San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Oct 1874, Evening
13 Oct 1874, Evening
14 Oct 1874, Evening
15 Oct 1874, Evening
16 Oct 1874, Evening
17 Oct 1874, Evening
17 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM

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;  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo;  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
2)
"Sweet be thy repose"
aka Stars of midnight
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
3)
"We'll get home by and by"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charley Backus
4)
Arrival of Albani
aka Black nightingale
5)
Bad night's rest
6)
Education lecture
Participants:  Add Ryman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 October 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 October 1874, 238.

Two program changes from last week.