San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
18 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
19 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
20 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
21 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
22 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
aka Italian airs sung by native artists; Italian airs; Burlesque on Italian airs; Italian opera burlesque
Composer(s): Unidentified

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 June 1867, 12.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 20 June 1867, 7.

“The San Francisco quartet—Birch, Wambold, Bernard and Backus—still convulse their audience with their inimitable burlesques.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 22 June 1867, 87.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 29 June 1867, 94, 2d col., bottom.

“Only fair houses of late” [because of the heat].