Correspondence, programmes, posters, recordings, diaries, photographs, press cuttings, accounts and other items covering the professional career of the soprano Elizabeth Harwood.
Costumes (La Traviata and The Tales of Hoffmann) and portrait of Antonia (Tales of Hoffmann) on loan to the Costume Museum, 1E Tavistock Street, London WC2E 7PR.
Private correspondence, portrait as Susannah (Marriage of Figaro 1965) and costume drawings (Sophie - Rosenkavalier; The Countess - Count Ory; Fiordiligi - Cosi fann tutte) retained by Julian Royle.
RMCM Archive.
A list of the contents of Elizabeth Harwood's reference library of books, recordings and music is available.
Duplicates, bank statements and cheque stubs have been removed from the collection.
Musical scores (annotated and used by Elizabeth Harwood) at the National Opera Studio c/o Isobel Flinn. A list will be available. Her Bechstein piano is also on loan to the NOS.
Description: These papers appear to have been filed in order of the date of the event Elizabeth was booked to appear at; consequently, the date on papers is sometimes markedly different from the date under which it was subsequently filed. The original order has been kept, however, and the papers have been numbered in the order that they were originally arranged.
Description: Programmes for every performance, arranged chronologically. Each year includes a summary sheet of performances with repertoire and location. There are also some programmes from the years 1961-1963 in EH/13/6/1.
Description: These cuttings do not appear to be in any particular order, except loosely by year. The cuttings in the main consist of concert reviews, but also include interviews and features on Elizabeth. The majority of the cuttings are in English, but some are in German and French. Some of the cuttings were also taken after Elizabeth's death, and relate to memorial services, or features on her life and career. While some of the cuttings have been cut out and pasted onto white paper others have been left loose, whilst others are still in the original newspaper or magazine.
Description: School and College exercise books, plus self-taught materials for languages. Includes a series of notes made by Elizabeth, mostly in the 1980s, on programme suggestions, locations of concerts, and the characters she played.
Description: Annual accounts, with vouchers/invoices and correspondence (to be appraised). Also accounts for Concerto Productions Ltd and Adagio Productions Ltd (companies set up to deal with UK and overseas engagements).
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