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

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 January 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Sep 1870, Evening
27 Sep 1870, Evening
28 Sep 1870, Evening
28 Sep 1870, 2:00 PM
29 Sep 1870, Evening

Program Details

The theatre will be closed Mon and Tues, Oct. 3 and 4.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Composer(s): Musgrave
Participants:  Mrs. James A. Oates’s Comic Opera Company;  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Martha);  Marion Taylor (role: Marguerite);  Mrs. James A. Oates (role: Mephisto and the Arab);  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: a cabman)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 September 1870, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 September 1870, 9.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 08 October 1870, 214.

Lawsuit regarding a salary dispute by three of the choristers against James A. Oates; judge’s decision in favor of Oates.