London) Harold Holt Sunday Concerts Featuring Joan Hammond and Moiseiwitsch with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Henry J. Wood. 1942 Commencing 9 November; Wimbledon Theatre (London) Royal Carl
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