INFORMATION
Performances daily at l400hrs. Evening performances every Wednesday and Friday 1830hrs.
Orchestral Concerts every Sunday l900hrs.
Doors open 45 mins. before all performances.
PRICES OF ADMISSION. OPERA. Officers 150 lire. OR's 40 and 30 lire.
CONCERTS. Officers 50 lire. OR's 20 and 10 lire.
All seats bookable one week in advance. Booking Office open daily 0930 - 1230 and 1430 - 1630 hrs.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The following figures are given up to and including November 15th 1944. Madame Butterfly has proved the most popular opera during the year with 43 performances, there have been 67 Orchestral Concerts and the theatre has only been closed 14 days during the year. The following have had outstanding runs at the Theatre:
Rigoletto . . . 34 performances
La Traviata. . 31
Tosca . . . 31
The Barber of Seville . . . 30
La Boheme . . . 28
There have been 29 other concerts, 24 performances of THIS IS THE ARMY, 13 performances of Ballet and 4 performances of POLISH PARADE.
There have been 434 performances during the year.
The total seating capacity of the Theatre is 1672 seats.
The stage is 59 feet wide by 115 deep and the height of the grid above the stage is 230 feet. The red curtain was made in England and is worked by electricity.
The following operas are in preparation:
GIOCONDA - TURANDOT - AMICO FRITZ – MANON - TRISTAN AND ISOLDE - LOHENGRIN and FEDORA