Royal Australian Opera Company

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The Royal Australian Opera Company is a touring opera that visited South Africa.


They visited South Africa in 1903, performing in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town from May 4, under the management of the Wheeler Company, featuring among other Gertie Campion and Dan O'Connor.

Their performances included Djin Djin (Royle and Williamson), The Gay Parisienne, La Fille du Tambour Major (Offenbach), The Casino Girl (Smith) and La Mascotte ().

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 414


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