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Event

Samson and Delilah

Venue

Umbrella Event

Quinlan Opera Company Tour 1913

First Date

29 October 1913

Last Date

3 December 1913

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Description

Quinlan Opera Company gave three performances of Samson and Delilah during their 1913 tour in Sydney on 20 October, 5 November and 3 December.

Description Source

Programme

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Secondary Genre

Opera

Organisations

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
William Anderson	Actor and Singer
Hugh Clegg	Actor and Singer
Ernest Clerc	Actor and Singer
Francis Costa	Actor and Singer
Alfred Huntley	Actor and Singer
Charles Magrath	Actor and Singer
Graham Marr	Actor and Singer
Edna Thornton	Actor and Singer
Robert Veevers	Actor and Singer
J Cameron Simons	Administrator
W D Hunt	Adminstrator: Business Manager
George Matheson	Adminstrator: Business Manager
E J Tait	Adminstrator: Business Manager
Camille Saint-Saens	Composer
Tullio Voghera	Conductor
Dorothy Carleton Smyth	Costume Designer
Clyde Meynell	Director
Thomas Quinlan	Director
George Tallis	Director
Hugh J Ward	Director
Percy Frostick	Orchestral Leader
Oliver P Bernard	Set Designer
Leo Impekoven	Set Designer
Geo King	Stage Manager

Resources

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Programme	PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia, J. C. Williamson Scrapbooks of Music and Theatre Programmes, Vol 2, Image no. 308, 309 and 339 as digitised on Trove

Event Identifier

156491

Dataset

AusStage