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Christene Palmer
Christene M. Palmer is a retired Australian singer and actress, known for her performances in the contralto roles of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company during the 1960s. Her performance as Katisha in ''The Mikado'' is preserved in the D'Oyly Carte 1967 film version of that opera.
==Life and career==
Palmer was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. During high school she studied singing, piano and harmony before going to Melbourne for further voice training and joined the Oriana Madrigal Choir.〔("Christene Palmer" ), Memories of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, accessed 23 July 2014〕〔Ayre, p. 258〕 In 1952 she was a semi-finalist in the ''Star for Opera Quest'' for the Royal South Street Society.〔("Senior Vocal: 25th September 1952" ), Royal South Street Society, accessed 23 July 2014〕 The following year, she entered the ''Mobil Quest'' singing competition organised by the Vacuum Oil Company.〔("Mobil Quest Third Heat" ), ''The Barrier Miner'', 9 March 1953, p. 3, accessed 23 July 2014〕 In 1958 and 1960, she sang roles with the Elizabethan Opera Trust and solos at the annual Bach Festivals in Melbourne.〔Ayre, pp. 258–59〕
Palmer moved to London in 1961 to study at the National School of Opera there and performed on the concert stage and in opera, and was in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera chorus for two seasons, before joining the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1965.〔Stone, David. ("Christene Palmer" ), Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 25 March 2003, accessed 23 July 2014〕 She was with D'Oyly Carte for seven years, singing the contralto roles in all nine of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas performed by the company during her tenure (''The Sorcerer'' was not performed by the company until just before she left in 1971). These roles were: Little Buttercup in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', Ruth in ''The Pirates of Penzance'', Lady Jane in ''Patience'', the Queen of the Fairies in ''Iolanthe'', Lady Blanche in ''Princess Ida'', Katisha in ''The Mikado'', Dame Hannah in ''Ruddigore'', Dame Carruthers in ''The Yeomen of the Guard'', and the Duchess of Plaza-Toro in ''The Gondoliers''.〔 At the same time, she occasionally performed in concerts with Gilbert and Sullivan for All.〔
Palmer married Norman Wilfred Wright in 1970, who also appeared with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a tenor in the chorus, from 1969 to 1971, and then with other opera companies. They have 3 children together, Stephen (born 1971),〔''The Savoyard'', Vol. 10, No. 3, p. 4, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, January 1972, accessed, July 24, 2014〕 Chris and Catherine (born 1977) Wright. The family moved to Australia later in the 1970s, then returned to the UK in 1980 and settled in Nuneaton, where they directed productions for amateur opera companies, including the Coventry Savoyards. Wright performed with the Magic of Gilbert and Sullivan concert group and taught singing.〔〔Stone, David. ("Norman W. Wright" ), Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 12 January 2008, accessed 23 July 2014〕〔Cresswell, Jeffrey. ("Norman W. Wright" ), Where Are They Now, 8, accessed 23 July 2014〕
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