Prince of Wales Opera House

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Venue Prince of Wales Opera House
Other Names Opera House (February 1873)
Her Majesty's Opera House (September 1884)
Opera House (1887)
Address 249 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
First Date 24 August 1872
Last Date 1900
Notes Built on the site of The Varieties - Theatre Comique. Opened 24 August 1872 behind the Prince of Wales Hotel. Architect George R Johnson. Closed 1899. Demolished 1900. A new theatre opened on the site on 18 May 1901, also know as the Opera House. Renamed Tivoli Theatre 1914. Demolished 1967.
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Latitude | Longitude -37.813351 | 144.966632
Events

George Musgrove [sole entrepreneur]

George Musgrove's London Opera Comique Company

Harry Rickards' New Tivoli Minstrel & Specialty Company

Harry Rickards New Tivoli Vaudeville Company

Lyster Opera Company

Dale and O'Malley

Lyster and Garner's London Comedy Company

Messrs Rignold and Allison

Stewart & Lorraine

The Laurels

The Three Mascottes

The Wheelers

The Willis Sisters

Jacques Offenbach - Composer

Alexander Habbe - Devisor, Scenic Artist, Set Designer

Henry Brougham Farnie - Adaptor, Librettist, Playwright

Charles Lecocq - Composer

Thomas Zeplin - Conductor, Music Adaptor, Musical Arranger

Harry Daniels - Actor

Albert Leopold - Actor, Clown, Dancer

George Leopold - Actor, Choreographer, Performer

Harry Rickards - Entrepreneur, Producer

Henri Chivot - Librettist

Alfred Duru - Librettist

William Schwenck Gilbert - Book and Lyrics Librettist, Librettist

Ludovic Halévy - Librettist

W J Holloway - Actor

Henry Leopold - Choreographer, Performer

Henri Meilhac - Librettist

Louis Auguste Florimund Ronger - Composer

William Andrews - Actor

Fred Appleton - Actor

C W Barry - Stage Manager

Henry Bracy - Actor, Director

Albert Brennir - Actor

Bumble - Actor

George Carey - Actor

Louis Clairville - Librettist

Alfred Clint - Scenic Artist

Hector Cremieux - Librettist

George Darrell - Actor, Director, Playwright

Olly Deering - Actor

Alice Deorwyn - Actor

Constance Deorwyn - Actor

Emilia Don - Actor and Singer

H A Douglass - Actor

A T Dunning - Lessee

F Ede - Actor

Fraulein Fannie - Dancer

W Gardiner - Properties Master

Arthur Garner - Actor, Entrepreneur

Richard Genee - Composer, Librettist

Mary Gladstane - Actor

George Gordon - Scenic Artist

H Gordon - Actor and Singer

Jessie Grey - Actor

Henry Richard Harwood - Actor, Adminstrator: Business Manager

Hasker - Actor

Carl Hertz - Illusionist, Presenter

Charles Holloway - Actor

Minnie Hope - Actor

C Horne - Composer

Essie Jenyns - Actor

H R Jewett - Actor

J J Kennedy - Actor

Jas E Kitts - Actor, Administrator

Pattie Laverne - Actor

Blanche Leopold - Actor

Infant Leopold - Actor

Tom Leopold - Performer

Harry Leston - Actor

Eugene Leterrier - Librettist

John Little - Scenic Artist

W S Lyster - Director, Entrepreneur

McLean - Actor

Fred Mervin - Actor

James Milne - Actor

Miran - Actor

George Musgrove - Entrepreneur

Neil O'Brien - Actor

Robert Planquette - Composer

Charles Poole - Director

Robert Reece - Librettist

R J Roberts - Actor

Alfred Rolfe - Actor

Sagenninguus - Actor

Sidney - Actor

Arthur Seymour Sullivan - Composer

Tomlinson - Actor

P Touzel - Mechanist

J H Tully - Composer, Musical Arranger

Albert Vanloo - Librettist

Giuseppe Verdi - Composer

Garnet Walch - Playwright

S Milano Waud - Lighting Designer

Welsh - Actor

W J Wilson - Scenic Artist

Jeanie Winston - Actor

Wolfe - Actor

Alice Wooldridge - Actor

Athos - Skater

Little Charlotta - Comedian

A U Alcock - Lighting Designer

George Allen - Composer

James Allison - Entrepreneur

Emily Angus - Actor

Myra Angus - Actor

Kate Arden - Actor

Barnwell - Actor

Mary Ann Barry - Actor

Emma Bateson - Actor

Julius Bauer - Librettist

L M Bayless - Actor-Manager

Beaumont - Actor

Beddison - Actor

A H Bell - Actor

Arthur Bell - Actor

James Bell - Stage Manager

T S Bellair - Actor

Helen Benbow - Playwright

Bennee - Actor

George Bentley - Actor

Carrie Bilton - Actor

Georges Bizet - Composer

Mary Bloomfield - Actor

Ernest Blum - Librettist

Paul Boisselot - Librettist

Dion Boucicault - Playwright

Jane Brodie - Actor

Brown - Actor

Pietro Canna - Musical Director

James Carden - Actor

Jances Carden - Actor

Carey - Actor

Eleanor Carey - Actor

W Carle - Actor

Jack Carroll - Scenic Artist

Carson - Actor

Frank Cates - Actor

Francis Chassaigne - Composer

Hetty Clark - Actor

Marcus Clarke - Adaptor

Frederic Clay - Composer

Claudine Coenn - Actor

Teresa Collins - Actor

Nellie Colson - Actor

Copeland - Actor

Charles Coutts Duvalli - Actor

Mary Crawford - Actor

John Crook - Composer

Cissie Curlette - Singer

Rupert Cuthbert - Actor

Mae Dahlberg - Actor

Daniels - Actor

F Darbyshire - Actor

Tom Dawson - Actor

de Beaupuis - Composer, Librettist

F De Belleville - Actor

Kate Douglas - Actor

T F Doyle - Scriptwriter

Elliot - Actor

Walter Emerson - Actor

Harry Emmett - Scriptwriter

Frauline Fannie - Actor, Choreographer

Charles Fanning - Comedian

Farley - Actor

Arthur Farley - Actor

Edward Farley - Actor

Edmund Finn - Adaptor

John Foley - Actor

Ford - Costume Maker

Dolly Ford - Actor

John Ford - Actor

Sarah Ford - Actor

Kate Forde - Actor

J H Fox - Actor

George - Actor

Ronald George - Actor

Gilder - Actor

Philippe Gille - Librettist

Gladstone - Actor

E Gladstone - Actor

Storey Gofton - Director

Antonio Carlos Gomes - Composer, Librettist

John Cheever Goodwin - Librettist

Gordon - Actor

Green - Actor

Dolly Green - Actor

Frank W Green - Scriptwriter

Jane Greenham - Actor

Athmore Grey - Dancer

Fromental Halevy - Composer

Fred Hall - Musical Director

Gwennie Hasto - Comedian

Nellie Haviland - Actor

Heawood - Prompt

Ida Herberte - Actor

K Herberte - Actor

John Hill - Composer, Musical Arranger

M Hill - Actor

J Hodson - Producer

James Hogan - Actor

Edmund Holloway - Actor

Patty Holt - Actor

S Hopkins - Lighting Designer

Charles Edward Horsley - Composer

Lydia Howarde - Actor

Howitz - Properties Master

G W Hunter - Comedian

Edward Jakobowski - Composer

James - Actor

Johnson - Actor

Chas Johnson - Performer

Jones - Actor

J Wilton Jones - Librettist

J Josephs - Scenic Artist

Kelly - Properties Master

Kelly - Actor

King - Actor

Maggie Knight - Actor

Victor Koning - Librettist

Ina Laragy - Actor

Charles Lascelles - Actor

Henry Lemmon - Actor

Lance Lenton - Actor

Leonard - Actor

Fannie Leopold - Choreographer, Dancer

H Leopold - Actor

Harry Leopold - Dance Director

Charles Leslie - Actor

Leveret - Actor

William Little - Scenic Artist

Mann - Lighting Designer

Frederick Marshall - Actor

Martin - Actor

Alf Martin - Scriptwriter

Charles "Post" Mason - Singer: Baritone

Adelina May - Actor

Annie Mayor - Actor

J F McArdle - Scriptwriter

McGowan - Actor

McGowan - Actor

Lachlan McGowan - Actor, Stage Manager

Albert Millaud - Librettist

Carl Millocker - Composer

Emilia Pasta Moore - Choreographer

Maggie Moore - Actor

Alfred Murray - Librettist

Charles Nuitter - Librettist

Stuart O'Brien - Actor

Palmer - Actor

Edwin Palmer - Actor

Nellie Parker - Actor

Harold Parkes - Mime

J A Patterson - Actor

Pearson - Actor

Francesco Maria Piave - Librettist

Franco Piper - Circus Style Performer

Sam Poole - Actor

J A Power - Actor

Alice Rees - Actor

Thomas Reid - Mechanist

Carl Reidle - Musical Arranger

Luigi Ricci - Composer

Edward Rice - Composer

Richardson - Actor

Katie Rickards - Costume Co-ordinator

George Rignold - Entrepreneur, Producer

Andy Roberts - Musician: Percussionist

Victor Robillard - Composer

Robins - Mechanist

Rosa Rollins - Actor

Gioacchino Rossini - Composer

Maisie Rowlands - Performer

Bessie Royal - Actor

Alma Santon - Actor

Dora Santon - Actor

Victorien Sardou - Playwright

Augustin Eugene Scribe - Librettist

Seabridge - Actor

Edwin Shepherd - Actor

Harry Shine - Actor

Olive Sinclair - Singer

Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin - Librettist

Smith - Actor

Mabel Smith - Actor

Temistocle Solera - Librettist

Solomon - Actor

Blanche Stammers - Actor

Marion Stammers - Actor

Harold Stephen - Playwright

Charles Sylvester - Lighting Designer

Annie Taylor - Actor

Bert Terrell - Comedian

R Tolano - Producer

Andrea Leone Tottola - Librettist

G Verd - Actor

Henry Vincent - Singer

Franz von Suppe - Composer

Richard Wagner - Composer, Librettist

C Ward - Mask Maker, Properties Master

Charles Ward - Properties Master

Lizzie Ward - Actor

George Warde - Actor, Stage Manager

Bessie Warren - Actor

Les Warton - Impersonator

Little Baby Watson - Actor

Kate Whaley - Actor

Emma Whitworth - Actor

Mary Widgery - Actor

Stephen Wigg - Mechanist

James Cassius Williamson - Actor

C Wilson - Actor

Winston - Actor

Wisdom - Actor

Nellie Witten - Actor

Hugo Wittmann - Librettist

Mary Ann Woods - Actor

Susan Wooldridge - Actor

Lavinia Wray - Actor

Frank Yorke - Musician: Percussionist

Resources
Venue Identifier 10628
Dataset AusStage