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Souvenir programme for The mikado

Amateur operatic societies were established in New Zealand from the 1870s, and Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas were a mainstay of their repertoire from the start. This colourful souvenir programme was produced for a Wellington Amateur Operatic Society season of The mikado in 1888.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-OPERA-1888-01

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Lindis Taylor, Opera and musical theatre – Light opera and musical theatre, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/41874/souvenir-programme-for-the-mikado (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Lindis Taylor, published 18 June 2013.