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Advertising opera

This 1890 poster, advertising the Auckland Amateur Opera Club's production of The sorcererby Gilbert and Sullivan, evokes the theatrical magic of opera.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Peter Walls, Classical musicians – Operatic beginnings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/45391/advertising-opera (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Peter Walls, published 3 June 2014.