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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Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 10.
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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
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
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.
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.
box 12
Legal Papers
1985
Scope and Contents note
Includes: contracts, board information, bylaws, legal notifications, attorney correspondence.
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.
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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further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email AskLSC@library.ucla.edu.
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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and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email AskLSC@library.ucla.edu.
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.