Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
(c. 1910-1920)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
19.2 × 12.8 cm (image)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Latrobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, 1992
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
In 1911 the Polish opera singer Janina Korolewicz-Wayda travelled to Australia, where she performed La Tosca in Melbourne and supported Dame Nellie Melba in several Sydney performances. The two had first performed together at London’s Covent Garden. Korolewicz-Wayda was known not only as a wonderful artistic talent but also for making history as the first woman director of the Warsaw Opera.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed on negative (in image) l.r.: MAY / MOORE (underlined)
stamped in ink on support reverse u.l.: THE MINA and MAY MOORE COLLECTION / STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on support reverse c.: Way (…illeg.)a (Way a underlined)
inscribed in pencil on support reverse l.l.: Cab 9 / DR 1 / ENV 101
Accession Number
PH153-1992
Department
Australian Photography
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