Finding Aid for Eduardo Diazmunoz University of Illinois Opera Theatre Records, 2004-2014 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Eduardo Diazmunoz University of Illinois Opera Theatre Records, 2004-2014

ID: 12/5/66

Extent: 3.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: The Eduardo Diazmunoz University of Illinois Opera Theatre Records are arranged into three series: Series 1: University of Illinois Opera Divistion Records, Series 2: University of Illinois School of Music Records, and Series 3: Personal Papers. The collection reveals Diazmunoz as a director of the opera program, as a faculty member of the school of music, and as a musician. The papers are arranged in the original order kept and labeld by Diazmunoz, most of which follows a chronological order. Series 1 includes the papers behind each opera lead by Diazmunoz such as planning meetings, budgets, set design, cast lists, research, and correspondence. Series 2 features Diazmunoz's work as School of Music faculty, a professor, and a member of many committees and the KCPA Board of Producers. Finally, Series 3 includes the records for his student opera assistants, libretti, awards, and correspondence.

Date Acquired: 01/31/2014

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of correspondence, production records, School of Music committee and Opera Division notes, audition and casting records, Opera Newslines newsletters, programs and production announcements, and fellowship awards documenting the general operation and management of the University of Illinois Opera Theatre program between 2004 and 2014.

Biographical Note

Eduardo Diazmunoz earned his BM magna cum laude at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City and did advanced conducting studies under the auspices of the Societe Philarmonique in Paris, France. His studies included working with the renowned conductors and teachers Leon Barzin and Leonard Bernstein. He joined the University of Illinois as full professor and Chair of Opera for the School of Music in 2004, and retired in 2014 to take a position as Professor of Conducting and Music Director of the Conservatorium Orchestra for the University of Sidney.

After his conducting debut at age 22 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Maestro Diazmunoz won musical acclaim as General Music Director, Conductor, and Founder of the Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico and Conductor of the National University Philharmonic, State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic, National Conservatory Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Chavez Symphony Orchestra, and Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra. Maestro Diazmunoz has been Artistic Director and Conductor of the Baja California Orchestra in Tijuana, which performs contemporary orchestral literature.

Diazmunoz is the recipient of the Mexican Union of Theater and Music Chronicles Award and International Biographical Centre Testimonial Award. In 2003, the International Biographical Centre named him International Musician of the Year for his commitment to new music. He has recorded more than 30 compact discs for 19 recording labels. He has been nominated twice for the Latin Grammy Awards Best Classical Album and once for Best Instrumental Album, for which he was awarded the Latin Grammy. Diazmunoz is the first Mexican conductor to earn two Golden Discs and one Platinum Disc. In an unprecedented national honor, the president of Mexico appointed Diazmunoz General Director and Principal Conductor of all Mexico National Music Program youth orchestras and choirs. He is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Diazmunoz has conducted more than 100 local, regional, national, and world premieres with the renowned artists Gary Graffman, Daniel Hope, Jorge Federico Osorio, Janos Starker, Henryk Szeryng, Susan Starr, Frederica von Stade, Eva Maria Zuk, and Zvi Zeitlin, among many others. As Artistic Director of the Baja California Orchestra, he prepared that ensemble for Luciano Pavarotti's final performance in Mexico. In addition to conducting the Mexican premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, he has conducted the operas of Daniel Catan and Federico Ibarra, and has premiered his own compositions in Europe and the United States. Diazmunoz also has composed music for movies, television, and the theatre.

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Access Restrictions:

Series 1: Sub-Series 2: Opera Auditions files are restricted until 2019.

Series 2: Sub-Series 4: Auditions files are restricted until 2019.

Acquisition Method: Gift

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: University of Illinois Opera Division Records],
[Series 2: University of Illinois School of Music Records],
[Series 3: Personal Papers],
[All]

Series 1: University of Illinois Opera Division Records

Sub-Series 1: Production Records

Box 1

Folder 1: Opera Season 2004-2005, Fall 2004: Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Folder 2: Opera Season 2004-2005, Winter 2004-2005: Candide, Leonard Bernstein
Folder 3: Opera Season 2004-2005, Spring 2005: The Coronation of Poppea, Claudio Monteverdi
Folder 4: Opera Season 2004-2005: Final Budget Report
Folder 5: Opera Season 2005-2006, Fall 2005: La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi
Folder 6: Opera Season 2005-2006, Winter 2005-2006: Spanish Double Bill: L'Heure Espagnole, Maurice Ravel; La Vida Breve, Manuel de Falla
Folder 7: Opera Season 2005-2006, Winter 2005-2006: Devilish Double Bill: L'Histoire du Soldat, Igor Stravinsky; Mahogonny Songspiel, Kurt Weill
Folder 8: Opera Season 2006-2007, Fall 2006: Mass, Leonard Bertsein
Folder 9: Opera Season 2006-2007, Fall 2006: Mass, Leonard Bertsein, Correspondence
Folder 10: Opera Season 2006-2007, Fall 2006: Mass, Leonard Bertsein, Correspondence
Folder 11: Opera Season 2006-2007, Winter 2006-2007: Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini
Folder 12: Opera Season 2006-2007, Winter 2006-2007: Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini, Correspondence
Folder 13: Opera Season 2006-2007, Spring 2007: The Scarecrow, Joseph Turrin
Folder 14: Opera Season 2006-2007, Spring 2007: The Scarecrow, Joseph Turrin, Correspondence
Folder 15: Opera Season 2007-2008, Fall 2007: La Boheme, Giacomo Puccini
Folder 16: Opera Season 2007-2008, Winter 2007-2008: Cosi Fan Tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Correspondence
Folder 17: Opera Season 2007-2008, Winter 2007-2008: Cosi Fan Tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Correspondence
Folder 18: Opera Season 2007-2008, Winter 2007-2008: Cosi Fan Tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Folder 19: Opera Season 2007-2008, Spring 2008: Armide, Jean-Baptise Lully, includes 1 CD.
Folder 20: Opera Season 2008-2009, Fall 2008: Romeo et Juliet, Charles Gounod
Folder 21: Opera Season 2008-2009, Fall 2008: Romeo et Juliet, Charles Gounod, Correspondence
Folder 22: Opera Season 2008-2009, Fall 2008: Romeo et Juliet, Charles Gounod, Corresondence
Folder 23: Opera Season 2008-2009, Fall 2008: Romeo et Juliet, Charles Gounod
Folder 24: Opera Season 2008-2009, Winter 2008-2009: La Hija de Rappaccini, Daniel Catan
Folder 25: Opera Season 2008-2009, Winter 2008-2009: La Hija de Rappaccini, Daniel Catan, Correspondence
Folder 26: Opera Season 2008-2009, Spring 2009: Hansel and Gretel, Nelly Bruce
Folder 27: Opera Season 2008-2009, Spring 2009: Hansel and Gretel, Nelly Bruce, Correspondence
Folder 28: Opera Season 2009-2010, Fall 2009: Le nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Folder 29: Opera Season 2009-2010, Fall 2009: Le nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Correspondence
Folder 30: Opera Season 2009-2010, Fall 2009: Le nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Correspondence
Folder 31: Opera Season 2009-2010, Winter 2009-2010: South Pacific, Richard Rogers
Folder 32: Opera Season 2009-2010, Winter 2009-2010: South Pacific, Richard Rogers, Correspondence

Box 2

Folder 1: Opera Season 2009-2010, Spring 2010: Albert Herring, Benjamin Britten, includes 1 CD
Folder 2: Opera Season 2009-2010, Spring 2010: Albert Herring, Benjamin Britten, Correspondence
Folder 3: Opera Season 2010-2011, Fall 2010: Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi
Folder 4: Opera Season 2010-2011, Fall 2010: Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi, Correspondence
Folder 5: Opera Season 2010-2011, Winter 2010-2011: Man of La Mancha, Mitch Leigh
Folder 6: Opera Season 2010-2011, Winter 2010-2011: Man of La Mancha, Mitch Leigh, Correspondence
Folder 7: Opera Season 2010-2011, Spring 2011: La Calisto, Francesco Cavalli
Folder 8: Opera Season 2011-2012, Fall 2011: The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Folder 9: Opera Season 2011-2012, Winter 2011-2012: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Gioachino Rossini
Folder 10: Opera Season 2011-2012, Spring 2012: Paradise Lost, Steve A. Taylor
Folder 11: Opera Season 2012-2013: In Memoriam of Thomas H. Schleis, Winter 2012-2013: My Fair Lady, Frederick Loewe
Folder 12: Eduardo Diazmunoz at the University of Illinois Opera Program, 2014: 1 DVD

Sub-Series 2: Opera Auditions, Contracts, and Lists

Box 2

Folder 13: Opera Season 2004-2005, 2004-2005: Don Giovanni and Candide Auditions
Folder 14: Opera Season 2004-2005, 2004-2005: L'Incoronazione di Poppea Auditions
Folder 15: Opera Season 2005-2006, 2005: Mahagonny Auditions
Folder 16: Opera Season 2006-2007, 2006-2007: Auditions
Folder 17: Opera Season 2007-2008, 2007-2008: Auditions
Folder 18: Opera Season 2008-2009, 2008-2009: Auditions
Folder 19: Opera Season 2009-2010, 2009-2010: Auditions
Folder 20: Opera Season 2010-2011, 2010-2011: Auditions
Folder 21: Opera Season 2011-2012, 2011-2012: Auditions
Folder 22: Strike Contracts/Agreements, 2008-2009
Folder 23: Strike Contracts/Agreements, 2009-2010
Folder 24: Strike Contracts/Agreements, 2010-2011
Folder 25: Cast Lists Signed, 2008-2011
Folder 26: Strike Contracts/Agreements/Cast Lists Initialized, 2011-2012

Sub-Series 3: Brochures and Newsletters

Box 2

Folder 27: Notices, 2008-2009: Opera Season 2008-2009
Folder 28: Opera Newslines, 2006-2012

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