Rigoletto/Pagliacci/La Traviata

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Event Rigoletto/Pagliacci/La Traviata
Venue Townsville, Townsville, QLD
Umbrella Event Filippini Italian Grand Opera Season
First Date 17 October 1917
Opening Date 17 October 1917
Last Date 1918
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Formed from the remnants of The Gonsalez Opera Company stranded in Australia by WWI. Toured Qld & NSW. Sometimes performances were accompanied by screenings of films to build audiences
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
A Balboni Actor
Belloni Actor
Cacialli Actor Leading Bass of the Company
B Capelli Actor
Cesaroni Actor
De Revers Actor
Ercole Filippini Actor Leading Baritone & Founder
Gonsalez Actor
Vittorio Lois Actor
Piccolo Actor
Russ Actor
Scamuzzi Actor
Visoni Actor
Gertrude Johnson Actor and Singer Gilda (Rigolleto), Nedda (Pagliacci) & Violetta (La Traviata)
Giuseppe Verdi Composer
Ernesto Gonsalez Conductor
Giovanni Gonsalez Conductor
Benjamin Fuller Entrepreneur
George Marlow Entrepreneur
Horace Keats Musician: Pianist
Resources
Works
Production Nationality Italy
Further Information The Group had been touring Siberia when WWI broke out so they continued touring to Australia & New Zealand (1916-17). Eventually in 1917 they reformed as The Filippini Italian Grand Opera Company for 1917, and The Italian-Australian Opera Company in 1918
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Through the Opera Glass
Book National Treasure by Frank van Straten
Event Identifier 156337
Dataset AusStage