• Title
  Item 1: Geoffrey Chard interview by Vincent Plush, 14 April 2022
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  14 April 2022
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9673884
• Physical Description
  2 audio files (1 hr., 50 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Geoffrey Chard recounts his early life in suburban Sydney in the period before and during World War II, his musical background in high school and Rockdale Opera, his experience at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, New South Wales National Opera Company and Elizabethan Trust Opera. Chard recalls the death of his first wife, soprano singer Marjorie Conley, and his resultant move to London. He talks about his involvement in the Australian Musical Association, performing at Australia House, his association with Malcolm Williamson and other expatriate musicians, the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trusts' inaugural Mozart opera season, his brief returns to Australia for starring roles and his teaching roles at the Royal Academy and later at the New South Wales Conservatorium.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, on 14 April 2022
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Chard, Geoffrey, 1930-
  
• Subject
  Chard, Geoffrey, 1930---Interviews.
  Operas--Performances.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20607767

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