Florence Austral, dramatic soprano, 1929 / unknown photographer
Florence Austral, dramatic soprano, 1929 / unknown photographer
About this item
Full title
Date
1929
Call Numbers
P1/78
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 25.3 x 20.2 cm. - 1 silver gelatin photograph
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
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More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
Florence Austral, dramatic soprano, 1929 / unknown photographer
Notes
General note
Transferred from P1/Austral, Florence (BM), October 2009
"Florence Austral / soprano" -- stamp in ink on the reverse
Digital order no:a4157076
Signature / Inscriptions
"Kindest greetings / Florence Austral / New York. 1929" -- signature in ink, lower right corner of photograph
"Sims / 109 Beetle Av / Wed / R/D / Wking return" (?) -- in pencil on the reverse
"Australian singer 2/2/-" -- in a pencil in a different hand on the reverse
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased 1968 (?)
Pic.Acc.1571
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1929 Austral made her Metropolitan Opera House debut singing Brunnhilde in a concert version of Gotterdammerung with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra -- Reference: Florence Austral : one of the wonder voices of the world / James Moffat. Sydney : Currency Press in association with National Library of Australia, 1995
Austral toured the U...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P1/78
Record Identifier
1LjRBg49
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjRBg49
Other Identifiers
Reference code
442898
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