San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Oct 1874, Evening
06 Oct 1874, Evening
07 Oct 1874, Evening
08 Oct 1874, Evening
09 Oct 1874, Evening
10 Oct 1874, Matinee
10 Oct 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance];  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  Add Ryman;  J. G. [flautist] Withers;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo;  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine
2)
"Creep close to my heart, little darling"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine
3)
"Poor little lost one"
Composer(s):
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  David S. Wambold
4)
"Solid dishes to the front"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
5)
"Write me a letter from home"
Composer(s): Hays
Participants:  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph
6)
Arrival of Albani
aka Black nightingale
7)
Bad night's rest
8)
Education lecture
Participants:  Add Ryman
9)
Flute solo
aka Work, flute, unidentified
Participants:  J. G. [flautist] Withers

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 October 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 17 October 1874, 230.

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