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New Zealand Opera Company: posters

In 1958 the New Zealand Opera Company produced its first full-scale work, the Marriage of Figaro, which it performed in 47 towns around New Zealand. In the following decade the company toured extensively, allowing New Zealanders to experience professional productions of many of the major operas. These posters give a sense of the company's repertoire and reach.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-F-OPERA-NZOC-1958-01; Eph-F-OPERA-NZOC-1961-01; Eph-D-CABOT-Opera-1965-02; Eph-F-OPERA-NZOC-1967-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Lindis Taylor, Opera and musical theatre – New Zealand opera companies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/41879/new-zealand-opera-company-posters (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Lindis Taylor, published 18 June 2013.