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| LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds |
| No.: | PR0611 |
| TITLE: | Edmonton Opera Association fonds |
| CREATOR: | Edmonton Opera Association |
| DATE RANGE: | 1964-1995 |
| EXTENT: | 0.20 m of textual records. – 2 posters. – 1 photograph |
| ADMINISTRATIVE |
| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The Edmonton Opera Association (EOA) is one of the largest opera companies in Western Canada and serves as the centre of the Northern Alberta Opera Community. It was established in 1963 by ten stakeholder patrons and produced Madama Butterfly as its first professional production. In 1965, the EOA hired Irving Guttman as its first full-time artistic director. By 1972, the EOA was producing several operas a season and had a membership base of about 6000 subscribers. In 1997, the EOA office moved into the Francis Winspear Centre for Music. Over the course of its history, the EOA has won several awards including Best Opera Broadcast in 1978 and 1980 for its CBC production of Verdi’s Attila. The EOA is a member company of Opera.ca and Opera America and attempts to be a leader in the production of opera for the region of Edmonton and Northern Alberta. Each year the EOA produces several full-length operas as well as mounting smaller operettas for festivals such as the Edmonton Fringe. |
| CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | The Provincial Archives of Alberta has received numerous donations from the Edmonton Opera Association: Mr. Barry W. Thompson, the Managing Director deposited the first accession in 1969. From 1973 until 1983, Mr. Lorrin J. Moore, the Administrative Director deposited a number of accessions of the Edmonton Opera Association to the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and in 1995 Mr. Richard Sims deposited a photograph. In 2003, Edmonton Opera Administrative Assistant Sharon Provost deposited an accession of programs and posters.
In 1971, Alan D. Ridge of the Provincial Archives of Alberta, donated material comprising PR1971.0228 to the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | Fonds consists of records relating to the various opera productions produced by the Edmonton Opera Association dating from 1964 to 2003 and includes a press cutting, posters, programmes, publications, and a photograph. |
| LANGUAGE NOTE: | The material is in English. |
| GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the Edmonton Opera Association administrative history culled from the EOA's official website located at http://www.edmontonopera.com (last accessed October 28, 2003). |