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Operas, Operettas, Concerts and Selected Musicals Performed in Denver  |
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| Year |
Date |
Place |
Company |
Production |
Notes |
| 1864 |
Dec 8-9 |
Denver Theatre |
Mr.
& Mrs. Gruenwald |
Operatic concert |
From San Francisco opera house; performed in Central City Dec 10 Montana Theatre |
| 1869 |
Jun 26, 30 |
Denver Theatre |
Howson
Opera Troupe |
La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein (Offenbach) | Performed in Central
City Jul
5-17
Montana Theatre; returned to perform in Denver July 19, adding to their
repertory Offenbach's La Rose de St. Fleur |
| Jun 28 |
Tromb-Al-Ca-Zar
(Offenbach) |
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| Jun 29 |
Perfection, or the
Maid of
Munster and Ill
Treated Il Trovatore, or the Mother, the Maiden and the Musicianer
(farces) |
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| Jul 1 |
After the Masquerade and Aladdin (burlesque) | ||||
| Jul 2 |
The Little Ambassador
From
Below (burlesque),
misere scene from Il Trovatore, and
Eaton Boy (farce) |
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| 1872 |
Jun 20 |
Denver Theatre |
French Opera Co |
La Grand Duchesse
(Offenbach) |
Marie Aimee's opera
bouffe company |
| Jun 21 |
La Perichole
(Offenbach) |
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| Jun 22 |
Barbe-Bleue
(Offenbach) |
Sat Grand Aimee Matinee |
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| 1872 |
Sep 11 |
Occidental Billiard Hall
(Blake St.) |
Signora Giovanna,
Chilardi
Gallatti and tenor Signor Gallotti |
"Cavatinas, duetts and
scenas" |
"Admission free" |
| 1873 |
Mar 4, 5 |
Denver Theatre |
Italian Opera and
Pantomime
Troupe |
Opera and Pantomime |
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| 1873 |
May 15, 16 |
Denver Theatre |
Local Denver group |
Laila (Stratton),
an
operetta |
Prof. Diggett's
production |
| 1873 |
Sep 2 |
Guard
Opera House |
Best Talent of Denver |
Genevieve (Stratton), an operetta | Benefit for the Railroad
Mission School |
| 1874 |
Feb 9, 10 |
Denver Theatre |
Octavia Coriell |
Daughter of the
Regiment
(Donizetti) (billed as "The Child of the Regiment") |
G. B. Waldron was the
Sergeant |
| 1875 |
Sep 23- 25 |
Guard Opera House |
Lingard and his Opera
and
Comedy Troupe |
Opera burlesque |
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| 1875 |
Nov 8 |
Guard Hall |
Ware's Opera Bouffe Co |
All for Love |
Company included the
Linton
Family |
| Nov 9 |
Dennis O'Doud |
Performed in Central
City Nov
11
Belvidere Theatre |
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| Nov 10 |
?? |
No information about
this
production |
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| 1876 |
May 23, 27m |
Denver Theatre |
Oates Comic Opera Co |
Girofle-Girofla
(Lecocq) |
Sat matinee; Mrs. James
A. (Alice) Oates'
company |
| May 24 |
Princess of Trebizonde
(Offenbach) |
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| May 25 |
Madam Angot's Child (Lecocq) | ||||
| May 26 |
Trial by Jury (G
&
S) and
Les Bavards (Offenbach) |
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| May 27 |
Grand Duchess of
Gerolstein
(Offenbach) |
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| 1877 |
Jul 16 |
Forrester Opera House | Richings-Bernard Grand English Opera Co |
Maritana (Wallace) |
Company performed in Pueblo Jul 13, Colorado Springs Jul 14, Georgetown Jul 23-25 Cushman's Opera House, Central City Jul 26-28 Belvidere Theatre; also Boulder, Greeley and Cheyenne |
| Jul 17, 21 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Jul 18, 21m |
Martha (Flotow) |
Sat matinee; Martha
was performed in Colorado Springs on Jul 14 |
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| Jul 19 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
First Verdi opera in
Denver |
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| Jul 20 |
Fra Diavolo
(Auber) |
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| Jul 22 |
Turner Hall |
The Marriage of Figaro
(Mozart) |
Staged at Turner Hall as
Forrester would not permit Sunday performance in his hall |
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| 1877 |
Nov 19, 20 |
Turner Hall |
Clara
Louise
Kellogg,
soprano, and Annie
Louise
Cary, contalto |
Grand Concerts |
Assisted by Herr Graff,
primo
tenore; Signor Verdi, primo baritone; and Mr. Geo. Conly, primo basso |
| 1878 |
Jan 2- 5 |
Forrester Opera House | Lilliputian Comic Opera Co | Jack, the Giant Killer and Toodles (farces) | Also matinees Jan 3-5; performed in Central City Dec 25-26 Belvidere Theatre, Boulder Dec 28 |
| 1878 |
Jan 28 |
Forrester Opera House | Richings-Bernard Grand English Opera Co |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
Ilma De
Murska was the prima
donna; performed in Central City opera house Feb 14-21 |
| Jan 29, Feb 2m |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Sat matinee | |||
| Jan 30 |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Bellini) |
First Bellini opera in
Denver |
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| Jan 31 |
La Traviata
(Verdi) |
Program change; Martha
was scheduled |
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| Feb 1 |
Faust (Gounod) |
De Murska as Marguerite;
first
Gounod opera in Denver |
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| Feb 2 |
Martha (Flotow) and Crispino e la Comare (Ricci) | De Murska starred;
program
change: Figaro
was scheduled |
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| Feb 10 |
Turner Hall | The Marriage of Figaro
(Mozart) 1st act |
Martha was
originally
scheduled |
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| Feb 16 |
Forrester Opera House | Benefit Concert for
Caroline
Richings |
Given to help the troupe
get
out of town |
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| 1879 |
Jan 23 |
Forrester Opera House |
Oates English Opera Co |
Le Petit Duc
(Lecocq) |
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| Jan 24 |
Girofle-Girofla (Lecocq) | ||||
| Jan 25m |
Les Cloches de
Corneville
(Planquette) (The Chimes of Normandy) |
Sat Matinee |
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| Jan 25 |
La Perichole
(Offenbach) |
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| 1879 |
May 21 |
Forrester Opera House | Denver Choral Union |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G & S) |
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| 1879 | Jul 4, 5 |
Forrester Opera House | N.Y. 5th Avenue Pinafore Combination |
Trial by Jury and H.M.S. Pinafore (G & S) | Also matinees Fri Jul 4
and
Sat Jul 5 |
| 1879 | Jul 31- Aug 1 |
Forrester Opera House |
Hyers Sisters "The only colored operatic singers in the world." |
Urlina, the African
Princess |
Anna Madah (soprano) and Emma Louise (contralto) Hyers, born in Sacramento in the 1850s and trained by a German pianist and Italian opera singer; debut at the Metropolitan Theater in Sacramento on April 22, 1867. In 1876, Joseph Bradford created for them the first African-American musical comedy, "Out of Bondage." |
| Aug 2m, 2 |
Out of Bondage
(Bradford) |
Sat matinee |
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| 1879 | Aug 13- 16, 18- 19 |
Forrester Opera House |
Juvenile
H.M.S. Pinafore Co |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G & S) | Also matinees Aug 16 and
19;
company organized by Mrs. Nate Forrester |
| 1879 | Sep 22- 27 |
Forrester Opera House | Denver Choral Union |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G & S) | Also matinee Sat Sep 27 |
| 1880 |
Apr 21- 24 |
Forrester Opera House |
J. H.
Haverly's Church Choir Opera Co |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G & S) | Also matinees Fri Apr 23
and
Sat Apr 24; performed in Georgetown May 3-4
McClellan Opera House, Central City May 5
Opera House |
| 1880 | Jun 7 |
Denver Opera House |
Star Alliance Opera Co |
Maritana
(Wallace) and Prima
Donna of a Night |
Performed in Georgetown Jun 19 McClellan Opera House |
| Jun 8, 9m |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) and Love's Follies (Offenbach) |
Wed matinee |
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| Jun 9 |
Miss Multon and Aimee
(burlesque extravaganza) |
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| Jun 10m |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
Thu matinee |
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| Jun 10 |
Chouflouri
(Offenbach)
and Fay's Farewell |
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| 1881 |
May 2- 7 |
16th Street Theatre |
Denver Opera Club |
Pirates of Penzance
(G & S) |
Pasmore and Kaufman
directed |
| 1881 | May 18 |
16th Street Theatre | Soldene Comic Opera Co |
Chilperic (Herve) |
Emily Soldene and Rose
Stella,
prima donni; performed at Fort Collins May 16 Opera House,
Central City Jun 4 Opera House |
| May 19 |
Genevieve de Brabant
(Offenbach) |
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| May 20 |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
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| May 21 |
La Fille de Madame
Angot
(Lecocq) |
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| 1881 | Jun 1, 2 |
Armory Hall |
Denver Vocal Society |
Trial by Jury (G
&
S) |
Together with a musical program |
| 1881 | Sep 5 |
Tabor Grand |
Emma
Abbott Grand English Opera Co |
Maritana (Wallace) | Inauguration of the
Tabor
Grand
Opera House |
| Sep 6 |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
Emma Abbot as Lucia |
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| Sep 7, 12 |
Fra Diavolo
(Auber) |
Emma Abbott as Zerlina | |||
| Sep 8 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
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| Sep 9, 15 |
Cecelia's Love
(adapted
from Verdi's La Traviata) |
Emma Abbot in the title role | |||
| Sep 10m, 14 |
Olivette (Audran) |
Sat matinee; Julie Rosewald in the title role | |||
| Sep 10 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Sep 13 |
Faust (Gounod) | Emma Abbott as Marguerite |
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| Sep 16 |
Martha (Flotow) |
Emma Abbott in the title
role |
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| Sep 17m |
The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | Sat matinee; Julie
Rosewald as
Mignon |
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| 1881 | Sep 27 |
Tabor Grand |
Melville Opera Co |
Patience (G &
S) |
Emelie Melville starred |
| Sep 28 |
The Royal Middy |
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| Sep 29 |
Boccaccio (Suppé) | ||||
| Sep 30 |
Madam Favart
(Offenbach) |
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| Oct 1m |
Pirates of Penzance (G & S) | Sat matinee |
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| Oct 1 |
Prince Methusalem
(Strauss) |
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| 1881 | Oct 24, 27, 29 |
Tabor Grand |
Denver Opera Club |
Pirates of Penzance (G & S) | Pasmore and Kaufman
directed |
| Oct 5, 6, 8 |
La Mascotte
(Audran) |
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| 1882 |
Jan 23 |
Tabor Grand | Colorado Opera Club |
Brittle Silver
(Hunt
& Wood) |
First opera written and
produced in CO; Stanley Wood wrote libretto, W. F. Hunt composed the
music; company played Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Leadville and other
cities |
| 1882 | Jan 30 |
Tabor Grand |
Oates Opera Bouffe Co |
La Mascotte
(Audran) |
Alice Oates' company |
| Jan 31, Feb 4m |
Girofle-Girofla
(Lecocq) |
Sat matinee |
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| Feb 1, 2 |
Little Duke (Halevy) | ||||
| Feb 3 |
La Jollie Parfumeuse
(Offenbach) |
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| 1882 | Feb 16- 18 |
Tabor Grand |
Denver Opera Club |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G & S) |
Matinees Fri Feb 17 and
Sat Feb 18; a performance also was given in Golden |
| 1882 | May 29, Jun 2 |
Tabor Grand |
Comley-Barton Opera
Company |
Madam Favart
(Offenbach) |
Company was from the 5th
Avenue Theatre in New York |
| May 30, Jun 3m |
Olivette (Audran) |
Sat matinee |
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| May 31, Jun 3 |
Patience (G &
S) |
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| Jun 1 |
Manola (Lecocq) |
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| 1882 | Jun 22 |
Tabor Grand |
Haverly's
Consolidated Mastodon Minstrels |
Patience (G & S) | Was a new minstrel
version of
the operetta |
| 1882 | Sep 18 |
Tabor Grand | Emma Abbott Grand
English
Opera Co |
La Sonnambula
(Bellini) |
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| Sep 18, 23m |
King for a Day (Orig. Verdi's Un giorno di regno) | Sat matinee |
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| Sep 19 |
Martha (Flotow) |
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| Sep 20 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Sep 21 |
The Colleen Bawn
(Balfe) |
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| Sep 22 |
Fra Diavolo
(Auber) |
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| Sep 23 |
The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | Emma Abbott starred in
this
performance as the heroine and also "gave her wonderful rendition of
'The Last Rose of summer'"; Julie Rosewald sang Leonora in the Tower
Scene from Il Trovatore |
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| 1883 |
Jan 29- Feb 3m |
Tabor Grand |
J. H.
Haverly's English Opera Company |
Merry War
(Strauss) |
Sat matinee |
| 1883 | Apr 2- 7 |
Tabor Grand |
McCaull
Opera Comique Co |
The Queen's Lace
Handkerchief (Strauss) |
Company was under the
auspices
of J. H. Haverly; William T. Carleton (specially engaged); matinee
Sat Apr 7 |
| 1883 | May 7- 9, 12m |
Tabor Grand |
Chas. E. Ford's English
Comic
Opera Co |
Iolanthe (G &
S) |
Sat matinee |
| May 10 |
Billee Taylor
(Stephens
& Solomon) |
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| May 11 |
Les Mantraux Noirs (Bucalossi) | ||||
| May 12 |
The Sorcerer
(Sullivan) |
Sullivan: of G & S
fame |
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| 1883 | Jul 23 |
Academy of Music | C. D
Hess Acme Opera Co |
Fra Diavolo (Auber) | Nate Forrester, who had
leased
and managed Guard Hall and renamed it Denver Opera House, was manager
of the Academy of Music; Abbie Carrington was "Prima Donna Assoluta" in
Hess' company |
| Jul 24 |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
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| Jul 25m |
Iolanthe (G &
S) |
Wed matinee |
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| Jul 25 |
Martha (Flotow) |
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| Jul 26 |
Pirates of Penzance
(G & S) |
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| Jul 27 |
Faust (Gounod) |
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| Jul 28m |
Olivette (Audran) |
Sat matinee |
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| Jul 28 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| 1883 | Sep 27- 29 |
Academy of Music |
Orpheus Operatic Society | Trial by Jury (G
&
S), Blind Beggars (Offenbach), Too Many Cooks |
The operatic society was
"a
superb chorus of forty Denver society ladies and gentleman." Also
Sat matinee. Max Kaufmann was then manager of the Academy of Music |
| 1883 | Dec 10 |
Tabor Grand |
Chicago Church Choir Opera Co | The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | |
| Dec 11 |
Iolanthe (G & S) | ||||
| Dec 12m, 13m |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G & S) | Wed and Thu matinees |
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| Dec 12, 13 |
Patience (G & S) | ||||
| 1883 | Dec 24, 31 |
Tabor Grand |
Boston Ideal Opera Co |
Fatinitza (Suppé) |
The Boston Ideal Opera
Co
became The Bostonians |
| Dec 25m, Jan 2 |
La Mascotte
(Audran) |
Tue matinee |
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| Dec 25, Jan 5 |
The Musketeers
(Varney) |
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| Dec 26, Jan 3 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Dec 27, Jan 1m |
Patience (G &
S) |
Tue matinee |
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| Dec 28, Jan 5m |
Fra Diavolo
(Auber) |
Sat matinee |
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| Dec 29m |
Pirates of Penzance
(G & S) |
Sat matinee |
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| Dec 29, Jan 1 |
Girofle-Girofla (Lecocq) | ||||
| Jan 4 |
Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) | ||||
| 1884 |
Feb 29 |
Tabor Grand |
Her Majesty's Opera Co |
La Sonnambula
(Bellini) |
English impresario James
Henry
Mapleson's company; Etelka
Gerster was Amina |
| Mar 1m |
La Traviata
(Verdi) |
Sat matinee; Adelina
Patti was Violetta |
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| Mar 1 |
La Favorita
(Donizetti) |
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| Mar 3 |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
Etelka Gerster was Lucia | |||
| 1884 | Mar 17 |
Tabor Grand |
Emma
Abbott Grand Opera Co |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
Peter McCourt became
manager
of the Tabor on this date |
| Mar 18 |
Mignon (Thomas) |
Abbott, Rosewald and
Seguin
starred |
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| Mar 19 |
La Sonnambula (Bellini) | ||||
| Mar 20 |
Martha (Flotow) |
Also Abbott's "Last Rose
of
Summer" and Rosewald in mad scene from Hamlet (Thomas) |
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| Mar 21 |
Linda, Pearl of Savoy
(Donizetti) (Linda di Chamounix) |
Also prison scene from Il
Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| Mar 22 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Also second act from Carmen
(Bizet) |
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| 1884 | Jul 21, 25 |
Tabor Grand |
Fay
Templeton Comic Opera Co |
Girofle-Girofla (Lecocq) | |
| Jul 22, 28 |
La Mascotte (Audran) | ||||
| Jul 23, 26m |
La Belle Coquette
(Maylath) |
Sat matinee |
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| Jul 24 |
Fatinitza (Suppé) | ||||
| Jul 26, 29 |
Olivette (Audran) | ||||
| 1884 |
Sep 1- 6 |
Tabor Grand |
The Bijou Opera Bouffe Co |
Orpheus and Eurydice
(Offenbach) |
Matinee Sat Sep 6 |
| Sep 8- 13 |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G & S) |
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| 1884 |
Sep 22, 23 |
Academy of Music | Carleton English Opera Co | Fra Diavolo (Auber) | |
| Sep 24 |
La Fille du Tambour
Major
(Offenbach) |
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| Sep 25- 27 |
Merry War (Strauss) | Matinee Sat Sep 27 |
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| 1884 |
Dec 15 |
Tabor Grand |
Emma Abbott Grand Opera
Co |
La Traviata
(Verdi) |
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| Dec 16 |
Martha (Flotow) |
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| Dec 17m |
Semiramide
(Rossini) |
Wed matinee; first
Rossini
opera in Denver |
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| Dec 17 |
Heart and Hand (Lecocq) | ||||
| Dec 18 |
Mignon (Thomas) |
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| Dec 19 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Dec 20m |
Maritana (Wallace) |
Sat matinee |
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| Dec 21 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
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| 1885 |
Jan 10m, 10 |
Tabor Grand |
Boulder Juvenile Opera Co |
Patience (G&S) | Sat matinee |
| 1885 |
Jun 29, 30, Jul 1, 3, 4 |
Academy of Music |
Denver Ladies Opera Co | A Dress Rehearsal |
"The washout at Central
prevent the company from going there this week, and many of our
citizens have requested so urgently for a repetition of the favorite
opera." |
| 1885 |
Jul 6- 11 |
Academy of Music |
Demorest English Opera Co |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G & S) |
Note that the Tabor
Grand was
also playing a Pinafore in the same week; on the evening of
Jul 10 it was announced from the stage that the management had refused
to pay the orchestra and that there would be no performance; a small
riot developed as the audience sought refunds on tickets |
| 1885 |
Jul 6- 8, 10 |
Tabor Grand |
Broad Opera Co (local company) |
Bells of Corneville
(Planquette) (The Chimes of Normandy) |
W. Mason Broad organized
this
Denver company |
| Jul 9, 11m |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G & S) | Sat matinee |
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| 1885 |
Aug 31- Sep 5 |
Tabor Grand |
Brittle Silver Opera Co |
Brittle Silver
(Hunt
and Wood) and Pricilla (?) |
Starred Wilfrida and H.
F.
Fareweather from the McCaul Opera Co., NY, and F. J. McCarthy, W. P.
Guiberson, and Douglas A. Flint from the Hess Opera Co., Chicago |
| 1885 |
Oct 12, 13 |
Tabor Grand |
Broad Opera Co |
Fantine (Messager) |
W. Mason Broad, conductor |
| Oct 14- 17 |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
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| 1885 |
Nov 16- 21 |
Tabor Grand |
Thompson Opera Co |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
Sat matinee |
| 1885 |
Nov 23- 26 |
Academy of Music |
Grau English Opera Co |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
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| Nov 27, 28 |
La Mascotte (Audran) | Also matinee Sat Nov 28 |
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| 1885 |
Dec 10 |
First Baptist Church |
Nevada Grand Concert |
Emma Nevada
assisted by Edmond Vergnet, tenor; Carlo Buti, baritone; Luigi Casati,
violin; Gustave Lewita, pianist; Paolo Giorza, musical director and
conductor |
In her first Denver
appearance, Emma Nevada, the "sagebrush linnet [songbird]", was sick
with
a sore
throat or influenza and made two attempts to sing but was forced to quit |
| 1885 |
Dec 17- 19 |
Tabor Grand |
Carleton Opera Co |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
|
| 19m |
Nanon (Genée) | Sat matinee |
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| 1885 |
Dec 21- 26 |
Academy of Music |
Denver Musical
Association |
The Mikado (G & S) | Also matinees Fri Dec 25
and
Sat Dec 26 |
| 1885 |
Dec 28 |
Tabor Grand |
Milan Italian Opera Co |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
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| Dec 29, Jan 2m |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
Sat matinee |
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| Dec 30, Jan 1m |
La Traviata
(Verdi) |
New Year's matinee |
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| Dec 31 |
La Sonnambula
(Bellini) |
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| Jan 1 | Norma (Bellini) | ||||
| Jan 2 | Faust (Gounod) | ||||
| 1886 |
Mar 13 |
Academy of Music |
Her Majesty's Opera Co |
Carmen (Bizet) |
sc; Minnie Hauck,
who had created the role originally, was Carmen; first performance of
complete Carmen in Denver |
| Mar 15 |
Faust (Gounod) |
Lillian
Nordica was Marguerite |
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| 1886 |
May 31- Jun 2, 5m |
Tabor Grand |
Grand Comic Opera Co
(local
troupe) |
Iolanthe (G &
S) |
Sat matinee |
| Jun 3- 5 |
Mikado (G & S) |
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| 1886 |
Sep 6- 8 |
Tabor Grand |
Chicago Opera Co |
Mikado (G & S) | |
| Sep 9- 10, 11m |
Fatinitza
(Suppé) |
Sat matinee |
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| Sep 11 |
The Sorcerer (G
& S) |
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| 1886 |
Sep 27- Oct 1 |
Tabor Grand |
Chicago Opera Co | Mikado (G & S) | |
| Oct 2m |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G
& S) |
Sat Matinee |
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| Oct 2 |
Fatinitza (Suppé) | ||||
| 1886 |
Oct 18 |
Tabor Grand |
J. C. Duff's Comic Opera
Co |
Iolanthe (G &
S) |
Lillian
Russell was Phyllis |
| Oct 19- 21 |
A Trip to Africa
(Suppé) |
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| Oct 22 |
Mikado (G & S) | ||||
| 1886 |
Dec 13- 15, 18m |
Tabor Grand |
McCaull
Opera Comique Co |
The Black Hussar
(Millöcker) |
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| Dec 16- 18 |
Falka (Chassaigne) |
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| 1887 |
Feb 15 |
Denver Music Hall |
Grand Operatic Concert | Famous
selections and the second act of Semiramide |
Program included soprano
Adelina
Patti, contralto Sofia Scalchi,
tenor Albert Guille, baritone Antonio Galassi,
and
basso
Franco
Novaro |
| 1887 |
Mar 7 |
Tabor Grand |
Emma Abbott New Grand
Opera Co |
Lucretia Borgia
(Donizetti) |
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| Mar 8 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Mar 9m |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
Wed matinee |
|||
| Mar 9 |
La Sonnambula
(Bellini) |
||||
| Mar 10 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
||||
| Mar 11, 12m |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
Sat matinee; Carnival
of
Venice (Thomas) originally was scheduled |
|||
| Mar 12 |
Faust (Gounod) |
||||
| 1887 |
Apr 25, 26 30m |
Tabor Grand |
Carleton
Opera Co |
Erminie
(Jakobowski) |
Sat matinee; William T.
Carleton's company |
| Apr 27, 28, 30 |
Nanon
(Genée) |
||||
| Apr 29 |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
The Drum
Major's
Daughter (Offenbach) originally was scheduled |
|||
| 1887 |
May 15 |
Tabor Grand |
Amberg's New York Thalia
Opera
Co |
Grand Operatic Concert | Chorus of forty voices
singing
selections from Beggar Student, Black Hussar, Don
Caesar, Nanon, Gasperone, Boccaccio, and Fledermaus |
| May 16 |
Denver Music Hall |
The Beggar Student
(Millöcker) |
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| May 17 |
Die Fledermaus
(Strauss) |
||||
| 1887 |
Jun 13- 16 |
Denver Music Hall |
Adelaide
Randall Comic Opera Co |
Princess of Trebizonde
(Offenbach) |
|
| Jun 17, 18m, 20-22 |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| Jun 23- 25, 25m |
The Mascot
(Audran) (La Mascotte) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| 1887 |
Jun 27- Jul 2 |
Mammoth Rink |
Adelaide Randall Comic Opera Co | Billee Taylor
(Stephens
& Solomon) |
The company
performed in
Leadville and
Colorado Springs after leaving Denver; Mammoth Rink, at 16th
and California, in
August 1887 became the 16th Street Theater; it quickly
failed and in January
1888 the name was changed back to Mammoth Rink |
| Jul 4- 6 |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
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| Jul 7- 9 |
The Mascot (Audran) | ||||
| Jul 10 |
Grand Concert |
Sun evening concert;
"The
Spanish Students and
Orchestra in a Selected Programme" |
|||
| Jul 11- 15, Aug 8, 10 |
The Bridal Trap
(Audran) |
||||
| Jul 16 |
The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | ||||
| Jul 17 |
Grand Concert |
Sun evening concert |
|||
| Jul 18- 24 |
Princess of Trebizonde (Offenbach) | ||||
| Aug 1- 4 |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G
& S) |
||||
| Aug 5 |
Benefit for Adelaide
Randall |
First act of Pinafore
and second act of Fra Diavolo |
|||
| Aug 9, 12 |
Girofle-Girofla
(Lecocq) |
||||
| Aug 11 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
||||
| Aug 13 |
The Mikado (G & S) | ||||
| 1887 |
Aug 25 |
Tabor Grand |
Annie May Kessler |
Concert Programme |
Benefit for Thomas
Klotz;
second act from Der
Freischutz and third act from Daughter of the Regiment |
| 1887 |
Sep 19- 24 |
16th Street Theater |
Adelaide Randall Comic Opera Co | The Doctor of Alcantra
(Eichberg) |
Theatre was formerly the
Mammoth Rink |
| Sep 26, 27 |
The Bridal Trap (Audran) | ||||
| Sep 28- 31 |
Princess of Trebizonde (Offenbach) | ||||
| 1887 |
Dec 5, 10m |
Tabor Grand |
Abbott New Grand Opera Co |
Ruy Blas
(Marchetti) |
Emma Abbott's company;
Sat
matinee |
| Dec 6 |
Carnival of Venice
(Tickell) |
||||
| Dec 7m |
Martha (Flotow) |
Wed matinee |
|||
| Dec 7 |
Faust (Gounod) |
||||
| Dec 8 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
||||
| Dec 9 |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
||||
| Dec 10 |
The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) | ||||
| 1888 |
Feb 29- 22 |
Tabor Grand |
Carleton Opera Co |
Dorothy (Cellier
&
Stephenson) |
Sat matinee |
| Feb 23, 25m |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | ||||
| Feb 24 |
The Merry War (Strauss) | Fra Diavolo originally was scheduled | |||
| Feb 25 |
Nanon (Genée) | ||||
| Feb 26 |
Grand Sacred Concert |
Sun: W. T. Carleton with
full
orchestra and chorus |
|||
| 1888 |
Apr 9- 12, 14m |
Tabor Grand |
Conried Opera Co |
The Gypsy Baron
(Strauss) |
Sat matinee |
| Apr 13, 14 |
Vice Admiral
(Millöcker) |
||||
| 1888 |
Oct 15 |
Tabor Grand |
Abbott Grand Opera Co |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Emma Abbott's company |
| Oct 16 |
Rose of Castile
(Balfe) |
||||
| Oct 17m |
The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | Wed matinee |
|||
| Oct 17 |
Faust (Gounod |
||||
| Oct 18 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
||||
| Oct 19 |
Norma (Bellini) |
||||
| Oct 20m |
Marta (Flotow) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| Oct 20 |
The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) | The Mikado
originally
was scheduled |
|||
| 1888 |
Nov 12- 16, 17m |
Tabor Grand |
Fay Templeton Comic Opera Co | The Corsair (Rice) |
Spectacular burlesque;
Sat
matinee |
| Nov 17 |
Evangeline (Rice) |
||||
| 1888 |
Dec 3, 5, 8m |
Tabor Grand |
Carleton Opera Co |
Mynheer Jan
(Jakobowski) |
Sat matinee |
| Dec 4, 6 |
The Queen's Lace
Handkerchief (Strauss) |
||||
| Dec 7 |
Nanon (Genée) | ||||
| Dec 8 |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | ||||
| 1889 |
Jan 14, 15, 19m, Jan 23m |
Tabor Grand |
The Bostonians |
Dorothy (Cellier & Stephenson) | Sat and Wed matinees |
| Jan 16m |
Don Pasquale
(Donizetti) |
Wed matinee |
|||
| Jan 16, Jan 22, 24 |
Fatinitza (Suppé) | ||||
| Feb 17, 26 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
||||
| Feb 18, 26m |
Mignon (Thomas) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| Feb 19, Jan 21, 23, 25 |
Pygmalion and Galatea
(Gilbert) |
||||
| 1889 |
Apr 12, 13m |
First Baptist Church |
Emma Albani,
soprano |
Grand Concert |
Sat matinee; "Operatic
classics and Popular
Music; Madame Albani will be supported by her London Concert Company" |
| 1889 |
Apr 15- 20 |
Tabor Grand |
Conried's English Comic
Opera
Co |
The King's Fool
(Muller) |
Also performed for the Gala Grand Opening of the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on April 23 and 24 |
| 1889 |
May 6 |
Trinity Church |
Emma Albani, soprano |
Return Concert |
"Supported by her London
Concert Company together with Mr. Stevenson's Concert Choir"; sponsored
by the Glenarm Reading Club |
| 1889 |
Jun 24 |
Tabor Grand |
The Bostonians | Pygmalion and Galatea | sc: Colorado Springs
Jul 2,
3; Leadville Jul 4, 5; Pueblo Jul 6 |
| Jun 25 |
Fatinitza (Suppé) | ||||
| Jun 26 |
Suzette (Audran) |
||||
| Jun 27 |
The Poachers (Offenbach) | ||||
| Jun 28 |
Mignon (Thomas) | ||||
| Jun 29m |
The Musketeers
(Varney) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| Jul 29 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
||||
| Jul 1 |
Grand Special Performance |
First act of Mignon,
second
act
of
Fatinitza, third act of Dorothy |
|||
| 1889 |
Sep 23 |
Metropolitan Theater |
The Famous Mauvells |
King Cole II
(Morse
& Goodwin) |
Grand opening of the
Metropolitan Theater; "The Greatest Spectacular Production of the Age";
C.M.F. Bush was manager |
| 1889 |
Nov 11- 16, 16m |
Tabor Grand Opera Co |
J. C. Duff Comic Opera Co |
Paola (Paulton & Jakobowski) | Sat matinee |
| 1890 |
Jan 6- 8 |
Tabor Grand |
Grau's Comic Opera Co |
Brigands
(Offenbach) |
sc; Libretto by W. S.. Gilbert |
| Jan 9- 11 |
Amorita (Czibulka) | ||||
| 1890 | Jan 20- 28 |
Metropolitan Theater |
California Opera Co |
Said Pasha (Stahl) | |
| 1890 |
Feb 17, 18, 22m |
Metropolitan Theater |
Rudolph Aronson's New
York
Casino Co |
Nadjy
(Moses-Tobani) |
sc |
| Feb 19, 20 |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | ||||
| Feb 21, 22 |
The Black Hussar
(Millöcker) |
||||
| 1890 |
Feb 27 |
Metropolitan Theater |
Grand Italian Opera Co |
Faust (Gounod) |
The New York
Metropolitan
Opera company, Henry E. Abbey and Maurice Grau, managers |
| Feb 28 |
Otello (Verdi) |
Emma Albani, Francesco
Tamagno |
|||
| Feb 29m |
Martha
(Flotow) |
Sat matinee; Adelina
Patti
starred; "The Last Rose of Summer" aria was a sensation |
|||
| Feb 29 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
Lillian Nordica as
Leonora |
|||
| 1890 | Mar 17, 25 |
Tabor Grand |
The Bostonians |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
|
| Mar 18, 26m |
The Musketeers
(Varney) |
Wed matinee | |||
| Mar 19m |
The Poachers
(Offenbach) |
Wed matinee |
|||
| Mar 19 |
Fatinitza (Suppé) | ||||
| Mar 20, 29 |
Fra Diavolo
(Auber) |
||||
| Mar 21 |
Mignon (Thomas) |
||||
| Mar 22m |
Pygmalion and Galatea
(Thomas) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| Mar 22 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
||||
| Mar 24 |
Don Quixote
(Massenet) |
||||
| Mar 26, 28 |
Suzette (Audran) | ||||
| 1890 | Mar 24 |
Metropolitan
Theater |
Emma
Juch Grand English Opera Co |
Faust (Gounod) |
sc; Emma Juch as Marguerite |
| Mar 25 |
William Tell
(Rossini) |
||||
| Mar 26 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Emma Juch as Carmen |
|||
| Mar 27 |
Mignon (Thomas) |
Emma Juch as Mignon |
|||
| Mar 28 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
Emma Juch as Gilda |
|||
| Mar 29m |
The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) | Sat matinee |
|||
| Mar 29 |
Der Freischutz
(Weber) |
||||
| 1890 | Apr 21- 24 |
Metropolitan Theater | California Opera Co |
Said Pasha (Stahl) |
sc; Theatre was called
The
Metropolitan when management changed |
| Apr 25 |
Fra Diavolo
(Auber) |
||||
| Apr 26 |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G
& S) |
||||
| 1890 | May 26- 31 |
Tabor Grand |
Chicago Opera House |
Gondoliers (G
& S) |
|
| 1890 | Jul 3- 5 |
Metropolitan
Theater |
Patterson management |
The Beggar Student
(Millöcker) |
|
| 1890 | July 7-12 |
15th Street Theater |
California Opera Co |
Fra Diavolo
(Auber) |
Formerly the
Metropolitan
Theatre; managed by Philip McCourt, brother of Baby Doe Tabor and Peter
McCourt |
| Jul 14- 16 |
Said Pasha (Stahl) |
||||
| Jul 17- 19, 21, 22 |
Olivette (Audran) |
||||
| Jul 23, 26, 28, 29 |
La Mascotte (Audran) | ||||
| Jul 30- Aug 2 |
Erminie
(Jakobowski) |
||||
| Aug 4- 9 |
Mikado (G & S) |
||||
| 1890 |
Aug 18- 23 |
15th Street Theater | California Opera Co |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
Return engagement |
| 1890 | Aug 18 |
Broadway |
Emma
Juch Grand English Opera Co |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Grand Opening Night;
Emma Juch
as Carmen; the Broadway was built by William H. Bush |
| Aug 19, 23m |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
Sat matinee | |||
| Aug 20, 27 |
The Huguenots
(Meyerbeer) |
||||
| Aug 21 |
William Tell
(Rossini) |
||||
| Aug 22 |
Mignon (Thomas) |
||||
| Aug 23 |
Faust (Gounod) |
In place of Bohemian Girl; Juch as Marguerite | |||
| Aug 25 |
Lohengrin (Wagner) |
First Wagner opera in Denver | |||
| Aug 26 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
||||
| Aug 28 |
Barber of Seville
(Rossini) |
||||
| Aug 29 |
L'Africaine
(Meyerbeer) |
||||
| 1890 |
Sep 8, 13m |
Tabor Grand |
W. T. Carleton Opera Co |
The Brigands (Offenbach) | Sat matinee |
| Sep 9 |
The Queen's Lace Handkerchief (Strauss) | ||||
| Sep 10 |
Nanon (Genée) | ||||
| Sep 11, 12 |
Dorothy (Cellier & Stephenson) | ||||
| Sep 13 |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | ||||
| 1890 |
Sep 8- 13 |
15th Street Theater |
California Opera Co |
H. M.S. Pinafore
(G
& S) |
|
| 1890 | Oct 20- 22 |
Broadway | J. C. Duff Comic Opera Co |
Patience (G &
S) |
Inaugurated the Pueblo
Grand
Opera House Oct. 9 with performance of G&S Iolanthe; later
in week performed there The Pirates of Penzance, Patience
and The Mikado. |
| Oct 23, 25m Oct 25 |
Pirates of Penzance
(G
& S) |
||||
| 1890 |
Dec 15, 16 |
Broadway |
Local troupe |
The Sorcerer (G
& S) |
Given in aid of the
Flower
mission; musical direction by Professor Henry Houseley |
| 1890 | Dec 22- 24, 27m |
Broadway | McCaull
Opera Co |
The Black Hussar
(Millöcker) |
Sat matinee |
| Dec25m, 26 |
Clover (Suppé) | Thu (Christmas) matinee |
|||
| Dec 25, 27 |
The Seven Suabians
(Millöcker) |
||||
| 1890 |
Dec 29- Jan 3 |
15th Street Theater | Company name not given |
The Corsair (Rice) |
Burlesque |
| 1891 |
Jan 19, 22 |
Broadway |
Kimball Opera
Comique and Burlesque Co |
Monte Cristo, Jr.
(several sources) |
Burlesque; Corinne was the star |
| Jan 23- 25, 25m |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| 1891 |
Jan 26- 31, 31m |
Tabor Grand Opera Co |
William J. Gilmore Comic Opera Co | The Sea King (Stahl) | Sat matinee |
| 1891 | Feb 2- 7, 7m |
Broadway |
De Wolf Hopper Opera Bouffe Co | The Lady or the Tiger
(Rosenfeld) |
Sat matinee |
| Feb 9- 14, 14m |
Castles in the Air
(Byrne & Kerker) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| 1891 |
Mar 2, 6, 7m |
Tabor Grand |
The Bostonians |
Robin Hood (De Koven) |
Sat matinee |
| Mar 3 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
||||
| Mar 4m, 7 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Wed matinee |
|||
| Mar 5 |
Fatinitza (Suppé) | ||||
| 1891 | Mar 9, 14 |
Broadway |
Emma
Juch Grand English Opera Co |
Tannhäuser
(Wagner) |
|
| Mar 10 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) | ||||
| Mar 11 |
Lohengrin (Wagner) |
||||
| Mar 12 |
Faust (Gounod) | ||||
| Mar 13 |
The Flying Dutchman
(Wagner) |
||||
| Mar 14m |
Carmen (Bizet) | Sat matinee |
|||
| 1891 |
Apr 20- 25 |
Tabor Grand |
William Spenser's Opera
Co |
The Little Tycoon
(Spenser) |
sc; Sat Matinee Apr 25 |
| 1891 | Jul 13- Aug 22 |
Elitch's
Gardens |
Boston Opera Co |
The Pirates of
Penzance,
The Chimes of Normandy, Billee Taylor, Girofle-Girofla, Patience,
Iolanthe |
Each operetta was
performed
every afternoon and evening for a week in the order listed |
| 1891 |
Jul 13- Sep 3 |
Manhattan Beach |
Wilbur Opera Co |
La Mascotte, Chimes
of
Normandy, Mikado, Olivette, The Bohemian Girl |
Each opera performed for
a week |
| 1891 |
Dec 17- 19 |
Broadway |
Young People's Club |
Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
Sat matinee Dec 19 |
| 1892 |
Feb 8- 13 |
Broadway |
Conried Comic Opera Co |
Poor Jonathan (Millöcker) |
sc; Sat matinee Feb 13 |
| 1892 |
Feb 15- 17, 19, 20m |
Tabor Grand |
W. T. Carleton's Opera Co |
Indigo (Strauss) |
sc; Sat matinee |
| Feb 18 |
Nanon (Genée) | ||||
| 1892 |
Mar 14- 17, 19m |
Tabor Grand |
The Bostonians |
Robin Hood (De Koven) | Sat matinee |
| Mar 18 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
||||
| Mar 19 |
Dorothy (Cellier & Stephenson) | ||||
| 1892 |
Apr 22, 23, May 9 |
Broadway | Local artists |
Native Silver (Houseley) | Sat matinee Apr 23;
first
opera by a Denver resident; the May 9 performance was a Testimonial
Benefit for composer Houseley |
| 1892 |
May 16- 21 |
Tabor Grand |
Francis Wilson and
Company |
The Merry Monarch
(Strauss) |
Sat matinee May 21 |
| 1892 |
May 16- Sep 10 |
Manhattan Beach |
Manhattan Beach Opera Co
(resident company) |
The Beggar Student,
Olivette, Boccaccio, Mikado, Mascotte, Gondoliers, Girofle-Girofla,
Bohemian Girl. Falka, Princess Trebizonde, Billee Taylor, Grand
Duchess, Pinafore |
Each operetta was
performed
for a week each, except Mascotte, Princess Trebizonde, Gondoliers,
and Bohemian Girl, each of which was performed a second week |
| 1892 | May 23- Sep 24 |
Elitch's Gardens |
The Aborn Co |
Olivette, Boccaccio,
Said
Pasha, Three Black Cloaks, Merry War, Pinafore, Bells of Corneville,
Falka, Princess Trebizonde, Princess Toto, Virginia, Pirates of
Penzance, La Perichole, Merry war |
Each operetta was
performed
for a week, except Said Pasha, Boccaccio, which were performed
twice |
| 1892 | Aug 16- 18 |
Broadway |
Jeannie Winston Opera Co |
Fra Diavolo
(Auber) |
|
| Aug 19- 20, 25- 27 |
La Perichole
(Offenbach) |
Sat matinee Aug 20 |
|||
| Aug 22- 24 |
Prince Methusalem
(Strauss) |
||||
| Aug 27m |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| Aug 29 Sep 3 |
San Sebastian |
||||
| Sep 5- 10 |
The Queen's Lace
Handkerchief (Strauss) |
||||
| 1892 |
Dec 12- 14, 17m |
Tabor Grand |
The Duff Opera Co |
Miss Helyett
(Audran) |
Sat matinee |
| Dec 15 |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) |
||||
| The Gondoliers (G
&
S) |
|||||
| Trip to Africa
(Suppé) |
|||||
| 1892 |
Dec 18- 25 | Alhambra
Theater |
The Alhambra Opera Co |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | Ladies matinee every Sat; theater was located on Curtis St. near Seventeenth; it had a brief life-- December 18, 1892 to January 21, 1893-- as a comic opera theater |
| Dec 26- Jan 1 |
Olivette (Audran) |
||||
| Jan 2- 8 |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
||||
| Jan 9- 14 |
Girofle-Girofla
(Lecocq) |
||||
| Jan 16- 21 |
La Mascotte
(Audran) |
||||
| 1893 |
Jan 23- 25 |
Broadway |
Pauline Hall Opera Co |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | |
| Jan 26- 28 |
Puritania (Kelley) | Matinee Sat Jan 28 |
|||
| 1893 |
Feb 20- 25, Mar 3, 4 |
Tabor Grand |
The Bostonians |
Robin Hood (De Koven) | sc; Matinees Wed Mar 22
and
Sat Mar 25 |
| Feb 27, 28, Mar 1, 2 |
The Knickerbockers
(De
Koven) |
Matinee Wed Mar 1 |
|||
| 1893 |
May 28- Sep 4 |
Manhattan Beach |
Manhattan Beach Opera Co |
Fatinitza, Black
Hussar,
The Musketeers, Iolanthe, Pirates of Penzance, Chimes of Normandy,
Olivette, Amorita, Grand Duchess, Girofle-Girofla, Fra Diavolo, Dorothy |
Each operetta was performed for a week each, except Amorita and Fra Diavolo, each of which was performed a second week |
| 1893 |
Jun 12- 18 |
Broadway |
The Broadway Opera Comique Co | Indiana (Audran) |
|
| Jun 19- 25 |
Dorothy (Cellier & Stephenson) | ||||
| 1893 |
Jul 24- 30 |
Tabor Grand |
George Thatcher and his
Operatic Extravaganza Co |
Africa |
A comic opera |
| 1894 |
Mar 26, 27, 28m |
Tabor Grand |
Conried-Ferenczy Comic
Opera Co |
The Tyrolean
(Zeller) (Der Vogelhändler) |
Wed matinee |
| Mar 28 |
Laughing Heirs |
||||
| 1894 |
May 14 |
Broadway |
Carleton Opera Co |
Fra Diavolo (Auber) | |
| May 15, 18 |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | ||||
| May 16, 19m |
The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) | Sat matinee |
|||
| May 17 |
The Queen's Lace Handkerchief (Strauss) | ||||
| May 19 |
Dorothy (Cellier & Stephenson) | ||||
| 1894 |
Dec 10 |
Tabor Grand | Marie Tavary Grand
English
Opera Co |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
|
| Dec 11 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
||||
| Dec 12m |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Wed matinee |
|||
| Dec 12 |
Faust (Gounod) |
||||
| Dec 13 |
Tannhäuser
(Wagner) |
||||
| Dec 14 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
||||
| Dec 15m |
Lohengrin (Wagner) |
Sat matinee |
|||
| Dec 15 |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni)/I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
||||
| 1895 |
Mar 4 |
Tabor Grand |
Whitney Opera Co |
The Fencing Master
(De
Koven and Smith) |
|
| 1895 |
Apr 15- 17, 20m |
Tabor Grand |
The Calhoun Opera Co |
Amorita (Czibulka) | Sat matinee |
| Apr 18- 20 |
The Black Hussar (Millöcker) | ||||
| 1895 |
May 23, 24 | Broadway |
Local company |
The Juggler (Houseley & Hartley) | The second opera by
Denver
residents; a "complimentary testimonial to the authors by the citizens
of Denver at the Broadway Theater" was held May 31; opera performed
again in 1898 |
| 1895 |
Jun 23 |
Manhattan Beach |
Held and Kessler |
The Doctor of Alcantra (Eichberg) | Comic opera |
| 1895 |
Jul 15- 21 | Elitch's Gardens |
Dunbar-Pyke Opera Co |
Tar and Tartar |
sc; Matinees Tue, Wed,
Thu,
Sat and Sun for all productions in this series |
| Jul 22- 28 |
Amorita (Czibulka) | ||||
| Jul 29- Aug 4 |
Falka (Chassaigne) | ||||
| Aug 5- 11 |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
||||
| Aug 12- 18 |
Black Mantles
(Bucalossi) |
||||
| Aug 19- 25 |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G
& S) |
||||
| 1895 |
Sep 30- Oct 5 |
Broadway |
The Bostonians |
Robin Hood (De Koven) | Matinee Sat Oct 5 |
| 1895 |
Oct 28- 30, 2m |
Tabor Grand |
De Wolf Hopper and His
Merry Co |
Wang (Goodwin
&
Wollson) |
Sat matinee |
| Oct 31- Nov 2 |
Dr. Syntax |
||||
| 1895 |
Nov 18- 23 |
Tabor Grand |
Pauline Hall Opera Co |
Dorcas (Harry
&
Edward Paulton) |
Matinee Sat Nov 23 |
| 1895 |
Nov 26, 28, 30 |
Broadway |
The Bostonians |
Prince Ananias
(Herbert) |
The first operetta by Victor Herbert,
composed in 1894; Herbert was principal cellist at the Metropolitan
Opera |
| Nov 27, 28m |
Robin Hood (De
Koven) |
Thu matinee |
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| Nov 29, 30m |
A War-Time Wedding |
Sat matinee |
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| 1895 |
Dec 30 |
Broadway |
Damrosch Opera Co |
Lohengrin (Wagner) | Johanna Gadski, a 23-year old sensation, as Elsa |
| Dec 31 |
Die Walküre (Wagner) | ||||
| Jan 1m |
Tannhäuser (Wagner) | Wed matinee |
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| Jan 1 |
Die Meistersinger (Wagner) | ||||
| Jan 2m |
Sigfried (Wagner) | Thu matinee |
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| 1896 |
Jan 6- 11 |
Tabor Grand |
Kimball Opera Comique
Organization |
Hendrick Hudson Jr. |
Operatic extravaganza;
Corinne
was the star; matinee Sat Jan 11 |
| 1896 |
Mar 23 |
Tabor Grand |
Marie Tavary Grand Opera
Co |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) |
sc |
| Mar 24, 28m | Carmen (Bizet) | Sat matinee | |||
| Mar 24m |
The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) |
Wed matinee |
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| Mar 25 |
Aida (Verdi) |
First Denver performance |
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| Mar 26 |
Mignon (Thomas) |
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| Mar 27 |
Les Huguenots
(Meyerbeer) |
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| Mar 28 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
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| 1896 |
Aug 31- Sep 2 |
Orpheum Theater |
Columbia Opera Co |
The Black Hussar (Millöcker) | sc; The Orpheum
Theater, a vaudeville house at 1537 Welton, was contracted by Peter
McCourt for some of his bookings |
| Sep 3- 5 |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | Sat matinee Sep 5 |
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| Sep 6- 9 |
Said Pasha (Stahl) | ||||
| Sep 10- 12 |
Fra Diavolo (Auber) | ||||
| 1896 |
Sep 21- 23, Oct 22 |
Broadway |
David Henderson's Opera
Comique Co |
The Bells of
Corneville
(Planquette) (orig. The Chimes of Normandy) |
Sat matinee Sep 23; in
September Peter McCourt and W. H. Bush took a 5-year lease on the
Broadway and began managing it together |
| Sep 24- 27 |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
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| Sep 28- Oct 3, Oct 23 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Matinees Wed Sep 30 and
Sat
Oct 3 |
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| Oct 4- 10 |
Olivette (Audran) |
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| Oct 11- 17 |
Merry War
(Strauss) |
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| Oct 18- 21, 24 |
Boccaccio
(Suppé) |
Matinee Sat Oct 24 |
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| 1896 |
Oct 29- 31 |
Broadway |
The Corinne Extravaganza
Co |
Hendrick Hudson Jr. |
Matinee Sat Oct 31;
"operatic
extravaganza"; "dazzling
armor, novel electric and calcium effects" |
| 1896 |
Dec 14- 16 |
Tabor Grand |
Della Fox Comic Opera Co |
Fleur de Lis
(Goodwin
& Furst) |
Della
May Fox headed the company |
| Dec 17- 19 |
The Little Trooper
(Goodwin & Furst) |
Matinee Sat Dec 19 |
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| 1897 |
Jan 30 |
Broadway |
Lillian
Nordica, soprano |
Concert |
"Assisted by the world's
greatest contralto" Sofia Scalchi |
| 1897 |
May 31- Jun 5 |
Broadway |
De Wolf Hopper Opera Co |
El Capitan (Sousa) |
Matinee Sat Jun 5 |
| 1897 |
Sep 12- 18 | Tabor Grand | Opera Comique Co | An American Beauty (Morton & Kerker) | Matinee Sat Sep 18; "Peerless Corinne" was the star; "Lillian Russell's greatest Casino success" |
| 1897 |
Oct 23 |
Lyceum Theater |
Ladies of St. Peter's
Church |
Golden Hair and the
Three
Bears (Broad) |
An operetta |
| 1897 |
Nov 29 |
Central Presbyterian |
Lillian Nordica, soprano |
Concert |
Supported by Grace
Preston,
contralto, J. H. M'Kinley, tenor, Lewis Williams, basso, E. Romayne
Simmons, pianist |
| 1897 |
Dec 5- 11 |
Broadway |
Boston Lyric Stock Co |
Faust (Gounod) |
sc; Matinees on Sat
(last
date) for this series |
| Dec 12- 18 |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and The Pirates of Penzance (G & S) |
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| Dec 19- 25 |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
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| Dec 26- Jan 1 |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | ||||
| 1898 |
Jan 2- 8 |
Broadway | Boston Lyric Stock Co | Carmen (Bizet) |
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| Jan 9- 15 |
Amorita (Czibulka) | ||||
| Jan 16- 22 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Jan 23- 29 |
Ship Ahoy | ||||
| Jan 30- Feb 5 |
Maritana (Wallace) |
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| Feb 7- 9 |
The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) | ||||
| Feb 10- 12 |
Amorita (Czibulka) | ||||
| Feb 13 |
Grand Special Bill |
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| Feb 20- 23 |
Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
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| Feb 22m | H. M. S. Pinafore (G & S) | Tue (Washington Birthday) matinee | |||
| Feb 24, 25 |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
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| Feb 26m | Pinafore plus Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) | Sat matinee | |||
| 1898 |
Mar 21- 23, 25, 26m |
Tabor Grand |
The Bostonians |
The Serenade
(Herbert) |
Sat matinee |
| Mar 24, 26 |
Robin Hood (De Koven) | ||||
| 1898 |
Apr 11 |
Broadway |
Damrosch-Ellis Grand
Opera Co |
The Barber of Seville
(Rossini) |
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| Apr 13 |
Gala Performance (opera scenes) | Nellie Melba, the company's prima donna, was the lead in the 2nd act of Romeo and Juliet, the 3rd act of Rigoletto, the mad scene from Lucia, and act five of Faust | |||
| 1898 |
Oct 23 |
Broadway |
Local troupe |
The Juggler (Houseley & Hartley) | First performed in 1895;
see
above |
| 1898 |
Dec 22 |
Broadway |
Clementine De Vere |
Opera scenes |
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| Dec 23, 24 | In a Persian Garden
(Lehmann) |
Song cycle |
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| 1899 |
Jan 10 |
First Baptist Church |
George Crampton, basso | Grand Operatic Concert |
Selections from Cavalleria
Rusticana, Pagliacci, and Tannhäuser |
| 1899 |
Jan 19 |
Broadway |
Dorothy Merton Opera Co |
Girofle-Girofla (Lecocq) | sc Performed in Pueblo Grand Opera House Jan 24 |
| Jan 20 |
The Beggar Student
(Millöcker) |
Performed in Pueblo
Grand
Opera House Jan 25 |
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| Jan 21m |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Sat matinee |
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| Jan 21 |
Fra Diavolo (Auber) | ||||
| Jan 29 |
The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | ||||
| 1899 |
Mar 6 |
Broadway |
Charles A. Ellis Opera Co | I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)/Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) | Johanna
Gadski
as Santuzza |
| Mar 7 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Zelie de Lussan
as Carmen |
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| Mar 8 |
Faust (Gounod) |
Nellie Melba as
Marguerite |
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| 1899 |
May 15, 18, 20m |
Broadway |
The Bostonians |
Rob Roy (De Koven) | Sat matinee |
| May 16, 19 |
The Serenade (Herbert) | ||||
| May 17, 20 |
Robin Hood (De
Koven) |
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| 1899 |
Jul 29- Aug 5 |
Chutes Park |
Chutes Park Opera CO |
H.M.S. Pinafore
(G
& S) |
Matinee and evening
every day
for this series |
| Aug 6- 19 |
The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | ||||
| Aug 20- 30 |
The Mikado (G
& S) |
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| Aug 31- Sep 9 |
The Mascot (Audran) | ||||
| Sep 10- 23 |
Pirates of Penzance
(G
& S) |
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| 1899 |
Aug 28, Sep 2, 20 |
Broadway |
Lombardi Italian Grand Opera Co | Il Trovatore
(Verdi) |
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| Aug 29, Sep 3, 9m, 18, 25 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Sat matinee |
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| Aug 30, Sep 2m, 19, 25 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) | Sat matinee |
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| Aug 31 |
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)/Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) | ||||
| Sep 1, 11 |
Norma (Bellini) |
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| Sep 4, 12m |
The Barber of Seville
(Rossini) |
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| Sep 5 |
Ernanie (Verdi) |
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| Sep 6, 23m |
Mignon (Thomas) |
Sat matinee |
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| Sep 7, 23 |
Faust (Gounod) |
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| Sep 8, 16m |
La Favorita
(Donizetti) |
Sat matinee |
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| Sep 9 |
Crispino e la Comare
(Ricci) |
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| Sep 10 |
Grand Concert |
Performed Il
Trovatore
at Central City Opera House September 12 |
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| Sep 13 |
Un Ballo in Maschera
(Verdi) |
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| Sep 14, 23 |
La Gioconda
(Ponchielli) |
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| Sep 15 | Benefit Concert and Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) | ||||
| Sep 16, 22 |
Aida (Verdi) |
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| Sep 21 |
La Traviata
(Verdi) |
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| Sep 24 |
Farewell Concert |
Performed Il Trovatore at Cripple Creek Grand Opera House Sep 26; Norma at Cripple Creek Grand Opera House Sep 27; Carmen at Pueblo Grand Opera House Sep 29 and 30 | |||
| 1899 |
Aug 31- Sep 10 |
Orchard Place |
Local troupe |
Olivette (Audran) | |
| 1899 |
Dec 29m |
Broadway |
Emma Nevada,
soprano |
Operatic Concert; with Selden Pratt, pianist, and Louis Blumenberg, cellist | Sat matinee |
| 1900 |
Jan 8, 11, 13m |
Broadway | The Bostonians | The Smugglers of Badayez (Miakovsky) | Sat matinee |
| Jan 9, 11m, 12 | The Serenade (Herbert) | Thu matinee | |||
| Jan 10, 13 | Robin Hood (De Koven) | ||||
| 1900 |
Feb 26, 27 |
Broadway |
Henry Houseley |
Pygmalion
(Houseley) |
One-act opera by the
Denver
composer |
| 1900 |
Apr 15- 21 |
Tabor Grand | Jules Grau's Opera Co | Wang (Goodwin & Wollson) | Wed Apr 17 and Sat Apr
21
matinees Performed Apr 14 at the Pueblo Grand Opera House |
| 1900 |
Jun 14 | Broadway |
Unspecified | Nanette | Comic opera |
| 1900 |
Aug 27- 29 | Broadway | The Arnold Opera Co | Amorita (Czibulka) | sc; Wed Aug 29 matinee |
| Aug 30- Sep 1, 1m | Il Trovatore (Verdi) | Sat matinee | |||
| Sep 2- 4, 5m | Boccaccio (Suppé) | Wed matinee | |||
| Sep 6, 8- 11, 8m, 24 | The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) | Sat matinee | |||
| Sep 16- 19. 19m | Erminie (Jakobowski) | Wed matinee | |||
| Sep 20- 23, 22m | Girofle-Girofla (Lecocq) | Sat matinee | |||
| 1900 |
Dec 5 | Broadway |
Maurice Grau Grand Opera Co | Tannhäuser (Wagner) | Second visit by a New York Metropolitan Opera company to Denver; Lillian Nordica starred |
| Dec 6 | La Bohème (Puccini) | First Puccini opera in Denver; Nellie Melba was Mimi | |||
| Dec 7 | The Huguenots (Meyerbeer) | Johanna Gadski starred | |||
| Dec 8m | Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) | Sat matinee | |||
| Dec 8 | Lohengrin (Wagner) | Ernestine Schumann-Heink was Ortrud | |||
| 1900 |
Dec 14 | Central Presbyterian | David Bispham, baritone | Concert | "The world's greatest baritone" |
| 1900 |
Dec 17- 20, 22m | Broadway |
The Bostonians |
The Viceroy (Herbert) | Sat matinee |
| Dec 21, 24, 25m, 28 | The Serenade (Herbert) | Tue (Christmas) matinee | |||
| Dec 22, 25-27, 29m, 29 | Robin Hood (De Koven) | Sat matinee | |||
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