Savoy Opera Company

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The Savoy Opera Company is a name given by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) to an opera company that visited South Africa in 1906, to perform Savoy Operas at the Opera House, Cape Town, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers.

Conducted by Francois Cellier, the company included C.H. Workman, Fred Billington, Albert Kavanagh, Jessie Rose and Nancy Freyne and their repertoire included Iolanthe, Yeoman of the Guard, H.M.S. Pinafore and Patience.