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GB GB1179 JC
Title
John Cameron papers
Date(s)
- 1964-c1999 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
56 items
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Name of creator
(1918-2002)
Biographical history
John Ewen Cameron (d.2002) was born at Coolamon, NSW, on March 20, 1918, in very modest circumstances. He studied at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music and then sang all over Australia before emigrating to England in 1949. He was engaged by the then resident British company at Covent Garden on the recommendation of Eugene Goossens. He immediately made his mark as Germont in La Traviata (1949), and went on to sing a variety of parts, notably Mozart's Figaro. Later, Glyndebourne engaged him to sing Arbace in Mozart's Idomeneo and two roles in Gluck's Alceste. From 1962 Cameron travelled to the Continent, appearing for a time with the Oldenburg Opera in Germany, and singing Britten's War Requiem in Prague. He frequently returned to Australia, singing from 1949 to 1974 with the Elizabethan Trust, and latterly to adjudicate singing competitions. After his retirement as a performer, he taught with relish at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. John Cameron married Patricia Valma Lawrie (b.1930) in March 1961.
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Archival history
These papers were found in the RNCM Library and donated to the Archives in July 2006.
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Scope and content
Biographies and CV, from various main stages of his career, c.1970-c.1999; 7 items. Role and repertoire lists: opera, 5 items; oratorio, 2 items; recital repertoire, 3 items. List of gramophone recordings with critiques, 1964; 2 items. Lists of recordings, with companies and recording no.s; 4 items (including brochure), Reviews and press cuttings, 1965-2000; 18 items. Talks/scripts for broadcasts; 5 items. Publicity and informal photographs; 10 items.
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Duplicates have been removed.
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Open
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GB1179
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Final
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Dates of creation revision deletion
WickhaS, 17/05/2004. Revised by WickhaS, 24/08/2004