Collection of programmes, photographs, and other ephemera relating to Gerald O'Brien, opera singer,
1905-1922.
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| In collection: | Collection of programmes, photographs, and other ephemera relating to Gerald O'Brien, opera singer, 1905-1922. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Gerald O'Brien was born Albert Crawley in Dublin in 1884. In 1909 he entered and won the Stanley Cochrane singing competition, the prize being a funded visit to Italy for further lessons. When Crawley travelled to Italy, he took singing lessons from Vincenzo Sabatini. He changed his name to Gerald O'Brien to capitalize on the Irish or pseudo Irish ballads and also being cast essaying the operatic rolls of Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Pagliacci, Duke (Rigoletto), Rodolfo (La Boheme), and Pinkerton (Madam Butterfly). From 1915 he sang with the Beecham's 'Opera in English' season at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, and the impressive Manchestor Season of Grand Opera under Beecham. He sang also at concerts in aid of the Italian Red Cross supporting Vladimir de Pachmann. In 1918 O'Brien was the soloist in one of Henry Wood's contentious Wagner Proms a the Queen's Hall thereafter starring as one of the principal tenors of the Carl Rosa as it toured up and down the country into the early 1920's. O'Brien took a chill in July 1922 which developed into pneumonia and then a fatal heart attack. Physical description: 10 folders (55 items). more |
| Arrangement: | Fonds |
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Collection of programmes, photographs, and other ephemera relating to Gerald O'Brien, opera singer,
1905-1922.
| In Collection: | Collection of programmes, photographs, and other ephemera relating to Gerald O'Brien, opera singer, 1905-1922. |
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| Main Creator: | |
| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 10 folders (55 items). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Call Number: |
MS 50,701
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |