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• The Carandini ladies, one of Australia's first opera performing families, ca. 1875 / photographer Charles Hewitt (attributed)

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  • 60 comments
  • 277 favorites
  • 158,281 views
  • Date taken: 1875
  • Date uploaded: 2009-02-19
  • Tags: opera, carandini, theatrical, handcoloredphotographs, women, cabinetphotograph, charleshewitt, dresses, colorful, old, fashion, hair, flowers, photography, colorized, vintage, fabric, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, commons:event=commonground2009, selectivecolor, operaacrossthecommons, damas, damasantiguas, fotoantigua, fotospintadas, vestidos, vestidosantiguos
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• Kirsten Flagstad as Elsa in Lohengrin, ca. 1938 / NBC Artists Service

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  • 14 comments
  • 309 favorites
  • 84,018 views
  • Date taken: 2008-11-19 14:59:22
  • Date uploaded: 2013-05-22
  • Tags: kirstenflagstad, opera, sopranos, norwegians, operaacrossthecommons, wagneriansoprano, timeless, beauty
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• Eva Mylott, opera singer and paternal grandmother of Mel Gibson / The Swiss Studios, Sydney, 1902

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  • 5 comments
  • 39 favorites
  • 53,320 views
  • Date taken: 2011
  • Date uploaded: 2010-04-28
  • Tags: evamylott, melgibson, grandmother, opera, singer, contralto, bonvoyage, floraltributes, wreaths, 1900s, 1902, dress, vintage, woman, lady, lilys, goodbye, lace, bodice
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• Eva Mylott, opera singer and paternal grandmother of Mel Gibson, ca. 1900 / J. Hubert Newman, French panel, 314 George St, late of Oxford St, Sydney

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  • 0 comments
  • 19 favorites
  • 40,093 views
  • Date taken: 1900
  • Date uploaded: 2010-04-28
  • Tags: evamylott, opera, singer, contralto, melgibson, mylott, vintage, woman, lady, cress, book, reading, posing, locket, sitting, 1900, jhubertnewman, frenchpanel, sydney, mad, max
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• Maud Grantham as Marguerite in "Faust", Sydney, 1901 / photographer T. Humphrey & Co.

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  • 15 comments
  • 91 favorites
  • 25,157 views
  • Date taken: 2010-02-15 12:31:38
  • Date uploaded: 2010-02-15
  • Tags: coloratura, soprano, spinningwheel, marguerite, faust, plaits, opera, autograph, maudgrantham, thumphreyco, sydney, gounod
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• Couples from the Royal Comic Opera Company show "Many Friends", Sydney, early 1900s / Albert J. Perier

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  • 3 comments
  • 27 favorites
  • 25,056 views
  • Date taken: 2006-09-29 08:56:35
  • Date uploaded: 2009-02-12
  • Tags: royalcomicoperacompany, actors, actresses, hat, men, women, albertjperier, albertjamesperier, couples, manyfriends, theatre, jpearson, ljones, pportus, hcantor, florryjones, etheldall, lenacassellis, fannyhiscocks, minnieeverett, costumes, jcwilliamson, singers, opera, theaterproducers, picnic, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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• Eleonora de Cisneros, American contralto, as Amneris in Aida, Sydney, 1911 / May Moore

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  • 8 comments
  • 39 favorites
  • 20,279 views
  • Date taken: 2010
  • Date uploaded: 2011-02-01
  • Tags: eleonoradecisneros, american, contralto, amneris, opera, aida, maymoore, egyptianprincess, theatricalcostume, woman, costume, standing, portrait, gown, 1911, headgear
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• Francesco Zeni, Italian dramatic tenor, as Lohengrin, Sydney, 1911 / May Moore

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  • 0 comments
  • 38 favorites
  • 19,746 views
  • Date taken: 2010-08-09 13:59:01
  • Date uploaded: 2010-08-09
  • Tags: italian, tenor, lohengrin, knight, armour, costume, swan, man, shield, sword, spur, opera, portrait, wig, crown, heldentenor, publiclibrary, mmoore
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• Mr & Mrs Lawrence Tibbett arrive in Sydney, 1938 / Sam Hood

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  • 4 comments
  • 9 favorites
  • 16,113 views
  • Date taken: 2009-06-05 09:35:33
  • Date uploaded: 2009-06-04
  • Tags: singer, baritone, opera, filmstar, american, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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• Giuseppe Angelini, conductor to the Melba-Williamson Opera Company, Sydney, 25 October 1911 / photograph by Melba Studio

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  • 0 comments
  • 12 favorites
  • 13,801 views
  • Date taken: 2010-10-28 13:32:51
  • Date uploaded: 2011-05-03
  • Tags: italian, conductor, melbawilliamsonoperacompany, giuseppeangelini, opera
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• Lillian Nordica, singer, ca. 1913 / The Dover Street Studios, 38 Dover St., Mayfair. London, W.

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  • 0 comments
  • 9 favorites
  • 13,218 views
  • Date taken: 1913
  • Date uploaded: 2011-08-03
  • Tags: opera, wagnerian, soprano, american, australiantour, woman, standing, pose, portrait, 1910s, autograph, gown, tiara
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• Carmen, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 1941 / Sam Hood

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  • 3 comments
  • 19 favorites
  • 12,821 views
  • Date taken: 2009-03-24 14:13:28
  • Date uploaded: 2009-03-24
  • Tags: samhood, carmen, women, five, costumes, 1941, pose, standing, outdoors, opera, theatre, theater, vest, friends, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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• Hilda Mulligan and student, Sydney, 1946

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  • 0 comments
  • 67 favorites
  • 6,732 views
  • Date taken: 1946
  • Date uploaded: 2024-08-19
  • Tags: ballet, opera, conservatorium, sydney, training, 1940s
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• Portrait of Stefan Haag, theatre director and singer, Australia, 1952

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  • 1 comment
  • 31 favorites
  • 4,983 views
  • Date uploaded: 2024-09-10
  • Tags: haag, theatre, austrakian, opera, 1950s, viennaboyschoir, migration
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