George Benjamin Allen, chorister, organist, and conductor, 1873 / photograph by Coxhead Brothers
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George Benjamin Allen, chorister, organist, and conductor, 1873 / photograph by Coxhead Brothers
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George Benjamin Allen, chorister, organist, and conductor, 1873 / photograph by Coxhead Brothers
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Date
1873
Call Numbers
P1/32
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— Physical Description
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1 photographic print - 10.4 x 6.3 cm - carte de visite
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Out of copyright : created before 1955
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Full title
George Benjamin Allen, chorister, organist, and conductor, 1873 / photograph by Coxhead Brothers
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
— NOTES
General note
Transferred from P1/Allen, G. B. (BM), October 2009
Digital order no:a4157032
Signature / Inscriptions
G.B. Allen / Mus Doc / England Opera Co / 1873 -- in ink below the photograph
"Old Snipe Nose" -- in ink on the reverse
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Pic.Acc.389
Administrative / Biographical history
Allen was a chorister, organist, and conductor in England, Ireland, and Australia. He managed a comic opera company, performing numerous operas in New Zealand, Australia, and India (1874-76), before returning to England. In 1874 his opera bill in Wellington, New Zealand included that country's premiere of Burnand & Sullivan's Cox and Box. (Allen's Royal English Opera Company featured Alice May as its prima donna. He and Miss May were widely reported to be married but that was not strictly the case.)
Allen composed at least four stage works, three cantatas, and many songs. His stage works included Castle Grim (an opera with words by Robert Reese, produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, 2 September to 21 October 1865), The Wicklow Rose (an Irish comic opera by Reese, produced in Manchester, 3 May 1882), Keep Your Places (a operetta by Reese, St. George's Hall, 15 February 1886), and The Viking (an unperformed five-act opera).
For further details on Allen's life and career, see Adrienne Simpson's biography of Alice May, "Allice May: Gilbert & Sullivan's First Prima Donna" (Routledge, New York and London, 2003
Reference: The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company online. http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/whowaswho/A/AllenGB.htm (accessed October 12, 2009)...
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P1/32
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1LjRy049
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874523