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Kōrero: Classical musicians

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

Reference: 1/2-094093-F

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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Peter Walls, Classical musicians – Operatic beginnings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/45391/advertising-opera (accessed 26 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Walls, i tāngia i te 3 June 2014.