 The theatre, re-vamped and re-christened Her Majesty's Theatre in honour of Queen Victoria, re-opened with a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s "HMS Pinafore" on 19 May.In 1909, after a private sound test, Dame Nellie Melba, by then an international star, declared that the theatre’s acoustics were "dead" and that she would not perform unless they were altered.Further renovations to the theatre's interior were carried out in time for Dame Nellie to hold her Australian opera debut in November 1911.