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Singer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Elsie Jean Morison
Elsie Jean Morison (born 15 August 1924) is an Australian soprano.Morison was born in Ballarat, Victoria, and studied at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music from 1943-45. Her teachers included Clive Carey, with whom she continued studies at the Royal College of Music 1947-1948.In 1955, she received the Portuguese Order of Public Education.She has appeared as an oratorio singer in Denmark, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom.In 1963, she became the second wife of the Czech conductor Rafael Kubelík, and decided to retire from performing.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Mr. Bach At Vauxhall Gardens | Johann Christian Bach, Alessandro Scarlatti, Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, Thurston Dart | 2017 | Album |
Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Sir Malcolm Sargent, Elsie Morison, Richard Lewis, Marjorie Thomas, James Milligan | 2013 | Album |
Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven - Joseph Sonnleithner, Sena Jurinac, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter, Elsie Morison, John Dobson, Forbes Robinson, Joseph Ward, Victor Godfrey, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Και Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Otto Klemperer | 2007 | Album |
Purcell - The Fairy Queen | Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, St. Anthony Singers, The Boyd Neel Orchestra, Anthony Lewis | 1992 | Album |
HMS Pinafore/Trial By Jury | Gilbert & Sullivan, Sir Malcolm Sargent, George Baker, John Cameron, Richard Lewis, Owen Brannigan, James Milligan, Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Monica Sinclair | 1978 | Compil. |
Symphonies 1 & 4 | Gustav Mahler, Rafael Kubelik, Elsie Morison, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks | 1977 | Album |
Vespers Of 1610 | Claudio Monteverdi - Margaret Ritchie / Elsie Morison / William Herbert / Richard Lewis / Bruce Boyce / St. Anthony Singers / Ensemble Orchestral De L'Oiseau-Lyre / Anthony Lewis | 1971 | Album |
The Best Of Gilbert & Sullivan: Music From The Mikado, Iolanthe , H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates Of Penzance, The Yeoman Of The Guard | Gilbert & Sullivan, George Baker • Geraint Evans • Elsie Morison • Marjorie Thomas • Monica Sinclair • Richard Lewis • John Cameron • Owen Brannigan • Glyndebourne Festival Chorus • Pro Arte Orchestra Of London • Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1970 | Compil. |
Sacred Music | François Couperin - Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, William Herbert, George James, Anthony Lewis | 1970 | Album |
Symphonie Nr. 4 | Gustav Mahler · Rafael Kubelik, Elsie Morison, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks | 1968 | Album |
The Gondoliers | Gilbert & Sullivan, Elsie Morison, Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas, Richard Lewis, John Cameron, James Milligan, Alexander Young, Geraint Evans, Owen Brannigan, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra Of London, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1961 | Album |
Choral Classics | Elsie Morison (Soprano), Osborne Peasgood (Organ), The Bach Choir & The Jacques Orchestra Conducted By Reginald Jacques | 1960 | Album |
The Mikado * Act 1 Excerpts | Gilbert & Sullivan - Owen Brannigan, Richard Lewis, Geraint Evans, Ian Wallace, John Cameron, Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Jeannette Sinclair, Monica Sinclair, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra Of London, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1960 | Single |
Messiah Highlights | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Richard Lewis, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1959 | Album |
Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes (Complete) Opus Nos. 52 & 65 | Johannes Brahms ; Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Richard Lewis, Donald Bell, Vronsky And Babin | 1959 | Album |
A Child Of Our Time - Parts Two And Three | Sir Michael Tippett - Elsie Morison / Pamela Bowden / Richard Lewis / Richard Standen With Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra And Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Conducted By John Pritchard | 1958 | Album |
Come Ye Sons Of Art / Miserere | Henry Purcell / Jean-Baptiste Lully - Margaret Ritchie / Elsie Morison / Alfred Deller / John Whitworth / William Herbert / Richard Lewis / Bruce Boyce / St. Anthony Singers / Ensemble Orchestral De L'Oiseau-Lyre Conducted By Anthony Lewis | 1958 | Album |
H.M.S. Pinafore | Gilbert & Sullivan, George Baker • John Cameron • Richard Lewis • Owen Brannigan • Elsie Morison • Marjorie Thomas • Monica Sinclair • James Milligan • Glyndebourne Festival Chorus • Pro Arte Orchestra Of London • Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1958 | Album |
A Child Of Our Time - Part One / Ritual Dances | Sir Michael Tippett - Elsie Morison / Pamela Bowden / Richard Lewis / Richard Standen With Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra And Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir / Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Conducted By John Pritchard | 1958 | Album |
Israel In Egypt, Sides 2 & 3 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1957 | Album |
Israel In Egypt | Georg Friedrich Händel, Elsie Morison, Monica Sinclair, Richard Lewis, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1957 | Album |
Two Duet Cantatas | Alessandro Scarlatti - Jennifer Vyvyan & Elsie Morison, Thurston Dart, Desmond Dupré | 1957 | Album |
Miserere | Margaret Ritchie / Elsie Morison / Alfred Deller / William Herbert / Richard Lewis / Bruce Boyce / St. Anthony Singers / Ensemble Orchestral De L'Oiseau-Lyre Conducted By Anthony Lewis | 1953 | Album |
Messiah - Arias | Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Sir Malcolm Sargent Conducts Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Single | |
Serenade To Music, Fantasia On Greensleeves, Towards The Unknown Region, Overture The Wasps | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Duncan Robertson, Trevor Anthony, London Symphony Chorus And The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | Album | |
Mr. Bach At The Vauxhall Gardens | Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, The Boyd Neel Orchestra, Thurston Dart | Album | |
Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel – Huddersfield Choral Society And Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Richard Lewis, James Milligan | Album | |
The Mikado * Act 2 Excerpts | Gilbert & Sullivan - Owen Brannigan, Richard Lewis, Geraint Evans, Ian Wallace, John Cameron, Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Jeannette Sinclair, Monica Sinclair, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra Of London, Sir Malcolm Sargent | Single | |
Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent - Elsie Morison, Richard Lewis, Marjorie Thomas, James Milligan | Album |