[Melbourne Opera House : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia]
- Bib ID:
- 6490965
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
- 1 folder of programs and miscellaneous pieces.
- Series:
- Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection
- Summary:
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Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items for Australian performing arts organisations, Australian artists performing overseas, professional productions performed in Australia (including those featuring overseas performers) and overseas performances of Australian plays, music, etc.
- Biography/History:
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The Opera House in Bourke Street, Melbourne (also known as the Prince of Wales Opera House and the Melbourne Opera House) was designed by architect George Johnson. The theatre opened in August 1872 with the play London Assurance. For the next 28 years it presented a variety of entertainments, including Lyster's Opera Co. which featured Nellie Stewart in light operas, the Brough-Boucicault Company producing Gaiety burlesques, and Bendigo-born entrepreneurs, the MacMahon brothers, presenting J.F. Sheridan in the popular farce Fun on the Bristol. From 1895 vaudevillian Harry Rickards leased the building and presented his New Tivoli Minstrels (see separate PROMPT file relating to the Tivoli Theatre Circuit). In 1896 the building saw the first screening of motion pictures in Australia when Rickards engaged the American illusionist Carl Hertz to project his 'Cinematographe'. The Health Department ordered demolition of the theatre in 1900, and so Rickards commissioned architect William Pitt to design the New Opera House (later called the Tivoli Theatre).
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- This collection is featured in the Guide to Australian Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collections in the National Library of Australia
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 9999
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