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Main Title: National treasure : the story of Gertrude Johnson and the National Theatre / Frank Van Straten.
Author: Van Straten, Frank, 1936-
Imprint: Victoria Press, 1994.
Collation: x, 278 p. : ill., portraits, notes, bib., index, pbk ; 25 cm. + 1 sound disc.
Summary: National treasure - La traviata (Act 1: Fondly within my heart) / Verdi / Gertrude Johnson, soprano - Faust (Act 4: Mephistopheles' serenade) / Gounod / Frederic Collier, baritone - Tosca (Act 1 Strange harmonoy of contrasts) / Puccini / John Lanigan, tenor - Il trovatore (Act 2: condotta ell'era in ceppi) / Verdi / Lauris Elms, contralto - Peter Grimes (Act 3: Soliloquy) / Britten / Ronald Dowd, tenor - Semele (O sleep, why dost thou leave me?) / Handel / Gertrude Johnson, soprano - Simon Boccanegra (Il lacerato spirito) / Verdi / Neil Warren-Smith, bass - Carmen (Act 2: La fleur que tu m'avais jete´e) / Bizet / Lance Ingram, tenor - Tosca (Act 2: Vissi d'arte) / Puccini / Marie Collier, soprano - Otello (Act 2: Credo) / John Shaw, baritone - Il trovatore (Act 1: Fled was the golden vision) / Verdi / Elizabeth Fretwell, soprano (with Rita Hunter, soprano) - La traviata (Act 2: Di Provenza il mar) / Verdi / Robert Allman - Casanova (Scene 3: The nun's chorus) / Strauss / Nance Grant, soprano - Esclarmonde (Act 4: Phorcas' aria) / Massenet / Clifford Grant, bass tBarber of Seville (Act 1: Una voce poco fa) / Rossini / Glenda Raymond - Il trovatore (Act 2: Il balen) / Verdi / Jonathan Summers, baritone - Lullaby / Scott (with Cyril Scott, piano) / Gertrude Johnson, soprano.
Subject: Johnson, Gertrude, 1894-1973
National Theatre, Carlisle Street, St. Kilda
Biography
Opera
Singing and singers
Performing arts
Cinemas and theatres
St Kilda (Vic.) (Bunurong Country)
ISBN: 0724184546
Notes:
Includes index. Accompanied by a CD of selections by Gertrude Johnson and other singers of the National Theatre.
Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Stacks 792 JOH Available