Berlin Opera House (Kitchener, Ontario)

Berlin Opera House was a theatre located at 16 Queen Street in Kitchener, Ontario (then called Berlin, Ontario).[1] Built by Abel Walper in 1896,[2] it was attached to the Walper Hotel.[3] It opened in September 1896 and sat 800 people.[1] The Wilbur Opera Company opened the theatre with three opera performances.[4] On November 9, 1896, the theatre screened the first moving picture shown in the history of the town of Kitchener.[1] George O. Philip was the first lessee of the theatre. Productions staged under his leadership included the opera Faust, the operetta H.M.S. Pinafore, and the plays Richelieu and Charley's Aunt.[2] By 1909 it was renamed the Star Theatre and was operating as a cinema and venue for vaudeville. The theatre was demolished in 1924.[4]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Mills, Rych (April 26, 2019). "Flash from the Past: Ten vintage movie venues that kept Berlin/Kitchener film fans happy". Waterloo Region Record.
  2. 1 2 Uttley 1975, p. 260.
  3. ↑ Ross 2003, p. 38.
  4. 1 2 Langan 2022, ch. Berlin Opera House: 1896–1924.

Bibliography

  • Langan, Paul (2022). Tales of Opera: Waterloo County/Region 1885–2020. Brentunes Publishing. ISBN 9781777864309.
  • Ross, Veronica (2003). To Experience Wonder. Edna Staebler: A Life. Dundurn Press. ISBN 9781459714250.
  • Uttley, W. V. (Ben) (1975). A History of Kitchener, Ontario. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 9781554588084.
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