Guide to the Matters, Arnold (singer) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, [1927?]-

Summary

Collection number:

EPH PROMPT .Matters, Arnold (singer)

Extent:

1 collection.

Language:

English and English

Availability:

Available

Background

Content Summary:

Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items of Arnold Matters including various concert programs of his performances.

Arnold Hatherleigh Matters (11 April 1904 - 21 Septhember 1990) was an Australian operatic baritone and opera producer whose career was made mostly in England during the 1930s and 1940s. He was born on 11 April 1901 at Malvern, Adelaide, South Australia, and at first took up a position in the Public Service, but in his spare time pursued his interests in music and singing. He obtained a place at the Elder Conservatorium of Music at Adelaide and studied singing under Clive Carey. In 1927 he won the Sun Aria Contest in Ballarat, and other coveted awards, and began to attract attention, including that of Dame Nellie Melba. He was invited by Melba to join her touring company, and went to London in 1929 and in 1932 was engaged by Sadler's Wells where he spent eight years singing principal baritone roles. He returned to Australia in 1941 to join the Armed Forces and then spent the war in entertainment and welfare work. After the war he returned to Sadler's Wells, becoming a mainstay of the company, before returning to Australia in 1954 to begin teaching at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide.

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Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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