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Opera House, Sydney

Coordinates:33°52′08″S151°12′20″E / 33.8689979163°S 151.2056812860°E /-33.8689979163; 151.2056812860
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Theatre in Sydney (1879–1900)

33°52′08″S151°12′20″E / 33.8689979163°S 151.2056812860°E /-33.8689979163; 151.2056812860

Sydney Opera House, cornerKing andYork Streets, in 1882

Long before the famousSydney Opera House onBennelong Point, the city ofSydney, New South Wales, Australia, had several entertainment venues described as "opera houses".

Sydney Opera House (1879–1900)

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Built in 1879 on land owned by I. J. Josephson and opened asKelly and Leon's Opera House for the New York minstrel company of drag performers Edwin Kelly andFrancis Leon, it was situated onKing Street near theYork Street intersection; a number of smaller buildings at the corner ofPitt Street and York Street being demolished to make way for the grand building. The architects wereBackhouse & Sons.[1] When Kelly and Leon's lease expired in 1880, their name was dropped and the venue was advertised for lease.[2]

It reopened as "Sydney Opera House" in September 1880[3] and for much of the 1880s was under the management ofW. J. Wilson, who was joined byEduardo Majeroni in 1884.[4]

In February 1900 the orchestra struck for payment of arrears in wage payments and rather than concede, the management closed the theatre. By this time, owned by Percy Josephson, it became a warehouse for W. and A. McArthur, Ltd. and was demolished in 1927.[4] Construction on theGrace Building started at the site in 1928.

Some successes were:[5]

  • The Doctor of Alcantara, played by Kelly and Leon 1879–1880
  • The Guv'nor andChawles played by Fred Marshall's Comedy Company
  • Boccaccio played by Emilie Melville's Opera Company
  • Il trovatore andMignon played by TheMontague Turner Company.
  • Patience played by the Royal Comic Opera Co.
  • The Strategist andThe Candidate played by the Polks
  • Manola,Les Manteaux Noirs, andThe King's Dragoons played by the Dunning Opera Co.
  • Diplomacy,The Woman in White, andThe Squire played byWybert Reeve in 1883
  • The Country Girl,The Busybody, andThe School for Scandal played by Marie de Grey in 1884
  • Jo andThe Grasshopper played byJennie Lee
  • Mammon,[a]The Queen's Favorite, andForget-Me-Not, played by Genevieve Ward, W. H. Vernon and Roland Watts-Phillips in 1885
  • The Life of an Actress,George W. Anson
  • Jem the Penman, Harry St. Maur and Agnes Thomas in 1886
  • My Sweetheart played byMinnie Palmer
  • Ingomar andRomeo and Juliet played byEssie Jenyns
  • Hide and Seek played by Walter Craven in 1887
  • Fedora andMarie Antoinette played by The Majeronis

Fayette, a new opera due to open on 17 February 1900,[6] never opened.

Notes

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  1. ^Written bySydney Grundy; known asThe Bunch of Violets when later played byH. Beerbohm Tree

References

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  1. ^"Kelly and Leon's New Opera House".The Sydney Daily Telegraph. No. 149. New South Wales, Australia. 20 December 1879. p. 5. Retrieved26 June 2025 – viaTrove.
  2. ^"Advertising: The Sydney Opera House, York and King Streets".The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 224. New South Wales, Australia. 19 August 1880. p. 2, col. 1. Retrieved26 June 2025 – viaTrove.
  3. ^"The Opera House".The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 245. New South Wales, Australia. 13 September 1880. p. 6. Retrieved26 June 2025 – viaTrove.
  4. ^abLouis H. Paul (28 December 1927)."Farewell, Sydney Opera House".The Sydney Mail. Vol. XXXII, no. 822. New South Wales, Australia. p. 54. Retrieved26 June 2025 – viaTrove.
  5. ^"In Front and Behind".The Elector. Vol. 4, no. 23. New South Wales, Australia. 10 March 1900. p. 4–6. Retrieved26 June 2025 – viaTrove.
  6. ^"The Opera House".The Daily Telegraph. No. 6455. Sydney. 17 February 1900. p. 11. Retrieved26 June 2025 – viaTrove.
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