History
For the first two years of operation (1982–1983) the Lyric Opera of Queensland performed at Her Majesty's Theatre in Brisbane. The first production, Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe, opened there on 31 July 1982. In 1985, the Lyric Opera moved its productions to the newly-opened 2,100 seat Lyric Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, where it continues to present two of its three main stage opera seasons each year. Smaller productions are staged at the 650 seat Queensland Conservatorium.
In 1996 the company changed its name to Opera Queensland and moved its offices and rehearsal studio into new, purpose-built, premises on South Bank, which it shares with Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.
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