Sanford's Ethiopian Opera

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]

Price: $.25; .15 children under 10

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 November 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jul 1863, 3:00 PM
20 Jul 1863, 7:45 PM
21 Jul 1863, 3:00 PM
21 Jul 1863, 7:45 PM
22 Jul 1863, 3:00 PM
22 Jul 1863, 7:45 PM
23 Jul 1863, 3:00 PM
23 Jul 1863, 7:45 PM
24 Jul 1863, 3:00 PM
24 Jul 1863, 7:45 PM
25 Jul 1863, 3:00 PM
25 Jul 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Benefit for Sanford’s Ethiopian Opera Troupe, 7/25/63 (no time given).

Performers include others.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sanford’s Minstrels;  Denier Brothers

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 July 1863, 4.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 July 1863, 7.
 “Robert Houdin’s Wonderful Automatic Writer.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 25 July 1863, 118.
Gives Sanford’s name as “Samuel.”
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 July 1863, 115.

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 July 1863, 7.