"MIKADO" COMIC OPERA

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10097, 15 March 1909, Page 1

"MIKADO" COMIC OPERA

One of the most beautiful and radiant prcgramm.'s yefc seen outside London, Pans, and New York will be presented to the Oamaru public this evening, when tne Cooper Operascope Company will commence- a two nights.' season in the Municipal Opera House. Every part of t!u tine programme, will be absolutely new. Gilbert and .Sullivan's famous comic opera "The Mikado'' will be shown in living natural colors, the exact performance of the .greatest opera company in the world, the famous Sir Arthur Sullivan's Operatic Party, with all its love scenes, gorgeous costumes, and mechanical scenic effects, with singing records. The latest marvel in the biograph world will also be_ introduced—a cplendid scries of living pictures, that laugh and sing, by the world's greatest artists. The invention is called "The Miracle of Life, Voice, and Motion." They have been procured especially for Mr Cooper, at enormous expense. Resides these areat attractions, the latest gems in

animated photography will be shown, embracing travel, drama, sport, comedy, and illusion. Miss "rtrishtie Carlisle, the famous Australian balladist and dancer, has been specially enrascd to appear with the com-, piny, 'in order to meet the times conces-i sion coupons are included in the advertise-' ment, to which the attention of the public is drawn. The season is limited to two niehts and a special matinee on Tuesday afternoon at 3.30.