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Operatic and Musical Programmes of Nadine Vallendar (1944-2004)
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D 309
Description
Programmes collected by Nadine Vallendar (1918-1988), the musical director of Splott and District Amateur Operatic Society. The collection is divided into 3 sections. The first includes miscellaneous concert programmes from 1944-1966. Many relate to the Cardiff Civil Defence Operatic Society. The second section consists of Cardiff Schools Festival programmes and other school concert programmes, 1962-68. The last section consists of programmes of productions given by Splott and District Amateur Operatic Society between 1963 and 2004. Items added after Vallendar's death, although collection is now considered closed.
Ensembles include: Cardiff Civil Defence Operatic Society, Cardiff Civil Defence Choir, Welsh National Opera, Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Ware Symphony Orchestra, Penarth Ladies' Choral Society, New London Orchestra, Cardiff Municipal Musical Society, Rupert F Batten Opera Company, Splott and District Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society.
Artists include: Hubert C Williams, Idloes Owen, Tudor Davies, Victor Fleming, Herbert Ware, Moiseiwitsch, Joan Cross, Tom Hopkins, David Lloyd, Marian Nowakowski, Alec Sherman, Edith Williams, Mary Jarred, Bumford Griffiths.
Venues include: Prince of Wales Theatre, Forward Movement Hall, Empire Theatre, Coliseum, Aberdare, Capitol Theatre, Wood Street Congregational Church, City Hall, Llandaff Cathedral, St. Peter's Hall, New Theatre, Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre.
Date range
1944 - 2004
Associated People and Organisations
Cardiff Civil Defence Operatic Society -
Cross, Joan -
Davies, Tudor -
Fleming, Victor -
Griffiths, Bumford -
Hopkins, Tom -
Jarred, Mary -
Jarred, Mary 1899 - 1993
Lloyd, David -
Moiseiwitsch, Benno -
Owen, Idloes -
Splott and District Amateur Operatic Society -
Ware, Herbert -
Welsh National Opera -
Williams, Hubert C. -
Associated Places
Capitol Theatre, Cardiff
City Hall, Cardiff
Empire Theatre, Cardiff
Forward Movement Hall
Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff
New Theatre, Oxford
Prince of Wales Theatre
Reardon Smith lecture theatre
Sophia Gardens Pavilion
St. Peter's Hall
Wood Street Congregational Church
Associated Times
20th century - late 1971-1999
20th century - mid 1931-1970
21st century
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School concerts
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