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[[The Lyric Opera Company]] was a professional opera company, led by messrs [[Arturo Bonamici]] and [[Edgar Perkins]]. 
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#REDIRECT [[The Lyric Opera Company]]
 
 
Also known simply as '''[[The Lyric Company]]'''.
 
 
It was apparently a large company, and its members of the company included Miss [[Leonara Braham]] (from the London Savoy Theatre) and [[Grant Fallowes]], and it appears in 1894-5 also [[Ancarina Massimimi]].  The company toured South Africa in 1893-5, giving performances of excellent standard.
 
 
They performed the opera ''[[Dorothy]]'' (Stephenson and Cellier) at the opening of the [[Cape Town Opera House]], 31 August 1893, and would over their  period in the country put on such standard operatic works as ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[La Favorita]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (Rossini), ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' (Beaumarchais/Rossini), ''[[Carmen]]'' (Bizet), ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (Verdi), ''[[La Gioconda]]'' (Ponchielli) and ''[[Ernani]]'' (Verdi). 
 
 
 
Other works performed by them included ''[[La Cigale]]'' (Meilhac and Halevy), ''[[The Old Guard]]'' (Boucicault)., ''[[La Mascotte]]'' (Audran,  Duru and Chivot ), ''[[Maritana]]'' (), ''[[Haddon Hall]]'' (Grundy and Sullivan), ''[[Rip van Winkle]]'', ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[Princess Ida]]''.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
[[Jill Fletcher]], 1994
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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