Album of photographs of Joan Cross: early life and career

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This album includes photographs of Sadler's Wells Theatre, of Cross as a child, with colleagues and in some of her roles.

The photographs of her in some of her roles are mostly in chronological order;

Mercedes in Carmen 1924; Elsa in Lohengrin 1928; Desdemona in Othello 1929; Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni 1929; Marguerite in Faust 1930; Madame Butterfly 1929; Lady Macbeth; Rosalinda in die Fledermaus; Mimi in La Bohème; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni 1932; Gilda in Rigoletto; The Countess in The Marriage of Figaro; The Travelling Companion; Tannhäuser; the Marschallin in der Rosenkavalier; La Traviata; Cosi fan tutte.

There are typewritten labels for many photos, some naming friends or fellow performers, including Lawrance Collingwood, Florence Austral, Edith Coates, Anne Wigley, Harry Lloyd and Peter Pears.

There is a small pencil drawing of a "shoe for the Countess drawn by Whistler" for The Marriage of Figaro.

Press cuttings are included about Cross in Figaro; an article from the Tatler about The Beggar's Opera, 1941; from The Queen about Cross, 1945 ('Portrait of a Prima Donna').

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Archive Record|Table of contents

Joan Cross papersCRS

ScrapbooksCRS/1

ProgrammesCRS/2

Joan Cross' correspondenceCRS/3

Sadler's Wells and The Old VicCRS/4

Joan Cross and the Rape of LucretiaCRS/5

Joan Cross and the English Opera GroupCRS/6

Joan Cross and The Opera SchoolCRS/7

Production scrapbooksCRS/8

Lists of operas and recordingsCRS/9

Joan Cross's writingsCRS/10

Writings and broadcasts about CrossCRS/11

Cross ephemeraCRS/12

Publications and periodicalsCRS/14

Loose newpaper clippingsCRS/15

Collingwood ScoresCRS/16

PhotographsCRS/17

Photographs of Joan Cross in operasCRS/17/1

Album of photographs of Joan Cross: early life and careerCRS/17/1/1

Album of photographs of Joan Cross: later life and careerCRS/17/1/2

Album of photographs of Joan Cross in operatic rolesCRS/17/1/3

Photograph of Joan Cross as Elizabeth in TannhäuserCRS/17/1/4

Photograph of Joan Cross in AidaCRS/17/1/5

Photograph of Joan Cross as Desdemona in OthelloCRS/17/1/6

Photograph of Joan Cross as Cho-Cho-San in Madame ButterflyCRS/17/1/7

Photograph of Joan Cross as Cho-Cho-San in Madame ButterflyCRS/17/1/8

Photograph of Joan Cross as Cho-Cho-San in Madame ButterflyCRS/17/1/9

Photograph of Joan Cross as Marguerite in FaustCRS/17/1/10

Photograph of Joan Cross as Marguerite in FaustCRS/17/1/11

Photograph of Joan Cross as Mimi in La Bohème.CRS/17/1/12

Photograph of Joan Cross as Amelia in The Masked BallCRS/17/1/13

Photograph of Joan Cross as Amelia in The Masked BallCRS/17/1/14

Photograph of Joan Cross as Violetta Valéry in La TraviataCRS/17/1/15

Photograph of Joan Cross as Violetta Valéry in La TraviataCRS/17/1/16

Photograph of Joan Cross as Violetta Valéry in La TraviataCRS/17/1/17

Photograph of Joan Cross as Violetta Valéry in La TraviataCRS/17/1/18

Photographs of Joan Cross as Violetta Valéry in La TraviataCRS/17/1/19

Photograph of Joan Cross as the Countess in The Marriage of FigaroCRS/17/1/20

Photograph of Joan Cross as the Countess in The Marriage of FigaroCRS/17/1/21

Photograph of Joan Cross as the Countess in The Marriage of FigaroCRS/17/1/22

Photograph of Joan Cross as the Countess in The Marriage of FigaroCRS/17/1/23

Photograph of Joan Cross as the Countess in The Marriage of FigaroCRS/17/1/24

Photograph of Joan Cross as the Countess in The Marriage of FigaroCRS/17/1/25

Photograph of Joan Cross as the Countess in The Marriage of FigaroCRS/17/1/26

Photograph of Joan Cross as the Countess in The Marriage of FigaroCRS/17/1/27

Photograph of Joan Cross as Rosalinda in Die FledermausCRS/17/1/28

Album of production photographs from Wagner's The ValkyrieCRS/17/1/29

Photograph of Joan Cross in The ValkyrieCRS/17/1/30

Photograph of Joan Cross as The Marschallin in Der RosenkavalierCRS/17/1/31

Photograph of Joan Cross as The Marschallin in Der RosenkavalierCRS/17/1/32

Photograph of Joan Cross as The Marschallin in Der RosenkavalierCRS/17/1/33

Photograph of Joan Cross as Gilda in RigolettoCRS/17/1/34

Photograph of Joan Cross as Ellen Orford in Peter GrimesCRS/17/1/35

Photographs and ephemera of Joan Cross in the Rape of LucretiaCRS/17/1/36

Photograph of Joan Cross in rehearsal as Lady Billows in Albert HerringCRS/17/1/37

Photograph of Joan Cross in rehearsal as Lady Billows in Albert HerringCRS/17/1/38

Photograph of Joan Cross as Lady Billows in Albert HerringCRS/17/1/39

Photograph of Joan Cross as Lady Billows in Albert HerringCRS/17/1/40

Photographs and ephemera of Joan Cross in Albert HerringCRS/17/1/41

Photograph of Joan Cross as Queen Elizabeth in GlorianaCRS/17/1/42

Photograph of Joan Cross as Queen Elizabeth in GlorianaCRS/17/1/43

Photograph of Joan Cross as Queen Elizabeth in GlorianaCRS/17/1/44

Photograph of Joan Cross as Queen Elizabeth in GlorianaCRS/17/1/45

Photograph of Joan Cross as Queen Elizabeth in GlorianaCRS/17/1/46

Photograph of Joan Cross as Queen Elizabeth in GlorianaCRS/17/1/47

Photograph of Joan Cross as Queen Elizabeth in GlorianaCRS/17/1/48

Photograph of a portrait of Queen Elizabeth the first.CRS/17/1/49

Photograph of Joan Cross as Mrs Grose in The Turn of the ScrewCRS/17/1/50

Photograph of Joan Cross in unidentified operaCRS/17/1/51

Photograph of Joan Cross in unidentified operaCRS/17/1/52

Photograph of Joan CrossCRS/17/1/53

Photographs of Joan CrossCRS/17/2

Photographs of Joan Cross with colleagues and friendsCRS/17/3

Photographs of Joan Cross's colleagues and associatesCRS/17/4

Photographs of Joan Cross with family and friendsCRS/17/5

Additional material relating to Joan CrossCRS/18