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AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA COLLECTION FINDING AID

DAME JOAN HILDA HOOD HAMMOND (1912-1996)

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS AND EPHEMERA (PROMPT)

PRINTED AUSTRALIANA

JANUARY 2015

Dame Joan Hilda Hood Hammond, DBE, CMG (24 – 26 November 1996) was a 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 houses of the world – House Covent Garden, La Scala, the 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, , and lieder. She returned to 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 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 . 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 .

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 . 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.

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

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.].

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

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See also Digitised Australian newspaper and magazine coverage of Joan Hammond (including promotions and reviews).

1946 14 July; [Town Hall], (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, () 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

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1949 10 August; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales) The N.S.W. Ladies Golf Union present Joan Hammond Accompanist: . “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 (Victoriat) 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: . 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

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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 Elizabethean Trust Opera Company with the Victorian Symphony

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Orchestra. Joan Hammond stars as Desdemona, with Ronald Dowd as Othello. 1 program

1960 21 May; Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales) /Strauss By arrangement with Harold Hold Ltd. Associate Artist (pianist) Raymond Lambert 1 program

1940 23 March; Queen’s Hall () Harold Holt presents a Special Concert The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir , with Hammond as soloist with Tilly Connely and John Tobin.

1942 8 May; Liverpool Empire (Liverpool) /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

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conducted by Sir .

1942 Commencing 2 November; Wimbledon Theatre (London) Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co. Featuring Joan Hammond, Gwen Catley, , Norman Allin, ; 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 Rosa Opera Co. Featuring Joan Hammond, Gwen Catley, Heddle Nash, Norman Allin, Dennis Noble; under the direction of H.B. Phillips 1 season program

1943 Commencing 9 February; Winter Garden Theatre (London) La Traviata/Verdi Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co., featuring Joan Hammond as Violetta Valery, under the direction of H.B. Phillips 1 program

1943 Commencing 18 February; Winter Garden Theatre (London) La Boheme/Puccini Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co., featuring Joan Hammond as Mimi, under the direction of H.B. Phillips 1 program

1945 Commencing 4 June; Liverpool Empire (Liverpool) La Traviata/Verdi; La /Puccini Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co., featuring Joan Hammond as Violetta Valery and Floria Tosca, under the direction of H.B. Phillips 1 program

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1945 9 August; Royal Albert Hall (London) Henry Wood Promenade Concert Featuring Sir conducting, was originally to feature Joan Hammond, but was replaced by Joy McArden ‘due to indisposition’. 1 program

1945 7 December; Royal Albert Hall (London) Concert of Austrian Music In aid of starving Austrian children and Austrian victims of Nazi concentration camps. Featuring Sir Adrian Boult conducting, with Joan Hammond and Alfred Blumen. 1 program, ticket attached.

1945 Commencing 10 December; Wimbledon Theatre (London) La Tosca/Puccini Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co., featuring Joan Hammond as Floria Tosca 1 program

1946 14 January; The Vic (Burnley) La Tosca/Puccini Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company Hammond as Floria Tosca Under the direction of H.B. Phillips 1 program

1946 One week commencing 21 January; New Opera House (Blackpool) Royal Carl Rosa Opera Various production featuring Under the direction of H.B. Phillips 1 program

1946 17 February; Capitol Theatre, Cardiff (Wales) Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra Featuring Joan Hammond and Frank Titterton. 1 program

1946 3 March; Royal Albert Hall (London) Henry Wood Birthday Concert A performance of Beethoven’s Solemn Mass, sponsored by The Daily Telegraph

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in aid of the Henry Wood National Memorial Fund. Featuring Joan Hammond, Gladys Ripley, Parry Jones, George Pizzey, with the Huddersfield Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dr. 1 program

1946 19 April; Royal Albert Hall (London) /Handel Featuring The London Symphony Orchestra with Joan Hammond, Muriel Brunskill, Henry Wendon, Owen Brannigan 1 program

1946 12 May; Empire Theatre, Cardiff (Wales) Raymond Sinclair presents the Boyd Neel Orchestra Featuring Joan Hammond with Irene Beaver and Ronald Settle. 1 program

1946 12 June; Royal Albert Hall (London) Mass/Verdi Featuring The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by , with an insert noting “ Owing to indisposition Edna Hobson is prevented from appearing tonight. At very short notice Joan Hammond has kindly undertaken to sing in her place.” 1 program

1947 5 February; Theatre Royal, Churchgate Bolton (Greater ) /Gounod Featuring Joan Hammond as Marguerite 1 program

1947 24 August; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon) Shakespeare Festival 1947 Sunday evening concert, first in a series, featuring Joan Hammond (soprano), Ivor Newton (piano), Leon Goossens (oboe) 1 program

1948 [January?]; Lewisham Hippodrome (Lewisham) La Traviata/Verdi The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company featuring Joan Hammond as Violetta Valery

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1 program

1948 17 April; Royal Albert Hall (London) ‘Daily Herald’ Opera Promenade Concert Featuring Joan Hammond, Luigi Infantino, Sheila de Haan, Redvers Llewellyn 2 programs

1948 Commencing 24 July – 18 September; Royal Albert Hall (London) Henry Wood Promenade Concerts The 54th season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. Hammond featured as soloist on August 28 and September 17. Other Australian artists featured: Eileen Joyce, William Herbert and Harold Williams. 1 program

1948 9 October; Royal Albert Hall (London) ‘Daily Herald’ Opera Promenade Concert Featuring Joan Hammond, Marko Rothmuller, conducted by Walter Goehr 2 programs

1948 12 September; Pier Pavillion (Worthing) Joan Hammond with the Worthing Municipal Orchestra Featuring Joan Hammond, James Kershaw and the Worthing Municipal Orchestra 1 program, signed by Joan Hammon and James Kershaw

1948 6 October; , Covent Garden (London) /Verdi Covent Garden Opera featuring Joan Hammond as Leonora 1 program

1948 6 December; Grosvenor Hall (Dublin) Joan Hammond Hammond as soloist.accompanied by Jeannie Reddin Note: Hammond is given a bio in this program, mentioning her Australian origins and her war effort. 1 program

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1949 5 March; Royal Albert Hall (London) ‘Daily Herald’ Opera Promenade Concert Featuring Joan Hammond, Walter Goehr, Eugene Conley 1 program, signed by Hammond

1949 29 April; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) /Beethoven Featuring Joan Hammond, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf 1 program

1949 2 June; Royal Albert Hall (London) London Philharmonic Orchestra Featuring Joan Hammond, Constance Shacklock, , Gianpiero Malaspina, and the London Philharmonic Choir conducted by Victor de Sabata 1 program

1949 4 – 12 June; Haringay Indoor Arena (London) The Philadelphia Orchestra Eight Concerts for the People by arrangement with the London Music Festival Featuring Joan Hammond as a soloist 1 program, 1 flyer

1949 20 – 23 June; Philharmonic Hall (Liverpool) Merseyside Industrial Concerts (Summer Series): Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, First Summer Industrial Concert featuring Joan Hammond as soloist, conductor 1 program

1950 January; [Tour from Aberdeed to Cardiff] Joan Hammond, a Lynford-Joel presentation [16 week tour of 48 provincial towns, “from Aberdeen to Cardiff”according to newspaper content] 1 program

1950 27 October; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) /Verdi Featuring the Covent Garden Opera with Joan Hammond as Aida 1 program

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1950 5 November; Royal Albert Hall (London) Joan Hammond with the London National Orchestra Conducted by Walter Susskind 1 program

1951 31 January; Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London) Don Carlos The Sadler’s Wells Opera featuring Joan Hammond as Elizabeth de Valois 1 program

1951 14 April; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) Aida/Verdi Featuring Joan Hammond as Aida 1 program

1951 20 April; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) Madam Butterfly/Puccini Featuring Joan Hammond as Madam Butterfly 1 program

1951 [22 April]; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon) Festival of Britain Sunday Concerts “...first concert in the Festival of Britain Series...” Hammond as soloist. 2 flyers

1951 12 May; Royal Festival Hall (London) Joan Hammond: a Festival of Britain Concert “Mark Lynford and John Joel (Lynford-Joel promotions Ltd. present...” Accompanist: Walter Susskind 1 program

1951 14 May; Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London) Don Carlos/Verdi Featuring the Sadler’s Wells Opera with Hammond as Elizabeth de Valois 1 program

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1951 28 May – 2 June; Davis Theatre (London) Six Festival of Britain Concerts Featuring Joan Hammond and performing at the second concert, 29 May 1951, with the BBC Orchestra and BBC Chorus 1 program

1951 27 October; Theatre Royal (Dublin) Joan Hammond Hammond as soloist.accompanied by Jeannie Reddin 1 program

1952 29 – 30 March; Free Trade Hall (Manchester) The Halle Concerts Society season 1951-52 Featuring Joan Hammond, Walter Goehr, Eugene Conley 1 program

1952 20 August; City Hall (Sheffield) The Halle Concerts Society season 1951-52 Featuring Joan Hammond, conducted by George Weldon 1 program

1952 10 December; Royal Albert Hall (London) Joan Hammond and the London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Stanford Robinson Notes management of Lynford-Joel Ltd. 1 program

1953 Commencing 24 May until 7 June; Royal Festival Hall (London) Eight Coronation Concerts Brochure listig the eight concerts to celebrate the Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, the British Broadcasting Corporation and the London City Council. Hammond listed as principal performer in third concert held on 27 May 1953. 1 brochure

1953 27 May; Royal Festival Hall (London) Eight Coronation Concerts Third concert featuring the BBC Choral Society, the BBC Syphony Orchestra,

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Joan Hammond, John Cameron, William Primrose, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. 1 program for third concert only

1953 30 December; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) Tosca/Puccini Featuring Joan Hammond as Floria Tosca 1 program

1954 24 February; Davis Theatre (Croydon) Aida/Verdi Featuring the Covent Garden Opera with Joan Hammond as Aida, with in the role of Priestess. Significant as both the “Dame Joans” performed together (prior to either becoming Dame) Note advert on rear cover listing seven to be performed at Croydon, one of these is Madam Blutterfly, directed by Robert Helpmann. 1 program

1954 Commencing 25 March; Palace Theatre (Manchester) Aida/Verdi Featuring Hammond as Aida 1 program

1954 Commencing 5 April; Theatre Royal (Birmingham) Aida/Verdi Featuring Hammond as Aida [Karl Levett notes that the enclosed newspaper clipping tells of drama involved with this performance, James Johnston playing Radames was ill, and Van der Zalm was flown in from Holland. Hammond switched into Italian to sing with der Zalm, with very pleasing results for Hammond. “I doubt if she has ever done better work...This must surely go with the great Aidas of all time”.] 1 program

1954 9 October; Royal Albert Hall (London) Requiem Mass/Verdi Featuring Joan Hammond as soprano, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, conducted by 1 program

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1954 14 October; Royal Albert Hall (London) Requiem Mass/Verdi Featuring Joan Hammond as soprano, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Efrem Kurtz 1 program

1954 7 November; Royal Festival Hall (London) Joan Hammond, , Presented by the Comus Art Society Ltd. 1 program

1955 9 January; Royal Albert Hall (London) International Celebrity Concert Featuring Joan Hammond, Richard Lewis, Constance Shacklock, Norman Walker 2 programs

1955 Commencing 12 March; King’s Theatre (Glasgow) Aida/Verdi Featuring The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra Hammond as Aida 1 program

1955 15 March; Edinburgh Empire (Edinburgh) Aida/Verdi Featuring The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra Hammond as Aida 1 program

1955 Commencing 29 March; Palace Theatre (Manchester) Aida/Verdi Featuring The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra Hammond as Aida 1 program

1955 3 May; Royal Festival Hall (London) London Symphony Orchestra Last of a series of seven concerts of music by Beethoven. Featuring Willem De Mont, Joan Hammond, Norman Procter, William McAlpine, Owen Brannigan, Alexandra Choir conducted by Anthony Collins.

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1 program,

1955 22 May; Royal Festival Hall (London) BBC Symphony Orchestra Featuring Joan Hammond, Gladys Ripley, Richard Lewis, Norman Walker 1 program

1955 1 November; Town Hall (Birmingham) Joan Hammond Featuring Joan Hammondwith Ivor Newton at the piano 1 program

1957 31 January; Royal Albert Hall (London) Requiem/Verdi Featuring Joan Hammond, Constance Shacklock, Walter Midgely, Nowakowski and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent 1 program

1957 3 February; Royal Albert Hall (London) Sunday Orchestra Concert Featuring Joan Hammond and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Weldon 1 program, signed by Hammond

1957 3 April; Leeds Town Hall (Leeds) Requiem/Verdi Featuring Joan Hammond, Constance Shacklock, Walter Midgely, Nowakowski, Leeds Philharmonic Chrous, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent 1 program

1957 12 June; Royal Festival Hall (London) The Apostles/Elgar BBC Home Service presents the BBC Syphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. Featuring Joan Hammond, Marjorie Thomas, William Herbert, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan, and Richard Standen. 1 program

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1958 7 – 25th March; various venues Joan Hammond (tour) Programme for tour, featuring Joan Hammond with Ivor Newton at the piano. Cities include Nottingham, Birmingham, Leicester, Sheffield, and Manchester.

1958 23 May, Royal Festival Hall (London) Joan Hammond, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind S.A. Gorlinsky presents Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind 1 program

1958 13 September; Royal Albert Hall (London) Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Featuring Joan Hammond, Charles Craig, Harold Blackburn, Eric Harrison, The BBC Chorus and the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Vilem Tausky 2 programs, 1 of which is signed by Hammond and Charles Craig

1959 10 January; Royal Albert Hall (London) Messiah/Handel Featuring The London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Choral Society with Joan Hammond, Norma Procter, Richard Lewis, Trevor Anthony and Anthony Greir conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. 1 program

1959 11 March; Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London) /Dvorak The Sadler’s Wells Opera featuring Hammond as Rusalka. Also features advertising for Hammond’s recordings for HMV. 1 program

1959 31 March; Theatre Royal (Nottingham) Madam Butterfly/Puccini The Sadler’s Wells Opera featuring Hammond as Madam Butterfly, Cho-Cho San, and Australian Kevin Miller in the role of Goro. 1 program

1959 25 November; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) Aida/Verdi Hammond as Aida, and fellow Australian as Amonasro.

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Program contains adverts for Hammond’s recordings and one of Joan Sutherland recommending Grundig tape recorders. 1 program

1960 20 January; Royal Festival Hall (London) BBC Symphony Orchestra season 1959-60 Featuring Hammond, Marjorie Thomas, Walter Midgley, James Milligan, the BBC Chorus, the BBC Choral Society and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. 1 program

1960 28 January; Royal Albert Hall (London) Mass in D/Beethoven Featuring The London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Choral Society with Joan Hammond, , Walter Midgley, Trevor Anthony 1 program

1961 25 January; Royal Festival Hall (London) Childhood of Christ/Berlioz BBC Syphony Orchestra season, featuring Joan Hammond, Richard Lewis, John Cameron, Joseph Rouleau, the BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent 2 programs, 1 of which signed by Hammond and Cameron

1961 31 March; Royal Albert Hall (London) Messiah/Handel Featuring Joan Hammond, Norma Procter, William Herbert, James Milligan The London Symphony conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent 1 program (book of words)

1961 27 June; Australia House (London) Recital by Joan Hammond Australian Musical Association event in the presence of H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, featuring Joan Hammond accompanied by Ivor Newton Notes on reverse note other people present, including Lady Gowrie, Lady De Lisle, Sir John Northcott, Sire Eric Harrison, Geoffrey Chard, Neil Easton, Betty Smith, Lady Harrison 1 program

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1961 12 November; Public Hall, Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria) Joan Hammond (soprano) Organised by Her Majesty’s Theatre Repertory Club, Barrow-in-Furness Hammond accompanied by Ivor Newton 1 program, signed by Hammond on cover

1962 4 February; Royal Festival Hall (London) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Groves, Joan Hammond 1 program

1962 17 May; Town Hall Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) Celebrity Recital Featuring Joan Hammond accompanied by Ivor Newton. 1 program

1962 6 November; Royal Albert Hall (London) For the Fallen/Elgar Requiem/Verdi Performance of the Royal Choral Society featuring Joan Hammond, Monica Sinclair, William McAlpine, Victor Godfrey and The London Symphony conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. 1 program (book of words)

1963 22 March; Town Hall (Huddersfield) Requiem/Verdi Featuring Joan Hammond, Monica Sinclair, Ronald Dowd, Victor Godfrey and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent 1 program

1964 17 January; Royal; Festival Hall (London) Concert in aid of the National Appeal Fund of the United Nations Association Featuring Joan Hammond as soloist, Alan Loveday on violin, and Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 1 program

1964 25 March; Free Trade Hall (Manchester) An Operatic and Lieder Recital in aid of the Freedom From Hunger Campaign Featuring Joan Hammond accompanied by Ivor Newton.

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Part of the 1963-64 Halle Season 1 season brochure

1965 28 March; Battersea Town Hall (London) Miss Joan Hammond and the New Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted by . Soloist: Ian Wilson, oboe. 1 ‘Winter Season’ brochure for Battersea Town Hall.

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Index to performances

Aida/Verdi BBC Promenade Concerts 1951 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1942 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 8 London ...... 14 BBC Symphony Orchestra Aida/Verdi 1955 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 18 1950 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, BBC Symphony Orchestra season 1959-60 London ...... 13 1960 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 21 Aida/Verdi Boheme/Puccini 1954 Davis Theatre, Croydon ...... 16 1943 Winter Garden Theatre, London ...... 8 Aida/Verdi Cambridge Theatre, London 1954 Palace Theatre, Manchester ...... 17 1942 International Festival of Music, seventh Aida/Verdi concert ...... 7 1954 Theatre Royal, Birmingham ...... 17 Capitol Theatre, Cardiff Aida/Verdi 1946 Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra ...... 10 1955 King’s Theatre, Glasgow...... 18 Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra Aida/Verdi 1946 Capitol Theatre, Cardiff ...... 10 1955 Edinburgh Empire, Edinburgh ...... 18 Celebrity Recital Aida/Verdi 1962 Town Hall Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 1955 Palace Theatre, Manchester ...... 18 ...... 22 Aida/Verdi Chilhood of Christ/Berlioz 1959 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1961 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 21 London ...... 21 City Hall, Sheffield Apostles, The/Elgar 1952 Halle Concerts Society season 1951-52 .. 15 1957 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 19 Concert in aid of the National Appeal Fund of the Australia House, London United Nations Association 1961 Recital by Joan Hammond ...... 22 1964 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 23 Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Concert of Austrian Music Joan Hammond 1945 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 9 1946 Theatre Royal, Hobart TAS ...... 3 Daily Herald Opera Promenade Concert 1946 Town Hall, Sydney NSW...... 3 1948 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 11, 12 1946 Town Hall, Sydney NSW...... 3 1949 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 12 1946 Town Hall, Sydney NSW...... 4 Davis Theatre, Croydon 1953 Town Hall, Adelaide SA ...... 6 1951 Six Festival of Britain Concerts ...... 15 1953 Town Hall, Sydney NSW...... 5 1954 Aida/Verdi ...... 16 Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Don Carlos/Verdi Joan Hammond O.B.E. 1951 Sadler ...... 14 1953 Town Hall, Sydney NSW...... 4, 5 Don Carlos/Verdi Australian Broadcasting Commission presents the 1951 Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London ...... 15 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Edinburgh Empire, Edinburgh 1953 Town Hall, Sydney NSW...... 6 1955 Aida/Verdi ...... 18 Australian Broadcasting Commission presents the Eight Coronation Concerts Victorian Symphony Orchestra 1953 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 16 1953 Town Hall, Melbourne VIC ...... 6 Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney NSW Australian Broadcasting Commission presents the 1957 Othello/Verdi ...... 7 World famous soprano Joan Hammond Empire Theatre, Cardiff 1953 Town Hall, Melborne VIC NSW ...... 5 1946 Raymond Sinclair presents the Boyd Neel Battersea Town Hall, London Orchestra ...... 10 1965 Miss Joan Hammond and the New Faust/Gounod Philharmonia Orchestra ...... 23 1947 Theatre Royal, Bolton ...... 11

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Festival of Britain Sunday Concerts Joan Hammond [proceeds to the Australian Red 1951 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford- Cross] Upon-Avon ...... 14 1946 Town Hall, Sydney NSW ...... 4 Fidelio/Beethoven Joan Hammond and the London Symphony 1949 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra London ...... 13 1952 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 16 For the Fallen/Elgar Joan Hammond Concert 1962 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 22 1949 Town Hall, Melbourne VIC ...... 4 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Joan Hammond with the London National 1952 Halle Concerts Society season 1951-52 . 15 Orchestra 1964 Operatic and Lieder Recital in aid of the 1950 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 14 Freedom From Hunger Campaign ...... 23 Joan Hammond with the Worthing Municipal Grosvenor Hall, Dublin Orchestra 1948 Joan Hammond ...... 12 1948 Pier Pavillion, Worthing ...... 12 Halle Concerts Society season 1951-52 Joan Hammond, a Festival of Britain Concert 1952 City Hall, Sheffield ...... 15 1951 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 14 Halle Concerts Society season 1951-52 Joan Hammond, Philharmonia Orchestra, 1952 Free Trade Hall, Manchester ...... 15 Norman Del Mar Haringay Indoor Arena, London 1954 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 17 1949 Philadelphia Orchestra, The ...... 13 Joan Hammond, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Harold Holt presents a Special Concert Walter Susskind 1940 Queen’s Hall, London ...... 7 1958 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 20 Harold Holt Sunday Concerts King’s Theatre, Glasgow 1942 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 8 1955 Aida/Verdi ...... 18 Harold Holt Sunday Concerts, Sullivan Leeds Town Hall, Leeds Centenary Festival 1957 Requeim/Verdi ...... 19 1942 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 7 Lewisham Hippodrome, Lewisham Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1948 Traviata ...... 11 1945 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 9 Liverpool Empire, Liverpool Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1942 Traviata/Verdi ...... 7 1948 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 11 1945 Tosca/Puccini ...... 9 1958 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 10, 20 London Philharmonic Orchestra Il Trovatore/Verdi 1959 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 13 1948 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Groves, London ...... 12 Joan Hammond International Celebrity Concert 1962 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 22 1955 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 18 London Symphony Orchestra International Festival of Music, seventh concert 1955 Royal Festival Hall, London ...... 18 1942 Canbridge Theatre, London ...... 7 Madam Butterfly/Puccini Joan Hammon, a Lynford-Joel presentation 1951 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1950 tour, United Kingdom...... 13 London ...... 14 Joan Hammond Madam Butterfly/Puccini 1948 Grosvenor Hall, Dublin ...... 12 1959 Theatre Royal, Nottingham ...... 20 1951 Theatre Royal, Dublin ...... 15 Mass in D/Beethoven 1955 Town Hall, Birmingham ...... 19 1960 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 21 Joan Hammond (soprano) Melbourne Civic Concert Joan Hammond 1961 Public Hall, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria 1946 Town Hall, Melbourne VIC ...... 3 ...... 22 Merseyside Industrial Concerts (Summer Series) Joan Hammond (U.K. tour) 1949 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool ...... 13 1958...... 19 Messiah/Handel 1946 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 10

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1959 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 20 1945 Henry Wood Promenade Concert ...... 9 1961 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 21 1946 Messiah/Handel ...... 10 Miss Joan Hammond and the New Philharmonia 1946 Requiem Mass/Verdi ...... 11 Orchestra 1948 Daily Herald Opera Promenade Concert 1965 Battersea Town Hall, London ...... 23 ...... 11, 12 N.S.W. Ladies Golf Union present Joan 1948 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts...... 11 Hammond 1949 Daily Herald Opera Promenade Concert 1949 Town Hall, Sydney NSW...... 4 ...... 12 New Opera House, Blackpool 1949 London Philharmonic Orchestra ...... 13 1946 Royal Carl Rosa Opera ...... 10 1950 Joan Hammond with the London Operatic and Lieder Recital in aid of the Freedom National Orchestra ...... 14 From Hunger Campaign 1952 Joan Hammond and the London 1964 Free Trade Hall, Manchester ...... 23 Symphony Orchestra ...... 16 Othello/Verdi 1954 Joan Hammond, Philharmonia Orchestra, 1957 Princess Theatre, Melbourne VIC ...... 6 Norman Del Mar...... 17 Palace Theatre, Manchester 1954 Requiem/Verdi ...... 17 1954 Aida/Verdi ...... 17 1955 International Celebrity Concert ...... 18 1955 Aida/Verdi ...... 18 1957 Requeim/Verdi ...... 19 Philadelphia Orchestra, The 1957 Sunday Orchestra Concert ...... 19 1949 Haringay Indoor Arena, London...... 13 1958 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.... 10, 20 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 1959 Messiah/Handel ...... 20 1949 Merseyside Industrial Concerts (Summer 1960 Mass in D/Beethoven...... 21 Series)...... 13 1961 Messiah/Handel ...... 21 Pier Pavillion, Worthing 1962 For the Fallen/Elgar ...... 22 1948 Joan Hammond with the Worthing 1962 Requiem/Verdi ...... 22 Municipal Orchestra ...... 12 Royal Carl Rosa Opera Princess Theatre, Melbourne VIC 1946 New Opera House, Blackpool ...... 10 1957 Othello/Verdi ...... 6 Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co. Public Hall, Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria) 1942 Wimbledon Theatre, London ...... 8 1961 Joan Hammond (soprano) ...... 22 Royal Festival Hall, London Queen’s Hall, London 1951 Joan Hammond, a Festival of Britain 1940 Harold Hold presents a Special Concert . 7 Concert ...... 15 Raymond Sinclair presents the Boyd Neel 1953 Eight Coronation Concerts ...... 16 Orchestra 1955 BBC Symophony Orchestra ...... 18 1946 Empire Theatre, Cardiff ...... 10 1955 London Symphony Orchestra ...... 18 Recital by Joan Hammond 1957 Apostles, The/Elgar ...... 19 1961 Australia House, London ...... 22 1958 Joan Hammond, Royal Philharmonic Requiem Mass/Verdi Orchestra, Walter Susskind ...... 20 1946 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 11 1960 BBC Symphony Orchestra season 1959-60 Requiem/Verdi ...... 21 1954 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 17 1961 Childhood of Christ/Berlioz ...... 21 1957 Leeds Town Hall, Leeds ...... 19 1962 London Philharmonic, Charles Groves, 1957 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 19 Joan Hammond ...... 22 1962 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 22 1964 Concert in aid of the National Appeal 1963 Town Hall, Huddersfield ...... 23 Fund of the United nations Association ... 23 Royal Albert Hall, London Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 1942 BBC Promenade Concerts ...... 8 1948 Il Trovatore/Verdi ...... 12 1942 Harold Holt Sunday Concerts ...... 8 1949 Fidelio/Beethoven ...... 13 1942 Harold Holt Sunday Concerts, Sullivan 1950 Aida/Verdi ...... 13 Centenary Festival ...... 7 1951 Aida/Verdi ...... 14 1945 Concert of Austrian Music ...... 9 1951 Madam Butterfly/Puccini ...... 14

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1953 Tosca/Puccini ...... 16 Town Hall Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 1959 Aida/Verdi ...... 21 1962 Celebrity Recital ...... 22 Rusalka/Dvorak Town Hall, Adelaide SA 1959 Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London ...... 20 1953 Australian Broadcasting Commission Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London presents Joan Hammond ...... 6 1951 Don Carlos/Verdi ...... 14, 15 Town Hall, Birmingham 1959 Rusalka/Dvorak ...... 20 1955 Joan Hammond ...... 19 Salome/Strauss Town Hall, Huddersifeld 1960 Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney NSW ...... 7 1963 Requeim/Verdi ...... 23 Shakespeare Festival Town Hall, Melbourne VIC 1947 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford- 1946 Melbourne Civic Concert Joan Hammond upon-Avon ...... 11 ...... 3 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon- 1949 Joan Hammond Concert ...... 4 Avon 1953 Australian Broadcasting Commission 1947 Shakesepeare Festival ...... 11 presents the Victorian Symphony Orchestra Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-Upon- ...... 6 Avon 1953 Australian Broadcasting Commission 1951 Festival of Britain Sunday Concerts..... 14 presents the World famous soprano Joan Six Festival of Britain Concerts Hammond ...... 5 1951 Davis Theatre, Croydon ...... 15 1953 Special Orchestral Concert with the Special Orchestral Concert with the Victorian Victorian Symhony Orchestra ...... 6 Symhony Orchestra Town Hall, Sydney NSW 1953 Town Hall, Melbourne VIC ...... 6 1946 Australian Broadcasting Commission Sunday Orchestra Concert presents Joan Hammond ...... 3, 4 1957 Royal Albert Hall, London ...... 19 1946 Joan Hammond [proceeds to the The Vic, Burnley Australian Red Cross] ...... 4 1946 Tosca ...... 9 1949 N.S.W. Ladies Golf Union present Joan Theatre Royal, Birmingham Hammond ...... 4 1954 Aida/Verdi ...... 17 1953 Australian Broadcasting Commission Theatre Royal, Bolton presents Joan Hammond ...... 5 1947 Faust/Gounod ...... 11 1953 Australian Broadcasting Commission Theatre Royal, Dublin presents Joan Hammond O.B.E...... 4, 5 1951 Joan Hammond ...... 15 1953 Australian Broadcasting Commission Theatre Royal, Hobart TAS presents the Sydney Symphony Orchestra . 6 1946 Australian Broadcasting Commission Traviata presents Joan Hammond ...... 3 1948 Lewisham Hippodrome, Lewisham ...... 11 Theatre Royal, Nottingham Traviata, La/Verdi. 1959 Madam Butterfly/Puccini ...... 20 1943 Winter Garden Theatre, London ...... 8 Tosca Traviata/Verdi 1946 The Vic, Burnley ...... 9 1942 Liverpool Empire, Liverpool ...... 7 Tosca/Puccini Traviata/Verdi 1953 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1945 Liverpool Empire, Liverpool ...... 9 London ...... 16 Wimbledon Theatre, London Tosca/Puccini 1942 Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company ...... 8 1945 Liverpool Empire, Liverpool...... 9 1945 Tosca/Puccini ...... 9 1945 Wimbledon Theatre, London ...... 9 Winter Garden Theatre, London Tour, United Kingdom 1943 Boheme/Puccini ...... 8 1950 Joan Hammond, a Lynford-Joel 1943 Traviata, La/Verdi ...... 8 presentation ...... 13

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