Mrs. James A. Oates’s Comic Opera

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 January 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM
01 Oct 1870, 2:00 PM
01 Oct 1870, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Mrs. Oates’s benefit on Friday evening. The theatre will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, October 3 and 4.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Mrs. James A. Oates’s Comic Opera Company;  Mrs. James A. Oates;  George Washington Lafayette Fox;  Blanche Galton;  Thomas [tenor] Whiffin
2)
Little Faust, [operetta], act 2
Composer(s): Musgrave
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Martha);  Mrs. James A. Oates (role: Mephisto and the Arab)
3)
Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le...
aka Prima donna of a night; Prima donna for a night
Composer(s): Offenbach
Participants:  Blanche Galton;  Thomas [tenor] Whiffin;  Mrs. James A. Oates

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 September 1870, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 30 September 1870, 2.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 October 1870, 206.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 08 October 1870, 214.