New England Light Opera Celebrates
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
World Premiere of New Operetta Show, Yes, Yes, Jeanette!
TOPSFIELD, MA –New England Light Opera, a professional operetta and musical theater company now in its sixth season, is proud to present the world premiere of Yes, Yes, Jeanette! A Musical Fantasy on Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. This [...]
Diane Flaherty informs us that Jasmine Records in association with the Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society is releasing a two CD-set called “Out of the Night.” The release date will be announced mid-December and the sound quality is stunning with most of the tracks in their debut release.
Click on the back cover to see a [...]
You can now sign up for Cambridge Springs 2008 with the following form:
Registration 2008
For more information about gatherings of the Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society, you can visit nelsoneddysociety.org.
Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society Convention
June 2008
Starting a New Tradition?
By Diane P. Flaherty, President
At our June 2007 gathering of the NEAS in Cambridge Springs, PA, a vote was taken and it was decided that members wanted the meetings to continue after the retirement of Dr. John Marsh. It was suggested that a 4-day format be scheduled. [...]
Classic Images
September, 2007, page 38
“Book Points” by Laura Wagner
The Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy by Eleanor Knowles ($40.95, 646 pp., hardcover) is an over 600-page revision of Knowles’ earlier 1976 volume. Every film MacDonald and Eddy made, together and separately, is covered extensively with synopses, cast/crew credits, reviews, song listings, and a list [...]
TWO Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald Lectures
Chaired by:
Nimet Habachy
Joanne Woodward
The legendary Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald made eight movies together and sang their way into the hearts of generations of Americans. With film clips and recordings, Joanne Woodward and Nimet Habachy will explore the Hollywood that fostered the two icons and their music that so [...]
Available for $20 from the Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society.
NEW DVD - Let’s Tour Twin Gables, Home of Jeanette
$40 AUS, created and offered by NEAS Australian representative Fay La Galle
High in the hills of Bel Air, along a winding road, is the house that Gene Raymond bought for his bride-to-be, Jeanette MacDonald—Twin Gables. It was purchased in secrecy as a gift to his bride [...]
The Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy available for pre-order new 2006 edition
- NOW AVAILABLE
The Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy,
by Eleanor Knowles (Dugan). 646 pages, 591 photos. $40.95 plus shipping. Revised, updated, and enlarged from the 1976 edition.
You are invited to meet Jeanette and Nelson for the first time, or to [...]
The 2006 Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society annual convention is now history, and already plans are being made for 2007.
The dates will be June 24-30, 2007 at the Riverside Inn, Cambridge Springs, PA. Guests will include Tom Netherton, the baritone from the Lawrence Welk Show. As always, it will be a week of films, lectures, music, [...]