Collection of theatre programs from J.C. Williamson Ltd. : Box 11 : Grand Opera 1900-1924
Item Number |
Title |
Author |
Date |
Format |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Folder 1/Item 1 |
The Gondoliers, or, The King of Barataria |
[1900] |
Newsheet |
Full page advertisement with cast list, in two sheets |
|
Folder 1/Item 2 |
H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that loved a sailor |
[June 1900] |
Newsheet |
Full page advertisement with cast list |
|
Folder 1/Item 3 |
Floradora |
[March 1901] |
Newsheet |
Full page advertisement with cast list |
|
Folder 1/Item 4 |
The Rose of Persia, or, The Story-teller and the slave |
[1900] |
Newsheet |
Full page advertisement with cast list, in two sheets |
|
Folder 2/Item 1 |
La Boheme (First Act) ; Sansone e Dalila (First Act) ; Carmen (second Act) ; Il Trovatore (Fourth Act) |
The Melba Grand Opera Season |
Thursday Oct. 26, 1911 |
Program |
Cast list, 36 pages, with ill. advertisements [2 copies] |
Folder 2/Item 2 |
La Tosca |
The Melba Grand Opera Season |
Saturday Oct. 14, 1911 |
Program |
Cast list, 36 pages, with ill. advertisements |
Folder 2/Item 3 |
Romeo et Juliette |
Return Melba Grand Opera Season |
Monday Dec. 11, 1911 ; Monday Dec. 19, 1911 ; Monday Oct. 23, 1911 |
Program |
3 cast lists 3 p., 1 program 36 p., various dates, with ill. advertisments [Edmond E. Burke, Miss E. Buckman, annotations Miss Hesketh E. Jones |
Folder 2/Item 4 |
Sansone e Dalila |
The Melba Grand Opera Season |
Thursday Sept. 7, 1911 ; Friday Oct. 13, 1911 |
Program |
1 program 36 p., 1 cast list 1 p. with ill. advertisements |
Folder 2/Item 5 |
Otello |
Return Melba Grand Opera Season |
Saturday Dec. 16, 1911 |
Program |
1 program 36 p. separated at the spine, with ill. advertisements [annotations] |
Folder 2/Item 6 |
Lucia di Lammermoor ; La Boheme ; Carmen |
Williamson Grand Opera Company |
Week commencing Saturday Sept. 27, 1919 |
Program |
1 program 36 p., with ill. advertisements |
Folder 2/Item 7 |
Faust |
The Melba Grand Opera Season |
Friday Sept. 8, 1911 ; Monday Oct. 9, 1911 |
Program |
1 program 36 p., 1 cast list 1 p. in two sheets, with ill. advertisements |
Folder 2/Item 8 |
Carmen |
The Melba Grand Opera Season |
Thursday Oct. 5, 1911 |
Program |
1 partial program with cast list, 6 sheets separated, with ill. advertisements |
Folder 2/Item 9 |
1. Madame Butterfly ; Carmen ; Tales of Hoffman ; Romeo and Juliet ; Faust -- 2. La Boheme ; Tales of Hoffman ; Rigoletto ; Tosca ; Lucia di Lammermoor |
Grand Opera Company |
29, 1920 ; Monday Apr. 12, 1920 |
Program |
2 programs with cast list, 16 p. each, with ill.advertisements |
Folder 2/Item 10 |
Carmen ; Madame Butterfly ; La Boheme ; Faust |
Grand Opera Company |
Saturday Sept. 13, 1919 |
Program |
1 program 36 p. with cast list, ill. advertisements and portraits |
Folder 2/Item 11 |
Faust ; Cavalleria rusticana / I pagliacci ; il Trovatore ; La Boheme |
Grand Opera Company |
Saturday Aug. 9, 1919 |
Program |
1 sheet with cast list |
Folder 2/Item 12 |
Aida |
Return Melba Grand Opera Season |
Monday Dec. 11, 1911 |
Program |
1 program 32 p. with cast list, ill. advertisements and portraits |
Folder 2/Item 13 |
Rigoletto |
The Melba Grand Opera Season |
Monday Oct. 16, 1911 |
Program |
1 program 32 p. with cast list, ill. advertisements and portraits |
Folder 2/Item 14 |
1. Lucia di Lammermoor ; Faust ; Il Trovatore ; La Boheme ; Cavalleria rusticana / I pagliacci -- 2. Il Trovatore ; Madame Butterfly ; Lucia di Lammermoor ; Faust ; La Boheme |
Grand Opera Coy. |
Saturday Aug. 23, 1919 ; Saturday Sept. 6, 1919 |
Program |
2 cast lists, each 1 folded sheet |
Folder 2/Item 15 |
Carmen |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson present a season of grand opera |
Friday July 11, 1914 |
Program |
1 program 10 p. with cast list, ill. advertisements and portraits |
Folder 2/Item 16 |
Theatre Royal, Adelaide : [season repertoire] |
Grand Opera Company |
Oct. 4, 1919 |
Program |
1 program 16 p. of cast lists, ill. advertisements |
Folder3/Item 1 |
Aida |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Tuesday, July 29, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 3 separate sheets, 8 p., cast list, portraits |
Folder3/Item 2 |
Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Thursday, July 3, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 3 |
Cavalleria rusticana ; I pagliacci |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Friday, July 18, 1924 ; Tuesday July 22, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements, 1 cast list 4 p. |
Folder3/Item 4 |
Andrea Chenier |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Thursday, Aug. 28, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 5 |
Aida |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 6 |
Andrea Chenier |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Saturday, Aug. 9, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 7 |
Aida |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Thursday, Aug. 14, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 8 |
Cavalleria rusticana ; I pagliacci |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Friday, July 18, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. loose, with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 9 |
Andrea Chenier |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 22 p. [p. removed], with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 10 |
The Barber of Seville [Theatre Royal, Adelaide] |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Sept. 23, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 32 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 11 |
Andrea Chenier [His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne] |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 44 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 12 |
Il Barbiere di Siviglia [His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne] |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Thursday, June 19, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 44 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder3/Item 13 |
Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Saturday, July 5, 1924 ; Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1924 |
Program |
2 cast lists, each 1 folded sheet, from a full program |
Folder 4/Item 1 |
The Tales of Hoffman |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Monday, Aug. 4, 1924 ; Friday, Aug. 29, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements, 1 cast list 4 p. |
Folder 4/Item 2 |
Rigoletto |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Wednesday, July 23, 1924 ; Saturday, June 28, 1924 ; Thursday, July 10, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements, 2 cast lists 4 p. each |
Folder 4/Item 3 |
La Tosca |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder 4/Item 4 |
La Tosca |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Tuesday, June 24, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder 4/Item 5 |
Lucia di Lammermoor |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Wednesday, June 25, 1924 ; Monday, June 23, 1924 ; Tuesday, July 8, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 60 p. with cast list removed, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements, 2 cast lists 4 p. each |
Folder 4/Item 6 |
Lucia di Lammermoor |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Wednesday, August 27, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder 4/Item 7 |
Faust |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Wednesday, July 16, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 12 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder 4/Item 8 |
A Farewell Matinee of Grand Opera |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Friday. Sept. 5, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder 4/Item 9 |
Don Pasquale |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Monday, Sept. 1, 1924 ; Saturday, Aug. 2, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements, 1 cast list 4 p. |
Folder 4/Item 10 |
Rigoletto [Theatre Royal, Adelaide] |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Saturday, Sept. 27, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 36 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder 4/Item 11 |
Madame Butterfly |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Monday, July 14, 1924 |
Program |
1 cast list, 4 p. |
Folder 4/Item 12 |
La Tosca |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Friday, June 27, 1924 |
Program |
1 cast list, 4 p. |
Folder 4/Item 13 |
Lucia di Lammermoor |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Wednesday, June 25, 1924 |
Program |
1 cast list, 4 p. |
Folder 4/Item 14 |
Madame Butterfly [His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne] |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Saturday, Apr. 12, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 24 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder 5/Item1 |
A Farewell Matinee of Grand Opera |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Friday, Sept. 5, 1924 |
Program |
1 program, 64 p. with cast list, notes, portraits, illustrated advertisements |
Folder 5/Item2 |
Toti dal Monte and Dino Borgioli : Farewell Concerts in the Town Hall |
J. and N. Tait |
1924; Saturday, Oct. 11, 1924 |
single sheet |
1 handbill |
Folder 5/Item3 |
Souvenir [portraits and groups] |
Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd. |
Aug. 1924 |
Program |
1 album, cast and list of operas, with portraits |