Case 13
- Grand Opera 1
Lucia di Lammermoor. Gaetano Donizetti; from Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘The Bride of Lammermoor’. (Fuller-Gonsalez Italian Grand Opera Company). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, Oct. 13, 1928.
The
Fuller family were English-born Australian theatrical entrepreneurs whose name
became synonymous with entertainment in New Zealand, especially vaudeville.
Begun in the 1890s by John Fuller (1850-1923), and continued by his sons Sir
Benjamin Fuller (1875-1952) and John Fuller (1879-1959), the business broadened
to include Italian grand opera, as well as motion pictures. Dunedin’s Princess
Theatre in High Street, and Alhambra (later Kings) Theatre in Dowling Street,
were both taken over by the Fullers in the early 1900s.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Gaetano Donizetti; from Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘The Bride of Lammermoor’. (Fuller-Gonsalez Italian Grand Opera Company). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, Oct. 13, 1928.
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Madame Butterfly. Libretto by Luigi Illica and Guiseppe Giacosa; music by Giacomo Puccini. (Williamson Imperial Grand Opera). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, Nov. 30, 1932.
Cases
13-14 contain programmes for grand opera productions that visited Dunedin from
abroad in the first half of the 20th century, and for performances by the New
Zealand Opera Company in the 1960s.
Madame Butterfly. Libretto by Luigi Illica and Guiseppe Giacosa; music by Giacomo Puccini. (Williamson Imperial Grand Opera). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, Nov. 30, 1932.
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Madame Butterfly. Libretto by Luigi Illica and Guiseppe Giacosa; music by Giacomo Puccini. (J.C. Williamson Theatres Ltd.). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, May 9, 1949.
Madame Butterfly. Libretto by Luigi Illica and Guiseppe Giacosa; music by Giacomo Puccini. (J.C. Williamson Theatres Ltd.). His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, May 9, 1949.
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