Finding Aid for the Johanna Dordick Collection of Los Angeles Opera Theater Records PASC-M.0321

Finding aid prepared by Courtney Dean, 2020.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Johanna Dordick collection of Los Angeles Opera Theater records
Creator: Los Angeles Opera Theater
source: Dordick, Johanna
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0321
Physical Description: 6.8 linear feet (14 boxes, 1 flat box, 1 shoe box)
Date (inclusive): 1978-1987
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email AskLSC@library.ucla.edu.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9966199443606533 

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Johanna Dordick collection of Los Angeles Opera Theater records (Collection PASC-M 321). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Johanna Dordick, 2010.

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Historical Note

Johanna Dordrick (née Elizabeth Patricia Robinson) was born in Thomasville, Georgia in the midst of the 20th century. She discovered she loved singing at an early age and has pursued that path ever since. Her career has taken various forms, mostly based around performance, music, and singing with the Los Angeles Opera Theater (LAOT).

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the personal donations of Johanna Dordick relating to the Los Angeles Opera Theater (originally named the Los Angeles Repertory Theater). Dordick founded Los Angeles Opera Theater in 1979 and served as the artistic director until her resignation in 1985. Los Angeles Opera Theater dissolved later that year.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Operas -- performances
Dordick, Johanna

 

Business Papers Series 1.

 

Financial Subseries 1.

box 1

Financial Information 1982-1986

Scope and Contents note

Includes: budget outlines, public information and press clippings related to finances, ticket sales, contract outlines, administrative costs, accounts payable, balance sheets, donations received, projections, meeting notes, report to board of directors, fund planning analyses, personal financial notes.
box 7

Financial Information 1985-1986

Scope and Contents note

Includes: Wiltern Theater records, ticket sales, legal documents, projections, ticket solicitations, fundraising assignments, personal notes.
 

Administrative Subseries 2.

box 11

Administrative Papers 1978-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes: contacts, case statements, appointment books, meeting notes, campaign plans.
 

Legal Subseries 3.

box 12

Legal Papers 1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes: contracts, board information, bylaws, legal notifications, attorney correspondence.
 

Publicity Subseries 4.

box 10

Brochures and Solicitations 1982-1986

Scope and Contents note

Includes: brochures for opera seasons, solicitations for membership and ticket sales.
box 9

Periodicals with Notes 1984-1987

Scope and Contents note

Includes issues of: Opera/Musical Theatre Companies and Workshops in The United States and Canada, Opera News, Profile, Opera America, Los Angeles Times.
box 2

Press Clippings 1981-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes: advertisements, newspapers, magazines, calendar listings, articles, LAOT history, reviews.
box 8

Publicity and Press 1979-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes: advertisements, press releases, reviews, articles, collected quotes, magazines, solicitations.
 

Productions Series 2.

box 3

The Abduction from the Seraglio 1981

Scope and Contents note

Includes: invitations, promotional materials, programs.
box 3

Albert Herring 1980

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, promotional material, programs, press clippings and reviews, photographs, slides, photographic negatives.
box 3

Anna Karenina 1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes: invitations, tickets, slides, photographs, reviews and press clippings.
box 3

Ariadne auf Naxos 1981

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, photographs, slides, photographic negatives, reviews and press clippings.
box 3

La Boheme 1981

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, reviews and press clippings, photographs, slides, photographic negatives.
box 4

Cosi Fan Tutte 1982

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, reviews and press clippings, photographs, photographic negatives, slides.
box 4

Don Giovanni 1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes: photographs, invitations, promotional materials, reviews and press clippings, programs.
box 4

The Elixir Of Love 1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes: ticket, reviews and press clippings, photographs, slides, photographic negatives.
box 4

Die Fledermaus 1984

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, photographs, slides, reviews and press clippings, promotional materials.
box 6

Gala Concert of Grand Opera 1979

Scope and Contents note

Includes: programs, tickets, promotional materials, reviews and press clippings, notes, correspondence, legal and administrative papers, headshots.
box 5

Lulu 1984-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes: press clippings.
box 5

Madama Butterfly 1984

Scope and Contents note

Includes: reviews and press clippings, photographs, slides, promotional materials.
box 5

Opera Ball 1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, invitations, programs.
box 5

Opera Studio 1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, programs, reviews and press clippings.
box 5

Der Rosenkavalier 1984

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, reviews and press clippings, letters, photographs, photographic negatives, slides.
box 5

Tosca 1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, slides, photographs, photographic negatives.
box 5

La Traviata 1982

Scope and Contents note

Includes: tickets, photographs, photographic negatives, press clippings and reviews.
box 6

Unidentified Productions

Scope and Contents note

Includes: photographs, slides.
Box 15

Unidentified Productions undated

Scope and Contents

Three production design sketches.
 

Audiovisual Material Series 3.

box 14

Recordings

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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Scope and Contents note

Includes cassette recordings of: Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, unidentified productions Includes DVD recording of Der Rosenkavalier.
Box 16

Audio cassettes 1982-1984

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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Scope and Contents

Thirty-eight audio recordings of various performances.
 

Personal Correspondence Series 4.

box 13

Personal Correspondence and Photographs 1980-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes: Johanna Dordick's personal letters, drafts, personal photographs and slides, book with personal dedications in it.