A T Dunning's London Comic Opera Company

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: 1880 - 1889

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1880s

Description: Includes programmes for: 1880s (exact year unknown): Wanganui Musical and Dramatic Association. "The sorcerer", by Gilbert and Sullivan. Picturesque scenery by Mr T H Battle. Oddfellows' Hall, 29-31 March [1881 or 1887 or 1892]. Flier / programme (photocopy only) (original at MS Papers 1454 Burnett papers) Williamson's Royal Opera Company. "Pirates of Penzance", by Gilbert & Sullivan. Picturesque scenery by Mr George Gordon. Musical director Signor Giorza. [1880s?]. Programme / flier. Williamson's Royal Opera Company. "Patience, or Bunthorne's bride"; and a Grand Miscellaneous concert. Theatre Royal [Wellington? 1880s?] Programme / flier. Gisborne Amateur Operatic Society. "Iolanthe". Theatre Royal Gisborne, 27-30 [--, 18--?]. Flier / programme. Allan Cockburn's bulletin. Stanley & Darbyshire's Juvenile Opera Bouffe Company in "The grand duchess of Gerolstein", with Amy Childs as the duchess. Theatre Royal Wellington. Programme. [1880s?] 1880: Lyster's Royal Italian and English Opera, in a Grand Opera Season, commencing 9 February 1880. Theatre Royal Christchurch. Announcement and list of operas to be sung. 1882: Tambour Major Opera Company. "La fille du Tambour Major", adapted to the English stage by H D Farnie. Theatre Royal Wellington. [1882?] Simonsen's English and Comic Opera Company. "Boccaccio", by Von Suppe. Theatre Royal Wellington. [1882]. Programme. Tambour Major Opera Company. "Patience, or Bunthorne's bride". Theatre Royal Wellington. [1882?] Programme. 1883: Simonsen's Royal English Comic Opera Company. "The grand duchess", by Offenbach. [January 1883?]. Programme. Simonsen's English and Comic Opera Company. "Girofle-Girofla". Theatre Royal, Wellington [February 1883]. Flier / programme. Professor Cailliau's Operatic Society. "The barber of Seville". Abbott's Opera House, for one week only, commencing Monday July 30th 1883. Programme / flier. 1884: A T Dunning's London Comic Opera Company. "Boccaccio". Theatre Royal Wellington. 20 August [1884]. Flier / programme. A T Dunning's London Comic Opera Company. "La fille de Madame Angot". Theatre Royal Wellington. 18 August [1884]. Flier / programme. A T Dunning's London Comic Opera Company. "Manola". Theatre Royal Wellington. 1884. Programme. A T Dunning's London Comic Opera Company. "Rip van Winkle". Theatre Royal Wellington. [1884]. Programme. Dunning's London Comic Opera Company. "Rip van Winkle". Theatre Royal Christchurch, April 1884. Programme (The Thespian) Dunning's London Comic Opera Company. "Boccaccio". Theatre Royal Christchurch, April 1884. Programme (The Thespian) Williamson Garner & Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. "La mascotte". Theatre Royal Wellington. [1884]. Programme (Royal footlights) Williamson Garner & Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. "Patience, or Bunthorne's bride". Theatre Royal Wellington. [1884]. Programme (Royal footlights) Williamson Garner & Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. "Olivette; or, Wife or no wife". Theatre Royal Wellington. [1884]. Programme (Royal footlights) Williamson Garner & Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. "Les cloches de Corneville; or The bells of Normandy". Theatre Royal Wellington. [1884]. Programme (Royal footlights) 1886: Christchurch Amateur Operatic Society. "Madame Favart", by Jacques Offenbach. Theatre Royal Christchurch, 28-30 1886. Programme (3 versions: 2 copies of white version, one copy each of red and white, and red and blue versions) "Patience, or Bunthorne's bride", by Gilbert & Sullivan. Conductor Mr Hautrie West. Leader of Orchestra Mr A Hill. St Peter's Schoolroom, Ghuznee Street. Vice-Regal command night, 25 May 1886. Programme / flier. (Three versions: blue silk (2 copies); Cream silk (1 copy)' Cream paper (2 copies)) "Patience, or Bunthorne's bride", by Gilbert & Sullivan. Conductor Mr Hautrie West. St Peter's Schoolroom Ghuznee Street. [1886]. Programme / flier on orange paper. 1887: Messrs Williamson, Garner & Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company. "Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri". First performance in Wellington. Programme [1887 - the Fisk Jubilee Singers, mentioned in the programme are known to have toured New Zealand in 1887. 1888: Princess Theatre Dunedin. Commencing Monday 13th February 1888 and following nights, Grand production of Planquette's masterpiece, "Les cloches de Corneville; or, The chimes of Normandy" by the Pinafore Opera Company. Fergusson & Mitchell lith [1888]. Programme Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. "Mikado". Wellington, 6 December [1888]. Programme. Wellington Amateur Operatic Society in "Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri". Theatre Royal Wellington, 16-21 July 1888. Programme (The Thespian) "Fun on the Bristol". Princess Theatre Wanganui [1888?]. Programme / flier (The Bulletin for the Mohawk Minstrel season) 1889: Wellington Amateur Operatic Society in "The pirates of Penzance", by Gilbert & Sullivan. Opera House Wellington, 20-26 June 1889. Programme (The Thespian). Nellie Stewart appears as the leading lady in the Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company productions. Quantity: 30 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on paper.. Physical Description: Letterpress on fliers, sizes varying beneath 350 mm.