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Joan Hammond (Joan Hilda Hood Hammond) was born on 24 May, 1912 in Christchurch, New Zealand, is an Australian operatic soprano, singing coach and champion golfer. Discover Joan Hammond's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As Joan Hilda Hood Hammond
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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 24 May, 1912
Birthday 24 May
Birthplace Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death 26 November, 1996
Died Place Bowral, Australia
Nationality New Zealand

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1912

Dame Joan Hilda Hood Hammond, (24 May 1912 – 26 November 1996) was an Australian operatic soprano, singing coach and champion golfer.

Joan Hilda Hood Hammond was born and baptised in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Her father, Samuel Hood, was born in England.

He married his first wife, Edith, then left her and took up with Hammond's mother, Hilda Blandford, by whom he also had two sons in England.

He informally added "Hammond" to his name and they represented themselves as "Mr and Mrs Samuel H. Hammond" although they were not married at the time.

Hammond was born in May 1912, not long after the family had arrived in New Zealand.

She was six months old when her family moved again, to Sydney, Australia.

1927

Her parents finally married in Sydney on 25 May 1927, the day after her 15th birthday, although there is no evidence Samuel's first wife had died by that time, or that they had ever divorced.

Hammond attended Pymble Ladies' College and excelled in both sports and music.

1929

Hammond won the women's junior golf championship for New South Wales in 1929, and the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship in 1932, 1934, and 1935.

When she became well known as a golfer, she started to sign her name as "Joan Hood Hammond", and newspaper articles would sometimes hyphenate this as "Joan Hood-Hammond"; however, she later dropped the "Hood".

An encounter with Lady Gowrie, the wife of the then Governor of New South Wales, Lord Gowrie, made Hammond's dreams of studying in Europe possible.

She would often refer to Lady Gowrie as her "guardian angel".

1936

She studied violin and singing at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, and played violin for three years with the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra before studying singing in Vienna in 1936.

Hammond's fellow golfers in New South Wales raised enough money for her to leave Australia in 1936 to study in Vienna.

She also studied with Dino Borgioli in London.

She toured widely, and became noted particularly for her Puccini roles.

1946

She returned to Australia for concert tours in 1946, 1949 and 1953, and starred in the second Elizabethan Theatre Trust opera season in 1957.

She undertook world concert tours between 1946 and 1961.

1965

A heart attack in 1965 forced Hammond to retire from the stage.

Her final performance was at the funeral of her "guardian angel", Lady Gowrie, on 30 July 1965, at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

This occasion was also memorable for the fact that Hammond was the first woman ever granted royal permission to sing in that chapel.

1969

Recorded in English under the title "O My Beloved Father", it earned Hammond a Gold Record award for 1 million sold copies on 27 August 1969.

Her recording of "O, Silver Moon" from Dvořák's Rusalka was also a huge seller.

A prolific artist, Hammond's repertoire also encompassed Verdi, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Massenet, Beethoven, as well as folk song, art song, and lieder.

1970

Her autobiography, A Voice, a Life, was published in 1970.

Dame Joan Hammond appeared in the major opera houses of the world – the Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Vienna State Opera and the Bolshoi.

Her fame in Britain came not just from her stage appearances but from her recordings.

She made famous the aria "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi.

She was interviewed for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs in 1970.

Hammond retired to Australia.

1971

She was the VSO's artistic director from 1971 until 1976 and remained on the board until 1985.

1972

Working with the then general manager, Peter Burch, she invited the young conductor Richard Divall to become the company's musical director in 1972.

She joined the Victorian Council of the Arts, was a member of the Australia Council for the Arts opera advisory panel, and was an honorary life member of Opera Australia.

She was important to the success of both the VSO and Opera Australia.

Hammond embarked on a second career as a voice teacher after her performance career ended.

1975

In 1975, she was appointed head of vocal studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, a post she held until 1989.

In that time she trained an extraordinary number of Australian singers who had successful careers in Australia and on the international stage.

Among her notable pupils are sopranos Helen Adams and Cheryl Barker, baritone Peter Coleman-Wright, and tenor Steve Davislim.

1976

She became patron and a life member of the Melbourne-based Victorian Opera Company (since 1976, the Victorian State Opera – VSO), founded in 1962 by Leonard Spira.