Case 4
- Light Opera & Musical Entertainments (Dunedin Operatic) 3
Wild violets. Bruno Hardt-Warden; lyrics by Desmond Carter; music by Robert Stolz. (Dunedin Operatic & Dramatic Society). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, July 24-Aug. 7, 1948.
Cases
2-5 feature light opera and musical entertainments by the Dunedin Operatic
& Dramatic Society. Originally known from ca. 1893 as Dunedin Musical
Society, Dunedin Operatic was so renamed in 1929. From this point it became a
major force in Dunedin cultural life and remains so today. It has staged more
than 110 productions, mostly musicals, many occurring at the former His
Majesty’s Theatre in Crawford Street. Dunedin Operatic changed its name to Musical
Theatre Dunedin in 2010.
Wild violets. Bruno Hardt-Warden; lyrics by Desmond Carter; music by Robert Stolz. (Dunedin Operatic & Dramatic Society). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, July 24-Aug. 7, 1948.
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Bitter-sweet. Book, lyrics and music by Noel Coward. (Dunedin Operatic & Dramatic Society). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, Oct. 25, 1952.
Bitter-sweet. Book, lyrics and music by Noel Coward. (Dunedin Operatic & Dramatic Society). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, Oct. 25, 1952.
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Carissima. Book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, from a story by Armin Robinson; music by Hans May. (Dunedin Operatic & Dramatic Society). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, Oct. 10, 1953.
Carissima. Book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, from a story by Armin Robinson; music by Hans May. (Dunedin Operatic & Dramatic Society). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, Oct. 10, 1953.
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The maid of the mountains. Lyrics by Harry Graham; music by Harold Fraser-Simson. (Dunedin Operatic & Dramatic Society). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, 1959.
The maid of the mountains. Lyrics by Harry Graham; music by Harold Fraser-Simson. (Dunedin Operatic & Dramatic Society). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, 1959.
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His Majesty’s Theatre
Designed
by James Hislop for the Agricultural & Pastoral Society in 1896, His
Majesty’s Theatre in Crawford Street was originally part of the old
Agricultural Hall building in which the Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition was
held in 1898. The interior was subsequently redecorated and adapted into a
venue for theatrical entertainments and opened in 1902. His Majesty’s Theatre
gained a reputation for its excellent acoustics, large stage and auditorium and
was considered one of the finest theatres in the British colonies. The mainstay
of Dunedin theatre for 70 years, it closed in 1972.
