Orchestra Victoria

Orchestra Victoria is a full-time salaried orchestra based in Melbourne, Australia, and wholly owned subsidiary of The Australian Ballet. Founded in 1969, the orchestra is now a principal performance partner for The Australian Ballet, Opera Australia, and larger productions of Victorian Opera.

Orchestra Victoria
Orchestra
Founded1969
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Concert hallState Theatre Orchestra pit
Websiteaustralianballet.com.au/music/orchestra-victoria

History

The orchestra was established in 1969 as the Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra, initially with just 32 players. Over the next decade, the Orchestra expanded both its numbers and repertoire as it accompanied some of the world's leading performers, including Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Joan Sutherland, and worked with renowned conductors such as Richard Bonynge, Stuart Challender, Carlo Felice Cillario, and John Lanchbery.

In 1986, ownership of the Orchestra was transferred to the Victorian Arts Centre and its name was changed to the State Orchestra of Victoria. Its initial management and artistic team: Concertmaster: Anthony Conolan, Administrator: Peter Narroway, Orchestra Manager: Kevin Morgan.

In 2001, the Orchestra left the Arts Centre to become an independent, self-governing organisation. The newly named Orchestra Victoria moved to the former Army Band Barracks in Albert Park.

On 1 July 2014, Orchestra Victoria became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Australian Ballet. Since then it has expanded activities, continued to perform with leading artists from around the world, revitalised its philanthropic program, appearing in broadcasts, recordings and open-air events, and touring interstate for the first time in many years.

At the end of 2016, the Orchestra was forced to move out of its home in Albert Park to make way for a new primary school.[1] The orchestra currently operates out of the Joan Hammond Hall in Southbank, Melbourne. [2]

Activities

Performances:

Leading staff

Discography
TitleDetails
Ludwig Minkus, Don QuixoteJohn Lanchbery (conductor), The Elizabethan Trust Melbourne Orchestra.

• Released: 1973 • Label: EMI • Cat #: CSD 3749

Ludwig Minkus/Arr. John Lanchbery. (LP, Vinyl)John Lanchbery (conductor), The Elizabethan Trust Melbourne Orchestra.

• Released: Sep, 1977 • Label: World Record Club • Cat #: R-03711

Giacomo Puccini, Madame Butterfly (CD)State Orchestra Of Victoria - John Lanchbery (conductor)

• Released: 1996 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 454 499-2

Albert Arlen, The Sentimental Bloke (CD)John Lanchbery (conductor), Orchestra Victoria

• Released: Jun, 1998 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: ABC4768366

Michael Easton, Concerto on Australian Themes, An Australian in Paris (CD) State Orchestra Of Victoria, Brett Kelly (conductor), Bernadette Conlon, Len Vorster, Margaret Haggart

• Released: Jun, 1998 • Label: Naxos • Cat #: 8.554368

Franz Lehar, The Merry Widow (CD)State Orchestra Of Victoria, John Lanchbery (conductor)

• Released: 1999 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 465 426-2

Don Quixote (CD)State Orchestra of Victoria

• Released: 1999 • Label: Unknown • Cat #: 59567129 (Libraries Australia)

Graeme Koehne, 1914: ballet music. (CD)Mark Sommerbell (conductor), State Orchestra of Victoria

• Released: 1999 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 4652092

Sean O'Boyle, Villean Sunrise, (CD)Robert John (violin), State Orchestra of Victoria

• Released: 2000 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 465682-2

Constant Lambert The Bird Actors: Pomona; Romeo and Juliet. (CD)John Lanchberry (conductor), State Orchestra of Victoria.

• Released: 2000 (Colchester, Essex, England) • Label: Chandos • Cat #: CHAN9865

Various Composers, Australia Unite! The road to federation: Songs and dances of colonial Australia. (CD)

Richard Divall (conductor), Merlyn Quaife (singer), John Bolton Wood (singer), State Orchestra of Victoria. • Released: 2001 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 00028948141203

Ferdinand Hérold, La Somnambule (CD)Richard Bonynge (conductor)

• Released: 2008 • Label: Melba Records • Cat#: MR301087

Various composers, Villains: sinister songs and arias. (CD)John Wegner (singer), Richard Divall (conductor), State Orchestra of Victoria.

• Released: 2001 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 00028948141272

Various composers, Dance of the hours: Beautiful Music for Every House of the Day (CD)Richard Divall (Conductor)

• Released: Oct, 2005 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: ABC4768366

Georges Bizet, Divergence (DVD)State Orchestra of Victoria, The Australian Ballet, Stanton Welch (choreographer, Stephen Burstow (director/producer).

• Released: 2007 • Label: West Long Branch, NJ: Kultur • Cat #: D4252

Camille Saint-Saëns, Hélène/Nuit Persane (CD)Rosamund Illing, Steve Davislim, Leanne Kenneally, Zan Mckendree-Wright, Belle Époque Chorus Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor)

• Released: 2008 • Label: Melba Records • Cat #: MR 301114-2

Richard Strauss, Seduction (CD)State Orchestra of Victoria, Simone Young (conductor), Steve Davislim (tenor)

• Released: 2008 • Label: Melba Records • Cat #: MR301108

Rhapsodie: Fantasie: Poème (CD)Ben Jacks (horn), Orchestra Victoria, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell (conductor)

• Released: 2008 • Label: Melba Records • Cat #: MR301117

Franz Lehar/John Lanchbery, The Merry Widow: the ballet music based on the Lehar opera (Listige Witwe) ar. John Lanchbery. (CD)Alan Abbott (conductor), State Orchestra of Victoria.

• Released: 2009 • Label: Naxos Digital Services/ABC Classics. • Cat #: ABC465426-2

Camille Saint-Saëns, ELAN (CD)Orchestra Victoria, Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor)

• Released: 2010 • Label: Melba Records • Cat #: MR301130

Giacomo Puccini, Puccini = Passion (CD)Orchestra Victoria, Cheryl Barker (soprano), Richard Bonynge (conductor)

• Released: Jan, 2011 • Label: Melba Records • Cat #: MR301110

The Australian Cities Suite (CD)Orchestra Victoria with Judith Durham (singer)

• Released: 2012 • Label: Decca • Cat #: 279 7918

Various Composers, The Australian Ballet – The Music of Dance: Celebrating 50 Years. (CD)State Orchestra Of Victoria, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Richard Mills, John Lanchbery, Werner Andreas Albert, Vladimir Verbitsky, Nicolette_Fraillon, David Stanhope, John Hopkins, David Porcelijn (Conductors)

• Released: Jan 2012 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 480 6403

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty (CD)Orchestra Victoria, Nicolette_Fraillon (conductor), David Wenham

• Released: 2015 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 481 2234

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker (CD)Orchestra Victoria, Nicolette_Fraillon (conductor), Geoffrey Rush (Narrator)

• Released: Nov, 2016 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 4814668

Léo Delibes, Coppélia (CD)Orchestra Victoria, Barry_Wordsworth (conductor)

• Release: 2018 • Label: ABC Classics • Cat #: 481 7212

References
  1. "Orchestra Victoria told to vacate its Albert Park home | Music Australia". Music Australia. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  2. "Orchestra Victoria". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
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