Brabazon, Clarice, 1874-

Date: 1895 - 1897

By: Weeks Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1895/1897

Description: Includes: 1895?: Wednesday popular concert, Wellington (with Mabel Jones, Mr F W Jones, Mr E J Hill, Miss Parsons, Mr J M Clark, Mrs H J Miller, Mr W J Haybittle). 5 June [1895?]. Flier / programme Wednesday popular concerts, Wellington (with Mabel Jones, Mr F W Jones, Mr Geo Parsons, Mrs H J Miller, Mr J M Clark, Miss Clarice Brabazon, Mr E J Hill, Mr Walter Haybittle). 5 June [1895?]. Flier / programme 1895: Auckland College and Grammar School Old Boys Association. Celebration of the twenty-sixth anniversary of the foundation of the school. Programme of smoke concert. Sydenham Presbyterian Church. Soiree and concert; welcome to Rev R S Allan. Thursday October 10, 1895. Programme /flier. Weeks, Printer, High Street, Christchurch - 13016. (With performers Mr Lovell, Miss Neave, Mr John McLean, Miss Watson, Mr Russell Halley, Misses Kissel and Bella Forrester, Miss Aggie Currie, Mr H Johnston, Miss Picken, Mr A J Sparkes) 1896: Caledonian Society of Wellington. Eleventh annual concert under the patronage and in the presence of His Excellency the Earl of Glasgow, the Countess of Glasgow & suite. opera House, 24 September 1896. Conductor Mr John McGlashan, accompanist Miss Upham, director of music Mr John Jack. Programme (With performers Mr Hugh Wright, Miss Orr, The McGregors, Mr D Campbell, Miss Jeanie Ramsay, Mr A S Paterson, Mr A Nicol) Wellington Industrial Exhibition 1896-7. Evening opening performance in Entertainment Hall, 18 November 1896. Programme (With Maugham Barnett's Musical Society performing "Hinemoa" by Arthur H Adams and Alfred F Hill; and the Festival Choral Society singing psalms and anthems, including anthem "The earth is the Lord's" composed by T Tallis Trimnell) (2 copies) Wellington Industrial Exhibition. First national night (England), under the direction of Mr Robert Parker. Programme (With performers Miss Dugdale, Mrs Burfoot, Madame Eveleen Carlton, Mr R B Williams, Mr J Murrell, Mr J Whittall) 1897: Whiteley Hall. Orpheus Musical Club's concert. 15 July 1897. Cowen's cantata "The rose maiden". Taranaki Herald Print. Programme / flier. Quantity: 7 programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1890-1899

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1890s

Description: Includes programmes for: 1890s?: 1890: Royal Comic Opera Company. "Yeomen of the Guard", "The Mikado", and second act of "Patience". Opera House. Grand complimentary benefit to Mr Howard Vernon. 1890? (or 1892?) 1891: John F Sheridan and his musical company ... "Little black-eyed Susan" (with Gracie Whiteford, Alfred James, Nellie Arline, Mildred Trigge, Alice Austin, Gertie White, Tillie Williams, Bessie Royle, Hettie Williams, Georgie White, Nelly Livingstone, Stella Tudor, Henry Imano, Wilfrid Carr, Charles Bovis, William Bovis, Burton Royle, John Tudor). Opera House [February 1891]. Programme / flier 1892: City Hall. Grand Operatic Concert Season under the sole direction of W A Jinkins & A Middleton. Artistes: Signora Cuttica, Signorina Matioli, Clarice Brabazon, Signor Travaglini, Signor Iorio, Signor Sisco, Signor Rebottaro, Signor Cuttica. [1892] Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Rip Van Winkle. Friday 9 September 1892 (with W D Lyon, Geo Gardiner, Morris Fox, Geo Parsons, W E Bock, J Maginnity, etc.) (silk programme) Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Rip Van Winkle. Friday 9 September 1892 (with W D Lyon, Geo Gardiner, Morris Fox, Geo Parsons, W E Bock, J Maginnity, etc.). Programme / flyer J C Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company. "The Gondoliers". Theatre Royal Christchurch, 15 November 1892. J C Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company. "The Mikado". 15 November 1892. J C Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company. Theatre Royal Christchurch 15 November 1892 [Fragment of programme for "Marjorie"]. J C Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company. "The Old Guard". Theatre Royal Christchurch 15 November 1892. J C Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company. "The Old Guard". Opera House Wellington 24 October 1892. Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company. Fifth New Zealand tour, commencing at Wellington, 24 October 1892. "Pepita" (Short notes about major cast members on the back page). Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company. Fifth New Zealand tour, commencing at Wellington, 24 october 1892. "The Old Guard" (Short notes about major cast members on the back) 1893: London Gaiety Burlesque Company. "Joan of Arc". Theatre Royal Christchurch [1893]. Pollard's Liliputian Opera Company. "Aladdin up to date". Wellington Opera House. [1893?] "The Bulletin" (Invercargill). Tom Pollard's Liliputian Opera. "The Gondoliers". [Fragment with no date but assumed 1893]. "The Bulletin" (Invercargill). Tom Pollard's Liliputian Opera. "The princess of Trebizonde".[Undated but assumed 1893]. London Gaiety Burlesque Company. "Carmen up to data". Theatre Royal Christchurch 1893. Programme. Pollard's Liliputian Opera. "The Little Duke". Theatre Royal [Christchurch?]. 21 July 1893. Pollard's Liliputian Opera Company. "Patience". Opera House Wellington [1893]. "Royal footlights" bulletin. Pollard's Liliputian Opera Company. "The Little Duke". Opera House Wellington 20-21 April [1893?] "Royal footlights" bulletin. Mr Wells' Motett Society. "Paradise and the peri". YMCA Room, Christchurch, 5 July 1893. Flier / programme 1894: Pollard's Liliputian Opera Company. "Ali Baba or The Forty Thieves". 3 December 1894. Theatre Royal Invercargill. Pollard's Liliputian Opera Company. "Olivette". 27 November 1894. Theatre Royal Invercargill. Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "The Mikdao; or the town of Titipu". Opera House. 19 September 1894. Programme / flier. 1895: Williamson and Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. "Ma Mie Rosette". Opera House Wellington. 11 February 1895. 1896: Royal Burlesque & Gaiety Co. "Faust". Opera House Wellington [ca 1896?] Williamson & Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. Season commencing 10 July 1896. "The Mikado" (24 July), "HMS Pinafore" (25 July). Opera House Wellington. [Programme] Williamson & Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. Season commencing 10 July 1896. ""A Gaiety girl", and "In town". Opera House Wellington.[Programme] Pollard's Opera Company. "Rip van Winkle". Opera House Wellington. 26 December 1896. Programme [and preview cast list of "Paul Jones"] 1897: Pollard's Opera Company. "The Gondoliers" [and preview of "Nell Gwynne"]. Opera House Wellington. 8-9 January 1897. "Fun in the kitchen". (With Alice Leamar, John Coleman, Frank Lawton, Ernest Fitts, Miss Campion, The Three Delevines). Opera House Wellington. [1897]. Pollard's Opera Company. "Falka". Opera House Wellington, 7 April [1897]. Pollard's Opera Company. "Djin-Djin the Japanese Bogie Man". Opera House Wellington [1897]. 1898: Pollard's Opera Company. "Djin-Djin the Japanese Bogie Man". [1898] Pollard's Opera Company. "The Gay Parisienne". [1898]. Pollard's Opera Company. "In town". (With Miss May Beatty).[1898] Pollard's Opera Company. "Rip Van Winkle". [1898]. Pollard's Opera Company. "La Mascotte". [1898]. Wellington Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society. "Dorothy". Opera House, 15 June 1898. 1899: Town Hall Stratford in aid of gymnasium for Boy Scouts. "Trial by jury", to be preceded by a screaming comedy entitled "A frightful frost". Selections by Stratford Orchestra. Town Hall Stratford, Wednesday 20 September [1899 or 1905?]. Programme Pollard's Opera Company. "La Poupee". 12 July 1899. ("Royal footlights"). (2 copies) Pollard's Opera Company. "The Belle of New York". Opera House Wellington. 2 October 1899. ("Royal footlights") (2 copies white, and 1 with yellow cover) Pollard's Opera Company. "The Geisha". Opera House, 26 December 1899. (2 copies) 1899 or 1900: Pollard's Opera Company. "The gay Parisienne". (With A Stephens, Miss Maud Beatty, Miss L Stephens, May Beatty, Harry Quealy, Marie Metcalfe, Zoe Carkeek, etc ... Ernest Fitts, George Young, H Gleeson, D O'Connor, W S Percy, etc, and Miss Gertie Campion as Mdle Julie Bon-Bon). [Wellington, 1899 or 1900]. Programme Pollard's Opera Company. Planquette's celebrated opera "Paul Jones" [Wellington, 1899 or 1900]. Programme Pollard's Opera Company. "Saucy Susie", founded on the drama of "Black-eyed Susan", written and adapted by Mr Bert Royle. [Wellington, 1899 or 1900]. Programme Pollard's Opera Company. "A gaiety girl", by Owen Hall, Harry Greenbank and Sydney Jones. [Wellington, 1899 or 1900] (2 copies) [Pollard's Opera Company]. "The belle of New York", produced under the sole direction of Mr Tom Pollard, by arrangement with J C Williamson esq. [Wellington, 1899 or 1900]. Quantity: 34 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on booklets and fliers, sizes varying beneath 350 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Joan Ciurlionis, Wellington, in 2014.

Date: 1880 - 1889

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1880s

Description: Includes: 1880s: 1880s: Christchurch Liedertafel membership certificate (blank). 1880s. 1880: 1880. Mr Angelo Forrest. Grand evening concert. Athenaeum Hall Wellington. 1 October 1880. With vocalists Mrs Greenwood, Mrs Webb, Mr Edwards and Mr Palliser. (2 copies) 1880: Greytown School concert. Rev T Porritt (headmaster); W Bock (chairman). Tuesday April 27th, 1880. Standard Machine Print. Programme (Silk) ca 1880. The world-renowned Carandini Operatic and Ballad Company. Two programme fliers, one for a Wellington concert and one for a Gisborne concert. (ca 1880, when Miss Marie Carandini would have been 17 years old.) 1881: 1881. Wanganui Exhibition. A grand instrumental concert in aid of Wanganui Public Library. 27 May 1881. Programme flier. 1882: 1882. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club will give a grand sacred concert. Princess Theatre (Wellington or Wanganui?). 7 April 1882. Programme/flier. Performers include J W Hill, E J Hill, H E Nicholls, Charles J Hill, Mr Hasell, Manager Charles Leon, Pianist A E King. 1882. Mr G. Rivers Allpress. Grand vocal and instrumental concert. Theatre Royal, Wellington. 9 October 1882. Programme flier. 1883: 1883. Madame Summerhayes' grand evening concert. Athenaeum Hall, Wellington. 13 July 1883. Flier programme. 1883. "Under the palms; or, the Jewish flower feast". Athenaeum Hall Wellington. 30 August 1884. Book of words (photocopy only). 1883. G. Rivers Allpress. Second annual grand concert. Theatre Royal, Wellington. 6 September 1883. Programme flier. 1884: 1884. Miss Clarice Brabazon (10 years of age). First grand evening concert. Conductor Alfred Pooley. Theatre Royal (Auckland?). 12 May 1884. Programme. 1885: 1885. Third grand Remenyi concert, under the special patronage of His Excellency the Governor, Sir W F D Jervois ... and Lady Jervois. Athenaeum, Wellington. 6 February 1885. Flier/programme. 1885. Ralph Hood. Second grand pianoforte recital. Wellington. 11 April 1885. 1885. Benefit of Mr Charles S Thomas. Theatre Royal (Napier?). 2 September 1885. Programme/flier. 1885. New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. Madame Pauline Rita and Mr John Radcliff in "Acis & Galatea". 8 September 1885. Sheet programme (photocopy) 1885. New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. Concert and "Trial by Jury". Wellington. 9 September 1885. 1885. New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. Popular concert and last grand Christy Minstrel entertainment by the Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club under the direction of Mr George Robertson. 21 October [1885]. 1886: 1886. Miss Rosina Carandini. Grand concert. Theatre Royal (Wellington). 25 March 1886. Programme/flier. 1886. Herr F Calon's first annual concert. Napier, 26 November 1886. Silk programme. 1887: 1887. Signor Carmini Morley. First grand vocal and instrumental concert. Opera House (Wellington). 7 February 1887. Programme/flier. 1887. Free Public Library and Art Gallery, Wellesley Street East, Auckland. Ceremony of the opening of the Library. Saturday March 26, 1887. (Contains portrait engraving of Sir George Grey). 1887. St Patrick's College, Wellington. Midwinter enteretainment, presided over by His Grace the Most Rev. Francis Redwood, S.M., D.D., Archbishop of Wellington. 16 June 1887. Programme/flier. 1887: New Opera House Wellington. The world-famed Lynch family bellringers. 5-9 July [1887]. Flyer/programme (2 copies) (Eph B MUSIC 1887) 1887. The famous Lynch Family, bellringers, instrumentalists and vocalists. New Opera House Wellington, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 7th, 8th, and 9th July [1887]. Flier/programme. 1888. Amy Sherwin, Australia's Queen of song. Sacred concert. Theatre Royal (Wellington). 30 March 1888. Programme/flier. 1888. Amy Sherwin season. Third operatic concert. Theatre Royal (Wellington). 3 April 1888. Programme/flier. 1888. Last night but two of Amy Sherwin season. Theatre Royal (Wellington). 4 April 1888. Programme/flier. 1888: Last night but one of the Amy Sherwin season. Wellington. Thursday, 5 April. Programme / flier. 1889. Caledonina Society of Wellington. Fourth annual concert. Opera House Wellington. 12 July 1889. Silk programme. Quantity: 5 folder(s) containing 33 items.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1898

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1898

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Annual report of the Festival Choral Society, to be submitted at the annual meeting in Thomas' Hall, 1 February 1898. Grand sacred concert by Miss Rose Blaney and Miss Clara Mongredien (with Mr H Widdop, Miss Clarice Brabazon, Mr Douglas Jackson, Herr Clemens Lehmann). Opera House Wellington, 27 February 1898. Programme Amy Sherwin (the Tasmanian nightingale) (with her company - Arthur Deane, Kitty Grindlay, Alberto Zelman, Herbert Stoneham, and S Szczepanowski). First concert. Opera House Wellington, 18 March 1898. Programme. Amy Sherwin (the Tasmanian nightingale) (with her company - Arthur Deane, Kitty Grindlay, Alberto Zelman, Herbert Stoneham, and S Szczepanowski). Plebiscite (eighth) concert. Opera House Wellington, 26 March 1898. Programme. Miss Maude Beatty. Promotional extract, quoting an article about her in the Christchurch Press, 5 July 1898. Letterpress print on small gilt-edged card Christchurch Musical Union. First subscription concert, 39th season (160th concert). Opera House, 14 April 1898. Musical director F M Wallace, leader of orchestra Miss Packer; accompanist Miss Jennie West. Programme Christchurch Liedertafel. Twenty-sixth Gemischter Abend. 21 April 1898. programme. [American Independence Day concert, with traditional songs (by Mr A L Edwards, Mr G M Reid, Mr T W Allen, Mr B Robinson) and addresses by Professor Brown, Rev G MacMurray, Mr T Peacock, Mr F E Baume]. Auckland Opera House, 4 July 1898. Souvenir programme. Jas McCullough, printer. Festival Choral Society, conductor Robert Parker [in] Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus". Herbert Spackman, leader; Miss Prouse, accompanist. Opera House Wellington, 8 July 1898. programme. Grand complimentary concert to Miss Celia Dampier (the child violinist), by the musicians of Wellington (With Robert Parker, Rosaly Merz, Constance Hatherly, John Prouse, Jeanne Ramsay, Mr R B Williams). Opera House Wellington, 11 July 1898. Programme Grand concert by Miss Elsie Hall and other artists (Mr B Angus, Dr Carolan, Mr Boult, Mr Franklin). [Rotorua?] District School-room, 30 December 1898. Programme / flier Grand farewell concert [to] Mrs Howie, the popular New Zealand contralto [Te Rangi Pai]. Theatre Royal [Gisborne?], 4 October [1898?]. Programme / flier Quantity: 11 programmes. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Margaret Hancock, Tokoroa, from the collection of her husband, in 2009.