- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0218
Carden, Joan Maralyn
(1937 – )- Born 1 January, 1937, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Occupation Opera singer
Summary
Joan Carden was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) on 13 June 1988 and an Officer (Civil) of the Order of the British Empire on 31 December 1981 for services to opera.
Details
The daughter of Frank and Margaret Ethel Gabriel (née Cooke) Carden, Joan Carden was educated at Prahran Technical School. She later attended Trinity College of Music (London) and the London Opera Centre. After graduating from the London Opera Centre she performed in the United Kingdom and Germany before joining the Australian Opera (now Opera Australia) in 1971. During her career Joan Carden sang Gilda (Rigoletto) with the Australian Opera, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Glyndeborne Festival and the Metropolitan Opera and Constanza (The Abduction from the Serablio) with the Scottish Opera.
In 1987 Joan Carden received the Dame Joan Hammond Award. She was the recipient of an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship in 1993 and is Patron of the National Voice Centre at the University of Sydney and the Victorian College of Arts Opera.
Events
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1981 - 1981
Performed with English Opera North
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1980 - 1980
Performed at the Kennedy Centre, Washington
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1978 - 1978
Preformed with the Metropolitan Opera Tour
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1978 - 1978
Preformed with the Scottish Opera
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1977 - 1977
Preformed at Houston, USA
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1971 - 2003
Preformed with the Australian Opera (now Opera Australia)
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1988 - 1988
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
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1981 - 1981
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) (OBE)
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1988 - 1988
Awarded the Dame Joan Hammond Award
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1993 - 1993
Awarded Australian Artists Creative Fellowship
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1982 - 1982
Performed with Miami Opera
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1977 - 1977
Preformed at the Glyndebourne Festival
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1974 - 1974
Preformed at Covent Garden
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
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Resource
- Trove: Carden, Joan Maralyn (1937-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-747088