[Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand in 1932].

Includes:

Folder 1:

Hawera Amateur Operatic Society presents the musical play "Gipsy love". Produced by Harison Cook; musical director Mr H C A Fox. Opera House Hawera, 26-30 September 1932. Programme

Invercargill Amateur Operatic Society presents "A country girl". Produced by Major F H Lampen; musical director Mr D W McKay. Civic Theatre Invercargill, 19-23 July 1932. Programme

J C Williamson Ltd presents "Blue roses", by Desmond Carter and Caswell Garth, with Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard. Produced by Frederick Blackman. Grand Opera House Wellington, 27 July 1932. Programme (2 copies)

J C Williamson Ltd presents "Follow through"; book by Laurance Schwab and B G de Sylva. Play produced by Frederick Blackman. Grand Opera House Wellington, 6 August 1932. Programme

J C Williamson Ltd presents "Follow through"; book by Laurance Schwab and B G de Sylva. Play produced by Frederick Blackman. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, commencing 27 August 1932. Programme

J C Williamson Ltd present their new Gilbert & Sullivan Comic Opera Co. including Ivan Menzies, Gregory Stroud, Evelyn Gardiner ... Marie Bremner, Leo Darnton, John Ralston, Maisie Ramsay, Mary Hotham, Bernard Manning ... Civic Theatre Invercargill, commencing Friday April 8th [1932. Postcard showing group photograph, with autographs of some members]

J C Williamson Ltd presents their specially arranged Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co. in "Dorothy". Words by B C Stephenson; music by Alfred Cellier. Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 16 April 1932. Programme (2 copies)

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "The gondoliers". Country tour. Programme

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "The gondoliers". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 22 January 1932. Programme (2 copies)

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "The gondoliers". Theatre Royal Christchurch, commencing 5 March 1932. Programme

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "HMS Pinafore". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 12 February 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Folder 2:

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "Iolanthe". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 1 February 1932. Programme (2 copies, 1 damaged)

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "Iolanthe". Theatre Royal Christchurch, commencing 11 March 1932. Programme

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "The mikado". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 27 January 1932. Programme (2 copies)

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "Patience". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 15 February 1932. Programme (2 copies)

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "The pirates of Penzance". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 4 February 1932. Programme (2 copies)

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "The pirates of Penzance". Theatre Royal Christchurch, commencing 14 March 1932. Programme

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "Ruddigore". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 13 April 1932. Programme (2 copies)

J C Williamson Ltd present their specially organised Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co in "The yeomen of the guard". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 8 February 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Folder 3:

Levin Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presents "High jinks", by Ogden Hartley; music by Roderick Freeman. A Cardston-Baxter production. Regent Theatre Levin, 4-8 August 1932. Souvenir programme

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "La boheme". Grand Opera House Wellington, 4 November 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Carmen". Grand Opera House Wellington, 9 November 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Carmen". Theatre Royal Christchurch, 22 November 1932. Programme

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Cavalleria rusticana". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 22 October 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Cavalleria rusticana". Grand Opera House Wellington, 12 November 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Cavalleria rusticana". His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin, 6 December 1932. Programme

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Faust". Grand Opera House Wellington, 9 November 1932. Programme

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Faust". Grand Opera House Wellington, 12 November 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Folder 4:

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Lucia di Lammermoor". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 6 October 1932. Programme

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Madam Butterfly". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 5 October 1932. Programme

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Madam Butterfly". Grand Opera House Wellington, 29 October 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Madam Butterfly". Grand Opera House Wellington, 11 November 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Madam Butterfly". [Country tour?] 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Rigoletto". Grand Opera House Wellington, 31 October 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Tales of Hoffmann". Grand Opera House Wellington, 7 November 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season. "Tosca". Grand Opera House Wellington, 17 November 1932. Programme (2 copies)

Quantity: 1 box(es) containing 4 folders.

Physical Description: Programmes, sizes ranging under 250 mm.

Provenance: One item donated by Alan Sadd, Wellington, in 2016; one by Joe Barnao in 2015.