Emelie Hooke [SEP] voice type
Emelie Hooke
Emelie Hooke (24 September 19129 April 1974) was an Australian soprano who was notable in opera, oratorio and concert, and sang in Australia, England, Europe and South Africa.
Early life.
Emelie Victoria Georgina Hooke was born in 1912 in Melbourne, where she was schooled. Her advanced musical training was at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium. She sang frequently in opera and oratorio in Australia, and for two years was engaged by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. In 1931 and 1932 she sang in
opera under Sir Thomas Beecham and the BBC Symphony Orchestra also exists.
Humphrey Searle wrote three settings of poems by Jocelyn Brooke, which Emelie Hooke performed at the Festival of Twentieth Century Music in Rome in April 1954.
On 17 June 1954, she created a role in the world premiere of Lennox Berkeley's opera "A Dinner Engagement", at the Jubilee Hall Aldeburgh, with April Cantelo, Alexander Young and other singers, under conductor Vilém Tauský.
Emelie Hooke married and moved to South Africa, where she