San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 November 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Mar 1875, Evening
09 Mar 1875, Evening
10 Mar 1875, Evening
11 Mar 1875, Evening
12 Mar 1875, Evening
13 Mar 1875, Evening
13 Mar 1875, 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;  Add Ryman;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo;  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine
2)
"Darling little Daisy"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  David S. Wambold
3)
"Gray hairs of my mother, The"
aka Grey hairs of my mother
Composer(s): Bishop
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph
4)
Prima donna act
Participants:  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo
5)
"Briar, The"
Composer(s): Maas
Text Author: Maas
Participants:  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance]
6)
Ristori as My dear
aka Ristori's Medea
7)
Two orphans, The, [burlesque]
8)
Arrival of Albani
aka Black nightingale
9)
Othello and Macbeth
10)
"Creep close to my heart, little darling"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 March 1875, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 March 1875, 406.

Program changes from last week.