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Serinette files [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

[198-?], 1985-2001.

Reference:

R12599-1-8-E, MUS 15

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Objects (including medals and pins), Moving images, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3828204

Context of this record:

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Harry Somers fonds

Serinette files
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Series includes:

65 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[198-?], 1985-2001.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

59 cm of textual records.
ca. 149 photographs : 72 b&w and 1 col.; 1 b&w negative; ca. 75 col. transparencies.
65 reproductions : photomechanical prints.
1 mock up.
1 overlay proof.
10 architectural drawings : photomechanical prints.
6 audio cassettes (7 hrs 15 min.) : polyester.
1 videocassette (2 hrs 1 min.) : polyester, VHS.
2 fans : paper tied with ribbon.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Series containing records concerning the production of the opera Serinette (music by Harry Somers, libretto by James Reaney), including a pre-production workshop in 1989, the full production at the Sharon Temple in 1990, and subsequent activities (including the recorded version issued on the Centrediscs label). The files pertain to many aspects of mounting an opera, including auditions, casting, broadcasting, promotion, marketing, searching for sponsors and financial support, possible tours, the orchestra, costumes, and background historical research on the Sharon Temple, the Children of Peace, and the Jarvis family (which all figure in the plot). Included are such documents as correspondence, promotional material, contracts, agreements, lists of cast and musicians, photographs of singers, other photographs (including the Sharon Temple), schedules, sound recordings of the pre-production workshop and of a CBC radio broadcast of the 1990 full production, a video recording of the full production, photocopies of costume designs and of architectural drawings of the Sharon Temple, press clippings, notes, financial records. Also included is a sound recording of a workshop reading of the opera Ghost Dance (about the Sioux chief Sitting Bull, with libretto by Mavor Moore).

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General note:

The number of coloured transparencies is stated approximately since the level of illumination is so low in some images that it is not possible to count the number of exposures with certainty.

Container note(s):

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36 : Reproductions of drawings (photomechanical prints) are housed in textual records containers 36 and 37.
37 : Reproductions of drawings (photomechanical prints) are housed in textual records containers 36 and 37.
51 : One item (a mock up) is housed in col. photographs container 51.
38 : Architectural drawings (photomechanical prints) are housed in textual records container 38.

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MUS 15
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [R12599] 36--37

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Volume [R12599]

[Consultation 90 Open]

51;

[Consultation 90 Open]

56;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
While all photographs are open, some with problems in their physical condition are at present housed in closed textual folders and are for this reason temporarily inaccessible.

Volume [R12599]

[Consultation 90 Open]

50;

[Consultation 90 Open]

52--53;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]
Access restrictions apply to some files. Most are open.

Volume [R12599] 35--38

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Volume [R12599] 38

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R12599] 57

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

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