Mrs. James A. Oates’s Comic Opera: Little Faust

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Aug 1870, Evening
30 Aug 1870, Evening
31 Aug 1870, Evening
31 Aug 1870, 2:00 PM
01 Sep 1870, Evening
02 Sep 1870, Evening
03 Sep 1870, Evening
03 Sep 1870, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Little Faust, [operetta]
Composer(s): Musgrave
Participants:  Mrs. James A. Oates’s Comic Opera Company;  H. T. [tenor] Allen (role: Faust);  William [basso] Crane (role: Valentine);  Charles [baritone] Drew (role: Siebel);  Lula [singer] Prior (role: Karl);  James W. [singer] Thorp (role: Cabman);  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Martha);  Marion Taylor (role: Marguerite);  Mrs. James A. Oates (role: Mephisto, Arab)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 August 1870, 7.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 04 September 1870, 4.

Brief; “At the Olympic, however, a good deal of new attractiveness was infused into ‘Little Faust’ by the singing of Mrs. J. S. Oates, which had not been heard since the earliest rehearsal of Herne’s [sic] opera.”