Jack the Giant Killer
Event Information
Venue(s):
Melodeon
Manager / Director:
George E. Heydon
Albert Braham [tenor, etc.]
Price: Free
Event Type:
Opera, Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
25 March 2015
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Feb 1864, Evening09 Feb 1864, Evening
10 Feb 1864, Evening
11 Feb 1864, Evening
12 Feb 1864, Evening
13 Feb 1864, Evening
Program Details
“English Opera Troupe.”
Braham was director of the opera.
Braham was director of the opera.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Chorus, unidentified; Corps de ballet, unidentified; Larrie McDuff; Lew (Miss) [Melodeon] Anderson; Hattie [Melodeon] St. Clair; Albert Braham [tenor, etc.]; Moses Solomon; Josephine Seidel; W. S. [Melodeon - comic vocalist] Coles; John [Melodeon] Brown; Bony [Melodeon] Pastor; Ella Thompson [contralto]; Drednot Tom Sayres
2)
Composer(s): Brown
Participants: Chorus, unidentified; Corps de ballet, unidentified; Albert Braham [tenor, etc.] (role: Don Julius Smith); Moses Solomon (role: Don Alexander Brown); W. S. [Melodeon - comic vocalist] Coles (role: King William II of Africa); John [Melodeon] Brown (role: Freermont); Bony [Melodeon] Pastor (role: Elcode); Ella Thompson [contralto] (role: Camille); Drednot Tom Sayres (role: Gigadier Brinelle); Larrie McDuff (role: Jack the Giant Killer); Lew (Miss) [Melodeon] Anderson (role: Marchioness of Hinkerboy); Hattie [Melodeon] St. Clair (role: Laughardillo)