Wallace, F M , active 1894-1901

Date: 1894

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1894

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Second New Zealand Musical Festival. Wellington Opera House. 1-5 October 1894. Programme (2 copies) Auckland Choral Society. "Moses in Egypt; an oratorio". 28 August 1894. Flier/programme. Auckland Choral Society. "Moses in Egypt; an oratorio". 4 September 1894. Flier/programme. Christchurch Liedertafel. Herren Abend. Hobbs' Assembly Rooms, Cathedral Square. 13 April 1894. Programme/flier. Christchurch Musical Union, being an amalgamation of the Christchurch Musical and Amateur Orchestral Societies. First subscription concert (Orchestral). Tuam Street Hall. 10 May 1894. Musical director Mr F M Wallace, Accompanist Mr A J Merton. Programme. Madame Belle Cole. Song recitals. Choral Hall Christchurch.[1894]. (Programme with photographic portrait) Madame Belle Cole's English Concert Company (Madame Belle Cole contralto, Miss Gwen Davies soptrano, Mdlle Henrietta Murkens violiniste, Mr T M Jackson tenor, Mr Magrath bass, Mr W Silver pianist. Theatre Royal. Friday 10 August 1894; and Saturday 11 August 1894 (separate programme/flier for each day) Christchurch Liedertafel. Nineteenth Gemischter Abend. Art Gallery Christchurch. 7 November 1894. Programme. Bessie Doyle. Grand concerts. Opera House. 26 May 1894 (with Miss Kate Best, Mr W Mackenzie, Mr Percival Harris and Wellington Orchestral Society). Programme. Invercargill Choral Union. Mendelssohn's "Hymn of praise"; Handel's "Acis & Galatea". Theatre Royal Invercargill. 17-18 July 1894. Programme. M`Glashan's Orchestra. Eighth annual concert in aid of Clyde-Quay School Library. Friday 18 May [1894]. Programme/flier. The Palmer-Beaumont Concert Company. [Promotional brochure featuring the company members: Mrs Palmer, Miss Maggie Stirling, Mr A H Gee, Mr Armes Beaumont, Mr John Lemmone, Mr W T Barker - photographs and biographical notes about each] The Palmer-Beaumont Company. Benefit to Mrs Palmer. Theatre Royal Wellington. 3 January [1894]. Programme. St Peter's Church Wellington. "An evening with Gounod". Organist Mr T Tallis Trimnell, with Miss Stanford, Mrs Macintosh, Mr Clothier, Mr Mabin, Mr Pollock. Thursday 19 July 1894. Programme/flier (2 copies) St Peter's Church Wellington. "An evening with Handel and Haydn". Organist Mr T Tallis Trimnell, with Mr E F Pollock, Mrs Macintosh, Miss Stanford, Mr Prouse, Mr F Richards, Mr Arthur Clothier, Mr Pickering. Thurday 30 August 1894. Flier/programme. St Peter's Church Wellington. "An evening with Mendelssohn". Organist Mr T Tallis Trimnell, with Mr Richards, Miss Hatton, Miss Stanford, Mr Pollock, Mr Clothier, Mrs Ashbolt. 31 May 1894. Programme/flier (2 copies) Sapio-Urso concerts: Madame De Vere Sapio (Prima donna assoluta) and Madame Camilla Urso (violiniste), with musical director Signor Romualdo Sapio; pianist Herr Benno Scherek. Tuam Street Theatre Christchurch. Concert programmes for: 27 June 1894, 28 June 1894, 30 June 1894, 4 July 1894. Mr F M Wallace. Second chamber concert, secod series. Durham Street Art Gallery Christchurch. 28 June 1894. Programme. Wellington Orchestral Society. Third and last concert of the fourth season. Opera House. 13 March 1894. Programme. Quantity: 24 programmes.. Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1880 - 1889

By: Haggett & Percy (Firm); Hughes, James, active 1868-1881; Bock & Cousins Lithographers (Firm); Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-1880s

Description: Includes programmes or flyers for the following performances: 1880s: Williamson, Garner & Musgrove's celebrated Royal Comic Opera Company. Audran's charming opera "La Mascotte". Opera House Wellington. Magnificent scenery by Gordon and Brunton. Williamson, Garner & Musgrove's celebrated Royal Comic Opera Company. "Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride". Opera House Wellington. Magnificent scenery by Gordon & Brunton. Bock & Co printers. Libretto of "Olivette!", comic opera in 3 acts, by H B Farnie; music composed by Audran. Published for use in Australian and NZ colonies by Musgrove's London Opera Comique Company. [1880s?] (donation PR-03-0058) 1880: Lyster's Royal Italian & English Opera. "Aida" and "Rose of Castile". Theatre Royal [Wellington], 24 February 1880. Lyster's Royal Italian & English Opera. "La favorita" and "La traviata". Theatre Royal Wellington, 26 February [1880]. Flier / programme. 1881: R W Cary's "Pirates of Penzance!" on their piratical tour of New Zealand. [Libretto]. Wellington, James Hughes, steam printer, engraver, etc, Lambton Quay, 1881. Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Troupe in the extraordinary opera of "The Lass that loved a sailor", or HMS Pinafore. Conductor and musical director Mr J J Pollard, Leader of the orchestra Mr C Pollard. [n.p., 1881?] Williamson's Royal Opera Company. "Patience or Bunthorne's bride". New aesthetic scenery painted by Mr Alfred Clint. Costumier Mr W Ford. 1881. Williamson's Royal Opera Company. "HMS Pinafore". Entirely new ship scenery by George Gordon. Post print, Wellington. 1882: Abbott's Opera House (Auckland). "La fille du Tambour Major", with notice of forthcoming productions of "Billee Taylor", "Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride" [1882?] Montague-Turner Grand English Opera. "Lucia de Lammermoor". Theatre Royal Wellington. 23 January [1882]. Theatre Royal (Wellington?). Last week of the Montague-Turner Grand English Opera. "Mignon!" this Monday 6 February. On Wednesday "Lucrezia Borgia"; on Thursday Benefit of Miss Annis Montague, a grand gala night; Friday and Saturday "The Royal Middy". Printed at the New Zealand Times, Wellington [Flier. 1882] Theatre Royal [Auckland]. "Guy Mannering". Amateur dramatic performance in aid of the Masonic Hall building fund. 29 August 1882. Printed by H Brett, "Evening star" office, Wyndham Street. 1884?: Comic opera "Rip van Winkle" in three acts. [Libretto with Wellington advertisements; no cover. Assumed to have been used during 1884 season performed by A T Dunning's London Comic Opera Company] Dunning's Opera Company. John Crook's spectacular military opera comique in 3 acts. "The King's dragoons". Auckland, H Brett, theatrical printer, Star Office. Libretto [This opera is known to have been performed in Napier in June 1884] 1885: Leading amateurs of New Plymouth under the direction of Mr G Garry. Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera "Trial by jury!" (With L Humphries, Miss Hempton, Mr Holdsworth, Mr Rennell, F Humphries, Miss White, Miss Cliff, Mr Downes). Alexandra Hall, Wednesday July 29 [1885]. Programme. Printed at the "Daily news" Office, New Plymouth 1887 : Messr's Williamson, Garner & Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. "The Mikado". General manager Mr R S Smythe. Scenery by Mr George Gordon. Bock & Cousins, Printers, Brandon Street. [1887?] 1888-1889: "Marjorie", comic opera in three acts. Libretto by Lewis Clifton & J J Dilley; music by Walter Slaughter. Prince of Wales Theatre [ca 1888-1889]. Liretto (2 slightly differing) 1889: Martin Simonsen's New Royal English and Italian Opera Company. "Il trovatore". [Theatre Royal Wellington, September 1889]. Libretto. Haggett & Percy, Printers, Lambton Quay. St John Ambulance Association. Grand costume concert; selections from popular operas: Favart, Iolanthe, Mikado, Patience, Sorcerer. Conductor F M Wallace, Hon Manager J J Kinsey, Hon Secretary F Notley meadows. Christchurch Theatre Royal, 19-20 July 1889. Programme and book of words. Quantity: 20 programmes / flyers. Physical Description: Programmes and flyers, sizes ranging under 250 mm. Provenance: One programme donated in 2002 by Paul Orsman, Holmes estate; two libretti by Mrs Margaret Hancock, Tokoroa, in 2009.

Date: 1889

From: [Music programmes and fliers for concerts in 1889].

By: Christchurch Musical Society; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1889-02

Description: Programme for concert. The performers included: Mrs Garrard (soprano), Mrs Wilson (contralto), Mr A Appleby (tenor), Mr M A Millar (bass), Mr Normington (organ), Mr Skelton (leader). The programme was to be repeated on Christmas night. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 4 pages, each 203 x 133 mm.

Date: 1894

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1894

Description: Includes: Christchurch Musical Union. Second subscription concert (Choral). Tuam Street Hall, 22 June 1894. Programme (Musical director F M Wallace, leader of orchestra Miss Packer, soprano Mabel Bell, contralto Miss Davie, baritone Mr H Weir) Christchurch Musical Union, season 1894. Annual report and balance sheet for 1893. Second New Zealand Musical Festival. Wellington Opera House, 1-5 october 1894. Programme (Principal performers: Madame fanny Bristowe, Mr Charles Saunders, Mr A H Gee, Mrs H Burfoot, Mr John Prouse. Performing "Lobgesand", "The Creation", "The spectre's bride", "Israel in Egypt", "Time's great monotone" composed by A F Hill, "The golden legend"). St John's Church. Musical recital. [Wellington?], 26 June 1894. Programme (With Mrs Parsons, Mr Prouse, Miss Drummond, Miss Steele) Sapio Urso concerts. Opera House, Tuam Street [Christchurch]. Madame De Vere-Sapio and Madame Camilla Urso, with Benno Scherek. Thursday afternoon at 2.30 [1894] Programme / flier. Sapio-Urso concert. Opera House Wellington. Third concert, 9 July 1894. Programme / flier. Sapio-Urso concert. Opera House Wellington. Fourth concert, 10 July 1894. Programme/flier (2 copies). Sapio-Urso concert. Opera House Wellington. Fifth concert, 11 July 1894. Programme/flier (2 copies) Sapio-Urso concert. Opera House Wellington. Eighth (last) concert, 14 July 1894. Programme/flier Venosta Concert Company [Invercargill. 1894?]. Programme Quantity: 9 programmes. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1889

From: [Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand in the 1880s].

By: Lyttelton Times Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-1889-01

Description: Libretto for the works, with names of performers mentioned, including Mr Maitland Gard'ner, Miss Fairhurst, Mr W Izard, Mr J J Kinsey, Mrs Garrard, Miss Benson, Miss E Buchanan, Mr Painter, Mr F N Meadows, Miss Gard'ner, Mrs Gibbs, Mr R S Gibson, Mr W C Hodgson, Miss Scrivenor, Mr J F Marshall, Mr A Millar, Mr W A Day. Conductor was Mr F M Wallace; manager J J Kinsey, secretary F Notley Meadows. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 24 pages, each 210 x 138 mm.

Date: 1891

By: Watson, I M (Miss), active 1970s

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1891

Description: Includes: Lady Campbell's first annual concert. Theatre Royal Wellington, 9 February 1891. Programme / flier (with Miss Medley, Messrs Connolly, G Kennedy, A Hamerton and S Cimino; Mr C Monro, Lady Campbell, Miss Fisher, Mr R B Williams, Miss Matthias, Mr E J Hill, Mrs Levin, Miss Hilda Williams, Mr R Parker) Christchurch Amateur Orchestral Society. First concert. Oddfellows' Hall Christchurch, 3 November 1891. Silk programme (With violin solo by Mr F M Wallace and solo by Mrs Burns) St Patrick's Church Organ Fund. Grand popular concert, vocal and instrumental. Public Hall Greymouth, 6 February 1891 (With Miss Castle, Mr Daniel, Mr Muir, Mr Zachariah, Misses Muff and McDavitt, Mrs Orton, Miss Webber; accompanists Misses Dupre and Castle and Mr Brook. Conductor Mr Brook. Orchestra from Greymouth Harmonic Society; chorus from St Patrick's Choir and members of Harmonic Society). Programme / flier. St Patrick's Church Greymouth. Grand sacred concert in aid of the Reefton Catholic Brass Band Fund. Quigley's Hall. 13 February 1891 (With Miss McDavitt, Mr Chamberlain, Miss Webber, Miss Castle, etc). Programme / flier St Patrick's College Mid-winter entertainment. 18 June 1891. (Conductor of brass band Mr S Cimino, conductor of orchestra Mr T L Trowell, accompanists Messrs W Raymond and J Kearsley). Programme / flier. Theatre Royal Christchurch. Madame Patey, England's greatest contralto. 18 June 1891. Silk programme Quantity: 6 Programme(s). Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1897 - 1902

By: Christchurch Musical Union

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-CMU

Description: Includes: 1897: Second subscription concert in commemoration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Opera House, Tuam Street, 21 June 1897. Musical director Mr F M Wallace; leader of orchestra Miss Packer. (With soprani Mrs Burns and Mrs Garrard; tenor Mr W Izard; Miss Davie, Mr F H Hobbs, Miss E Buchanan). Programme 1902: First subscription concert. "The creation". With Mdlle Antonia Dolores, Mr J Prouse, Mr B S Collier. Canterbury Hall, 29 April 1902. Programme Second subscription concert. "The golden legend" (With Mrs Burns, Miss Graham, Mr Percival Alymer [sic] H M Reeves, W E Sorrell). Canterbury Hall, 24 June 1902. Programme Quantity: 3 programmes. Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to quarto size

Date: 1901

By: Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931

Reference: B-094-011

Description: Shows a group of men either dancing around a cauldron in which bridegroom Isaac Gibbs is being cooked, or marching up to the feast. The groom and guests shown are all identified below. They are listed as F. M. Wallace (with violin), A. Carrick (with concertina), J. Bickerton Fisher (with skewer and tartan socks), Isaac Gibbs (in pot with flag), J. J. Kinsey (with chopper), E. G. Staveley (with carrots), James Embling (horse and rider), John Anderson (with glengarry and bottle), J. H. Hall (with turkey), A. W. Bennett (carrying front end of case) and Fred H. Barns (with Huddart Parker flag). Invitation printed by the Weekly press, 1901. It concerned a bachelor celebration for Isaac Gibbs' forthcoming wedding. Note on back gives biographical details of all characters, who were all members of the Canterbury Club. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - John Anderson Esq (in ink) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph with letterpress 204 x 424 mm Provenance: Donation: N Z Shipping Co., 4 Nov 1974