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| Year |
Date |
Place |
Company |
Production |
Notes |
| 1901 |
Feb 3, 6, 11, 14 |
Broadway |
Boston Lyric Opera Co |
Carmen (Bizet) |
sc; The three Italians in the
company sang in
Italian while the remainder sang in English |
| Feb 4, 12 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
"Col W. A. Thomson presents the world's greatest contralto [Stefania] Collamarini" | |||
| Feb 5, 8m, 13, 15m |
The Idol's Eye (Herbert) |
Sat matinees |
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| Feb 7, 14 |
Mignon (Thomas) |
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| Feb 8, 15 |
Wang (Goodwin & Wollson) | ||||
| 1901 |
Mar 4-8 |
Broadway |
Frank M. Turpin |
The Highwayman (De
Koven & Smith) |
"First time in Denver" |
| 1901 |
Mar 11m |
Broadway |
Sembrich Opera Co |
Don Pasquale (Donizetti) | Mon matinee; Marcella
Sembrich was Norma and Sig. Rossi was Don Pasquale |
| 1901 |
Mar 17, 31- Apr 6 |
Tabor Grand |
Jules Grau's Opera Co | El Capitan (Sousa) |
sc; Matinees Wed Apr 3 and Sat
Apr 6 |
| Mar 18- 22, 23m |
The Isle of Champagne
(Furst) |
Matinee Wed Mar 20 and Sat Mar
23 |
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| 1901 |
Jun 29- Jul 6 |
Manhattan Beach |
Elitch Long Comic Opera Co |
The Wizard of the Nile
(Herbert) |
Mary Elitch Long, owner of
Elitch's Gardens, was the lessee for this summer's season |
| Jul 7- 13 |
Manila Bound (arr. from
German by Lask) |
Matinees Wed, Sat and Sun for
this series |
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| Jul 14- 20 |
The Wedding Day (Stange
& Edwards) |
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| Jul 21- 27 |
The Idol's Eye (Herbert) | ||||
| Jul 28- Aug 3 |
The Girl from Paris
(Caryll) |
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| Aug 4- 10 |
Madeline or The Magic Kiss (Edwards) | ||||
| Aug 11- 16 |
The Jolly Musketeer
(Edwards) |
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| 1901 |
Dec 5 |
First Baptist Church |
Julie Wyman, contralto, and Herbert
Witherspoon, basso |
Concert |
Tuesday Musical Club, sponsor |
| 1901 |
Dec 15- 21 |
Empire Theater |
Adolph Mayer |
Miyo San (?) |
Matinees Sun, Wed, Sat;
American-Japanese one-act comic opera |
| 1902 |
Jan 6- 11 |
Broadway |
Kirke La Shelle Comic Opera Co |
The Princess Chic
(Edwards) |
With Marguerita Sylva |
| 1902 |
Feb 23, 28, Mar 1 |
Broadway |
Pollard's
Australian Juvenile Opera Co |
A Gaiety Girl (Jones) |
Matinee Sun Feb 23 |
| Feb 24-27 |
The Geisha (Jones) |
Thu matinee Feb 27 |
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| Mar 1m |
La Mascotte (Audran) |
Sat matinee |
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| 1902 |
Jun 2- 7 |
Elitch's Gardens |
Jessie
Bartlett Davis |
Concert |
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| 1902 |
May 25- Aug 25 |
Manhattan Beach |
The Manhattan Opera Co |
The Ameer, Maritana, The
Little Trooper, Cavalleria Rusticana, Trial by Jury, Boccaccio, Said
Pasha, The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, The Mikado, The Mascot, Ship
Ahoy, Girofle-Girofla, Olivette |
Each played for one week;
matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1902 |
Jun 1- 7 |
Tabor Grand |
The Boston Bijou Opera Co | The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
sc; Matinees Wed and Sat for
this series |
| Jun 8- 14 |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
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| Jun 15- 21 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| Jun 22- 28 |
Iolanthe (G & S) |
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| Jun 29- Jul 5 |
Faust (Gounod) |
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| Jul 6- 12 |
Fra Diavolo (Auber) |
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| Jul 13- 19 |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G
& S) and Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) |
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| Jul 20- 26, Aug 13- 16 |
The Geisha (Greenbank
& Hall) |
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| Jul 27- Aug 2 |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | ||||
| Aug 3- 12 |
El Capitan (Sousa) |
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| Aug 17- 23 |
A Gaiety Girl (Jones) | ||||
| Aug 24- 30 |
The Highwayman (De
Koven & Smith) |
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| 1902 |
Oct 12- 18 |
Broadway |
The Tivoli Opera Co |
The Toy Maker (Hartman) |
sc; Matinees Thu Oct 16 and
Sat Oct 18 |
| Oct 19- 23 |
The Serenade (Herbert) |
Matinees Sun Oct 19 and Thu
Oct 23 |
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| Oct 25m |
The Idol's Eye (Herbert) | Sat matinee |
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| 1902 |
Nov 3- 5 |
Broadway |
The Bostonians |
Robin Hood (De Koven) | Matinee Thu Nov 6 |
| Nov 6- 8 |
Maid Marian (De Koven) |
Matinee Sat Nov 8; a sequel to
Robin Hood |
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| 1902 |
Nov 23- 29 |
Tabor Grand |
The Kirke La Shelle Opera Co |
The Princess Chic (Edwards) | Matinees Sun, Wed, Thu and
Sat; Christine Hudson was Princess Chic |
| 1903 |
Jan 12, 15, 17m |
Broadway |
Gordon-Shay Grand Opera Co |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Sat matinee; Rose Cecilia Shay
was the prima donna |
| Jan 13, 16 |
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) and Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) | ||||
| Jan 14 |
Faust (Gounod) |
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| Jan 15m, 17 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
Thu matinee |
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| 1903 |
Feb 16- 21 |
Broadway |
Boston Lyric Opera Co |
King Ping Pong |
Matinees Thu Feb 19 and Sat
Feb 21; a musical comedy |
| 1903 |
Apr 21, May 1 |
Trinity M. E. Church |
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto | Concerts |
Sponsored by the Tuesday Musical Club |
| 1903 |
Sep 27m- Oct 1 |
New Curtis Theater |
The Kirke La Shelle Comic
Opera Co |
The Princess Chic (Edwards) | Matinees Sun Sep 27, Wed Sep
30, and Fri Oct 1 |
| 1903 |
Oct 12 |
Trinity Church |
Lillian Nordica, soprano |
Concert |
With the New York Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and Katherine Fisk and Nahan Franko, soloists |
| 1903 |
Nov 2- 7 |
Broadway |
De Wolf Hopper Opera Co |
Mr. Pickwick (Klein) |
Matinees Thu Nov 5 and Sat Nov
7; a comedy opera |
| 1903 |
Nov 6 |
Trinity Church |
Giuseppi
Campanari, baritone |
Concert |
Sponsored by the Tuesday Musical Club |
| 1903 |
Dec 7-12 |
Broadway |
Jefferson De Angelis Opera Co |
The Toreador (Monckton) |
"Latest London Gaiety Theater
Musical Comedy Hit" |
| 1904 |
Jan 28 |
Central Presbyterian |
Adelina Patti, soprano |
Concert |
Robert Grau (Inc.) was her
manager |
| 1904 |
Mar 21 |
Broadway |
The Bostonians |
The Queen of Laughter
(Brady) |
Sponsored by the Tuesday Musical Club |
| Mar 22, 24m, 25, 26 |
Robin Hood (De
Koven) |
Thu matinee |
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| Mar 23, 26m |
The Serenade (Herbert) | Sat matinee |
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| 1904 |
Mar 29 |
Trinity M. E. Church |
Ernestine Schumann-Heink,
contralto |
Concert |
Sponsored by the Tuesday
Musical Club |
| 1904 |
Apr 11, 14 |
Broadway |
Rose Cecilia Shay English
Grand Opera Co |
Carmen (Bizet) | The company was the former
Shay Grand Opera Co |
| Apr 12, 16m |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) | Sat matinee |
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| Apr 13 |
Faust (Gounod) | ||||
| Apr 14m, 16 |
The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) | Thu matinee |
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| Apr 15 |
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) and Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) | ||||
| 1904 |
May 28- Jun 4 |
Elitch's Gardens |
Bellows Stock Co |
Parsifal (Wagner) |
Mon, Wed, and Sat matinees |
| 1905 |
Jan 9-14 |
Broadway |
George R. White |
Sergeant Kitty (Sloane) |
Thu and Sat matinees; "The new
comic opera success" |
| 1905 |
Jan 24 |
Central Presbyterian |
Nellie Melba, soprano, and her
Concert Company |
Concert |
C. A. Ellis direction |
| 1905 |
Feb 9, 10 |
Broadway |
Mantelli Operatic Co |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
Eugenia Mantelli,
mezzo-soprano, was the prima donna; J. Saunders Gordon management |
| Feb 11m |
Scenes and acts from Carmen
(Bizet) and Faust (Gounod) |
Sat matinee |
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| 1905 |
Feb 15, Mar 24 |
Trinity Church |
David Bispham, baritone |
Concerts |
The Apollo Club sponsored |
| 1905 |
Apr 3, 9m |
Broadway |
Savage English Grand Opera Co |
Lohengrin (Wagner) |
Sat matinee; Henry W. Savage,
impresario |
| Apr 4 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
Jean Lane Brooks (later Jeanne
Brola), Denver's
operatic star,
appeared as Leonora in Il Trovatore, Elizabeth in Tannhäuser,
and
Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana |
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| Apr 5 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
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| Apr 6 |
Tannhäuser (Wagner) | ||||
| Apr 7 |
Tosca (Puccini) |
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| Apr 8 |
La Bohème (Puccini) | ||||
| Apr 9 |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
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| 1905 |
May 28- 30 |
Tabor Grand |
The
Pollard Lilliputian Opera Co |
The Belle of New York
(Kerker) |
sc; Sun and Tue matinees |
| 31m |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G
& S) |
Wed matinee |
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| May 31, Jun 1 |
A Runaway Girl (Caryll) |
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| Jun 2 |
The Geisha (Greenbank & Hall) | ||||
| June 3m, 3 |
A Gaiety Girl (Jones) | Sat matinee |
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| 1905 |
Jun 21 |
Broadway |
Tuesday Musical Club |
The Court of Hearts
(written by two Vassar girls) |
An operetta |
| 1905 |
Jul 16-22 |
Curtis Theater |
The Thomas Opera Co |
The Mandarin (De Koven) |
Sun, Wed and Sat matinees; "A
new oriental comic opera" |
| 1905 |
Oct 18 |
Trinity Church |
Emma
Eames, soprano |
Concert |
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| 1905 |
Nov 2 |
Trinity Church |
David Bispham, baritone |
Concert |
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| 1905 |
Nov 27- Dec 1 |
Broadway |
W. T. Carleton Opera Co |
When Johnny Comes Marching
Home (Edwards) |
sc; Thu and Sat matinees;
"Brilliant military comic opera" |
| 1905 |
Dec 19 |
Central Presbyterian |
Alice
Nielsen, soprano |
Grand Operatic Concert |
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| 1906 |
Jan 22, 24m |
Broadway |
Savage English Grand Opera Co |
Die Walküre
(Wagner) |
Wed matinee |
| Jan 23 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
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| Jan 24 |
La Bohème
(Puccini) |
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| Jan 25 |
Tannhäuser (Wagner) | ||||
| Jan 26 |
Lohengrin (Wagner) |
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| Jan 27 |
Faust (Gounod) |
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| 1906 |
Feb 12- 17 |
Broadway |
Martin and Emery |
Parsifal (Wagner) |
sc; Thu and Sat matinees |
| 1906 |
Feb 15 |
Trinity Church |
Johanna Gadski, soprano |
Concert |
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| 1906 |
Mar 26- 31 |
Tabor Grand |
Pauline Hall Opera Co |
Dorcas (Jakobowski) | Sun, Wed and Sat matinees;
comic opera |
| 1906 |
Apr 15m, 17, 18, 20, 20m |
Tabor Grand |
Mantelli English Grand Opera Co |
Faust (Gounod) and La Favorita (Donizetti) | Sun and Sat matinees; Eugenia
Mantelli's opera company |
| Apr 15, 16, 19, 21 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| Apr 17m |
Faust (Gounod) and Il Trovatore (Verdi) | Wed matinee |
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| 1906 |
May 3 |
First Baptist |
Apollo Club and Sixty Ladies |
Parsifal (Wagner) |
Henry Houseley, director;
Bessie Fox-Davis, soloist |
| 1906 |
Jun 10- Aug 25 |
Manhattan Beach |
The Augustin Daly Musical Co |
A Country Girl, San Toy, A
Runaway Girl, Geisha, The Circus Girl, Florodora, The Silver Slipper,
The Cingalee |
Each played for one week; matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1906 |
Sep 16- 22 |
The Tivoli |
Tivoli Opera Co |
The Strollers
(Englander) |
Sun and Sat matinees for
series; the Tivoli troupe of San Francisco, which had
played Denver in 1902, had to leave San Francisco after the April 18,
1906, San Francisco earthquake; for a while the The Tivoli, at 15th and
Lawrence, became its home |
| Sep 23- 29 |
The Ameer (Herbert) |
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| Sep 30- Oct 6 |
The Singing Girl
(Herbert) |
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| Oct 7-10 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Oct 11- 14 |
The Mascot (Audran) |
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| Oct 15- 21 |
The Rounders (Dugan,
Coolidge and Griffin) |
"Thos. Q. Seabrook's big
success" |
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| Oct 22- 28 |
The Nightingale
(adapted from Offenbach's La Perichole) |
"Lillian Russell's first comic
opera success" |
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| Oct 29- Nov 4 |
The Fortuneteller
(Herbert) |
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| Nov 5- 10 |
Fra Diavolo (Auber) | ||||
| Nov 11- 17, Dec 3- 6 |
The Mikado (G & S) |
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| Nov 19- 24 |
The Mocking Bird
(Sloane) |
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| Nov 25- Dec 1 |
Girofle-Girofla (Lecocq) | ||||
| Dec 2m, 2 |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) |
Sun matinee |
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| Dec 7- 8 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Matinee Sat Dec 8 |
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| 1906 |
Oct 1- 7 |
Broadway |
Sousa Opera Co |
The Free Lance (Sousa) |
With Joseph Cawthorn; "John
Phillip Sousa's new comic military opera" |
| 1906 |
Oct 18 |
Central Presbyterian |
Johanna Gadski, soprano | Concert | Sponsored by Tuesday Musical Club |
| 1906 |
Oct 22- 28 |
Broadway |
Viola Gillette Opera Co |
The Girl and the Bandit
(Burt) |
Matinees Wed Oct 24 and Sat
Oct 27; Gillette, the prima donna, was a contralto; "the comic opera
surprise" |
| 1906 |
Dec 28 |
Central Presbyterian |
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto | Concert |
Sponsored by Tuesday Musical Club |
| 1907 |
Feb 17- 23 |
Tabor Grand |
Helen Byron |
Sergeant Kitty (Sloane) | |
| 1907 |
Mar 21- 23 |
Broadway |
Henry W. Savage New English
Grand Opera Co |
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) | Matinees Fri Mar 22 and Sat
Mar 23 |
| 1907 |
Apr 18 |
Broadway |
San
Carlo Opera Co |
La Gioconda (Ponchielli) | Lillian Nordica starred |
| Apr 19 |
La Bohème
(Puccini) |
Alice Nielsen starred |
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| Apr 20m |
La Traviata (Verdi) |
Lillian Nordica starred |
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| Apr 20 |
The Barber of Seville
two acts (Rossini) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
Alice Nielsen starred | |||
| 1907 |
May 30- Jun 30 |
Manhattan Beach |
Augustin Daly Musical Co |
A Country Girl, Cingalee,
San Toy, The Circus Girl, A Runaway Girl, Florodora |
Each played for one week; matinees Sun and Sat |
| 1907 |
Jul 1- 7 |
Manhattan Beach |
John C. Fisher Co |
Florodora (Hall and
Stewart) |
"The most famous musical play
ever produced" |
| 1907 |
Jul 8- 14, Sep 25- 31 |
Manhattan Beach |
Comedy Opera Co |
Miss Pocahontas
(Sullivan et al.) |
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| Jul 15- 21 |
Two Little Girls
(Youmans) |
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| Jul 22- 28 |
Baron Humbug (Barnet
et al.) |
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| 1907 |
Jul 8- Aug 25 | Tabor Grand | John C. Fisher Co | The Wizard of the Nile, The Silver Slipper, The Idol's Eye, Florodora, The Mocking Bird, The Belle of New York, The Telephone Girl, The Rounders, The Lady Slavey, The Strollers | sc; Each played for one week;
matinees Sun and Sat Performed Florodora (Stuart) Jun 24 and The Silver Slipper (Stuart) Jun 25 at Tabor Opera House in Leadville |
| 1907 |
Sep 23- 29 |
Broadway | John Cort |
The Alaskan (Girard) |
"The sparkling comic opera" |
| 1907 |
Dec 22- 28 |
Tabor Grand | Joseph M. Gaites |
Red Feather (De Koven) |
With Cheridah Simpson "The aristocrat of comic opera" |
| 1908 |
Feb 2- 8 |
Tabor Grand |
Gus Weinberg, Ruth White |
The Burgomaster (Pixley
& Luders) |
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| 1908 |
Feb 20- 22 | Broadway |
New English Grand Opera Co |
Madam Butterfly
(Puccini) |
sc; Henry W. Savage's company |
| 1908 |
Mar 2- 7 |
Broadway |
De Wolf Hopper Opera Co |
Happyland (De Koven) |
Matinees Wed Mar 4 and Sat Mar
7; a comic opera |
| 1908 |
Jun 7- 13 |
Manhattan Beach |
Stewart Opera Co |
The Mikado (G & S) |
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| Jun 14- 20 |
Babette (Herbert) |
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| Jun 21- 27 |
Robin Hood (De Koven) | ||||
| Jun 28- Jul 5 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Jul 6- 12 |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | ||||
| Jul 13- 19 |
The Pirates of Penzance
(G & S) |
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| Jul 20- 26 |
Dorothy (Cellier) | ||||
| Jul 27- Aug 2 |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
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| Aug 3- 9 |
Martha (Flotow) |
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| Aug 10- 16 |
Iolanthe (G & S) |
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| Aug 17- 23 |
The Beggar Student (Millöcker) | ||||
| Aug 24- 30 |
The Black Hussar (Millöcker) | ||||
| 1908 |
Sep 27- Oct 3 |
Tabor Grand |
Harry Hermsen, Ruth White |
The Burgomaster (Pixley & Luders) | |
| 1908 |
Nov 16- 21 |
Broadway |
John Cort |
The Alaskan (Girard) | "The totem pole comic opera" |
| 1908 |
Oct 21 |
Auditorium |
Conried Metropolitan Co |
Operatic concert |
Grand opera stars Martin,
tenor; Jacob, contralto; Rappold, soprano; Campanardi, baritone |
| 1908 |
Oct 29 |
Auditorium |
Emma Calvé,
soprano |
Concert |
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| 1908 |
Nov 10 |
Trinity Church |
Lillian Nordica, soprano |
Concert |
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| 1908 |
Dec 10 |
Colorado Conservatory of Music |
Gertrude Prentiss Phillips |
Die Walküre
(Wagner) |
The Conservatory was at Colfax
Ave. and Race St. |
| 1909 |
Jan 5 |
Trinity Church |
Johanna Gadski, soprano |
Concert |
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| 1909 |
Jan 17-23 |
Tabor Grand |
Ruth White, Harry Hermsen | The Burgomaster (Pixley & Luders) | Matinees Sun, Wed, Sat |
| 1909 |
Jul 24 |
Broadway |
Unknown |
The Red Mill (Herbert) |
Operetta preceded by a Victor
Herbert concert |
| 1909 |
Mar 8, 11m |
Broadway |
Lambardi Grand Opera Co |
Aida (Verdi) |
sc; Thu matinee |
| Mar 9 |
Tosca (Puccini) |
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| Mar 10, 13m |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
Sat matinee |
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| Mar 11 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
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| Mar 12 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
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| Mar 13 |
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) | ||||
| Mar 14 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| 1909 |
Apr 4- 10 |
Tabor Grand |
Ignacie Martinette |
Babes in Toyland
(Herbert) |
Matinees Sun, Wed, Fri, Sat |
| 1909 |
Apr 12 |
Auditorium |
Olive
Fremstad, dramatic soprano |
Concert |
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| 1909 |
Apr 18 |
Broadway |
Harry Hermsen |
The Burgomaster (Pixley & Luders) | Also matinee on Sun Aug 18 |
| 1909 |
May 17- 21 |
Auditorium |
Denver Grand Opera Co. |
Tannhäuser (Wagner) |
Jane Abercrombie "leading
prima donna with the Metropolitan English Grand Opera Company" in
Chicago sang Elizabeth on 17 and 19 |
| 1909 |
Aug 16- 22 |
Broadway |
Henry W. Savage |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
Matinees The, Thu, Sat; "Madam Butterfly Grand Opera Orchestra" |
| 1909 |
Sep 5, 6 |
Tabor Grand |
Wm. P. Cullen |
The Alaskan (Girard) |
Matinees Sun, Mon (Labor Day) |
| 1909 |
Oct 18 |
Broadway |
International Grand Opera Co |
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) | sc |
| Oct 19, 23 |
Carmen (Bizet) | ||||
| Oct 20 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
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| Oct 21m |
La Traviata (Verdi) |
Thu matinee |
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| Oct 21 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| Oct 22 |
La Oracolo (Leoni) and I
Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo) |
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| Oct 23m |
Faust (Gounod) |
Sat matinee |
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| Oct 24 |
Composite Bill With All Artists |
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| 1909 |
Oct 29, 30m |
Auditorium |
Denver Grand Opera Co |
The Queen's Lace
Handkerchief (Strauss) |
Sat matinee; the first
advertised production of the Denver Grand Opera Company |
| Nov 14 |
German Theater |
The Queen's Lace Handkerchief (Strauss) | German Theater was at 2134
Arapahoe St. |
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| 1909 |
Oct 31 |
Auditorium | Sam & Lee Shubert |
Marcelle (Pixley &
Luders) |
Louise Gunning, "the greatest
of light opera prima donnas", starred; Sam Schubert died in
1905 |
| 1909 |
Nov 8- 14 |
Auditorium | John P. Slocum |
The Gay Musician
(Edwards) |
Texas Guinan
starred |
| 1909 |
Dec 7 |
Auditorium | Marcella
Sembrich, soprano |
Concert |
Assisted by Francis Rogers,
baritone, and Frank La Forge, pianist |
| 1910 |
Jan 11 |
Trinity Church |
Schumann-Heink, contralto | Concert |
Robert Slack, impresario |
| 1910 |
Feb 7, 10m |
Broadway |
Lambardi Opera Co |
La Gioconda (Ponchielli) |
sc; Thu matinee |
| Feb 8, 12m |
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) |
Sat matinee |
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| Feb 9 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| Feb 10 |
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) | ||||
| Feb 11 |
Faust (Gounod) | ||||
| Feb 12 |
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Mascagni) | ||||
| 1910 |
Apr 18- 24 |
Broadway |
Henry W. Savage |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
sc; Matinees Thu, Sat; "Madam Butterfly Grand Opera Orchestra" |
| 1910 |
May 1- 7 |
Tabor Grand |
Richard F. Carroll, Gus
Weinberg |
The Alaskan (Girard) |
sc; Matinees Sun, Wed, Sat |
| 1910 |
May 22- 28 |
Tabor Grand | Martin & Emery Co |
The Red Mill (Herbert) |
Matinees Sun, Wed, Sat Played at Tabor Opera House in Leadville May 17 |
| 1910 |
Jun 26- Jul 23 |
Lakeside Casino Theater |
Casino Stock Co |
The Mikado, La Mascotte,
Said Pasha, Fra Diavolo |
Each played for one week |
| 1911 |
Jan 2m, 4 |
Broadway |
The Aborn English Grand Opera
Co |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
Mon matinee |
| Jan 3, 6 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
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| Jan 5m |
Martha (Flotow) |
Thu matinee |
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| Jan 5, 7m |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Sat matinee |
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| Jan 7 |
Faust (Gounod) |
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| 1911 |
Jan 23 |
Auditorium |
Jeanne
Gerville-Réache, contralto; Emilio de
Gogorza, baritone |
Concert |
Slack Series concert |
| 1911 |
Feb 6 |
Auditorium |
Henry W. Savage |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
With the original New York cast |
| 1911 |
Feb 8 |
Auditorium |
Luisa Tetrazzini,
soprano |
Concert |
Assisted by Oesterricher,
flutist; Benoist, pianist; Hastings, baritone; Slack Series concert;
Direction Tivoli Opera Company |
| 1911 |
Feb 27- Mar 4 |
Auditorium |
The Whitney Opera Co |
The Chocolate Soldier
(Straus) |
Matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1911 |
Apr 10 |
Broadway |
Denver Grand Opera Co |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and miscellaneous selections |
|
| 1911 |
May 11 |
Auditorium |
Mary
Garden, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1911 |
Oct 3 |
Auditorium |
Pasquale
Amato, baritone |
Concert |
Assisted by Mme. Longari, soprano, Signor Tanara, pianist |
| 1911 |
Dec 18- 24 |
Broadway |
The Whitney Opera Co |
The Chocolate Soldier (Straus) | Matinees Thu and Sat |
| 1912 |
Jan 23 |
Auditorium |
Ernestine Schumann-Heink,
contralto |
Concert |
"The world's greatest
contralto" |
| 1912 |
Jan 30 |
El Jebel |
Local troupe |
Pygmalion and Galatea; Narcissus
and Echo; Love and Whist |
Three Greek operas composed by
Henry Houseley |
| 1912 |
Feb 5- 7 |
Broadway |
Henry W. Savage |
The Girl of the Golden West
(Puccini) |
|
| 1912 |
Feb 25 |
Auditorium |
Johanna Gadski, soprano | Concert |
Slack Series concert |
| 1912 |
Mar 7 |
Auditorium |
John McCormack, tenor |
Concert |
Assisted by Marie Narelle,
soprano, and Spencer Clay, pianist; "The greatest tenor of
English-speaking race" |
| 1912 |
Mar 18- 24 |
Broadway |
The Aborn Opera Co |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Matinees Thu and Sat |
| 1912 |
Apr 10 |
Auditorium |
Luisa Tetrazzini,
soprano |
Concert |
Assisted by M. Mascal, baritone, E. Puyans, flutist, Yves, pianist |
| 1912 |
May 2 |
Auditorium |
Emma Calvé, soprano | Concert |
Assisted by Signor Gasparri,
tenor, Brahn Van Danberg, pianist |
| 1912 |
Oct 21, 22 |
Auditorium |
Chicago Grand Opera Co |
The Secret of Suzanne
(Wolf-Ferrari) |
First visit to Denver by
Chicago Opera; "Preceding the opera, members
of the company will give a recital of operatic excerpts" |
| 1912 |
Dec 3 |
Auditorium |
Alice
Nielsen Co |
Concert and second act of The
Barber of Seville |
Robert Slack's double bill;
with Louis Persinger, the American violinist |
| 1913 |
Jan 8 |
Auditorium |
Marcella Sembrich, soprano | Concert |
Assisted by Guati Casini,
cellist, and Frank La Forge, pianist |
| 1913 |
Jan 10 |
Auditorium |
Carolina
White, soprano |
Concert |
"Father Burke's Course" |
| 1913 |
Jan 21 |
Auditorium |
Julia Culp,
soprano |
Concert |
With Efrem Zimbalist, Russian
violinist; Culp was Dutch and 1913 was her first year in America |
| 1913 |
Jan 27 |
Trinity M. E. Church |
Bernice de
Pasquali, coloratura soprano |
Concert |
From the Metropolitan Opera
House |
| 1913 |
Feb 24- Mar 2 |
Broadway |
Henry W. Savage |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
Matinees Thu and Sat |
| 1913 |
Mar 9- 15 |
Broadway |
Hammerstein Comic Opera Co |
Naughty Marietta
(Herbert) |
Oscar Hammerstein's
production; starred Florence Webber |
| 1913 |
Mar 16 |
Auditorium |
Clara Butt, contralto |
Concert |
"The Greatest Living
Contralto"; with Kennerley Rumford, the English baritone |
| 1913 |
Apr 10 |
Auditorium |
Chicago Grand Opera Co |
The Jewels of the Madonna
(Wolf-Ferrari) |
Caroline White starred |
| Apr 11 |
Thais (Massenet) |
Mary Garden starred |
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| Apr 12m |
Tales of Hoffman
(Offenbach) 2nd act, and Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) |
Sat matinee |
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| Apr 12 |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
Luisa Tetrazzini starred |
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| Apr 13 |
Concert |
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| 1913 |
Jun 6 |
Lakeside |
Lillian Nordica, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1913 |
Oct 6- 12 |
Broadway |
Klaw and Erlanger |
The Count of Luxembourg
(Lehar) |
|
| 1913 |
Oct 14 |
Auditorium |
Geraldine
Farrar, soprano |
Concert |
Assisted by Alwin Schroeder,
violinist, and Arthur Rosenstein, pianist |
| 1913 |
Oct 17 |
Auditorium | Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto | Concert |
|
| 1913 |
Nov 2- 8 |
Tabor Grand |
Samuel E. Rork |
The Merry Countess
(Strauss) |
Sun matinee |
| 1914 |
Jan 7 |
Auditorium |
Nellie Melba, soprano |
Concert |
"World's greatest soprano",
with Jan Kubelik, "World's greatest violinist" |
| 1914 |
Feb 16 |
Auditorium |
National Grand Opera Company
of Canada |
Samson et Dalila
(Saint-Saëns) |
Leo
Slezak and Jeanne Gerville-Réache starred |
| Feb 17- 18 |
La Gioconda, Madama
Butterfly, and Lohengrin were scheduled for the 17th and
18th but not performed because the local manager revoked part of the
guarantee funds |
Due to lack of funds and
departure of tenor Leo Slezak, the company gave two benefit
performances and a concert and with help from the business community
were able to get to New York |
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| 1914 |
Mar 30- Apr 4 |
Broadway |
The De Koven Opera Co |
Robin Hood (De Koven) | Bessie Abott starred |
| 1914 |
Apr 7 |
Auditorium |
Chicago Grand Opera Co |
La Tosca (Puccini) |
Mary Garden starred |
| Apr 8m |
Aida (Verdi) |
Carolina White starred; Wed
matinee |
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| Apr 8 |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
Titta
Ruffo starred |
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| 1914 |
Apr 24, 29m, 29 |
Broadway |
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Co |
The Mikado (G & S) |
De Wolf Hopper was the star |
| Apr 25, 28 |
The Pirates of Penzance
(G & S) |
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| Apr 26, 27m |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G
& S) |
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| Apr 27 |
Iolanthe (G & S) |
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| 1914 |
Apr 28 |
Woman's Club | St. Francis de Sales Opera Co | The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | |
| 1914 |
Oct 1 |
Broadway |
Johanna Gadski, soprano | Concert |
With the Cavallo Symphony
Orchestra |
| 1915 |
Jan 18 |
Auditorium |
Rosa
Olitzka, contralto |
Concert |
With Kathleen Hart, soprano,
and Rudolph Reuter, pianist |
| 1915 |
Jan 21 |
Auditorium |
John McCormack, tenor |
Concert |
Fourth concert in the
Philharmonic Series |
| 1915 |
Mar 11 |
Auditorium |
Alma Gluck,
soprano |
Concert |
Last concert of the
Philharmonic Series |
| 1915 |
Apr 19 |
Auditorium |
Jenny Dufau, coloratura soprano |
She was from the Chicago Opera
Co |
|
| 1915 |
Apr 24 |
Auditorium |
Cathedral Grand Opera Co |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) |
The first production of the
opera company founded by Monsignor Bosetti of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church |
| 1915 |
Jul 26 |
Auditorium |
Henri Scott, bass |
Concert |
Scott was from the
Metropolitan Opera |
| 1916 |
Jan 17 |
Auditorium |
Louise
Homer, contralto |
Concert with the Denver
Philharmonic Orchestra |
"Leading contralto
Metropolitan Opera Co., New York" |
| 1916 |
Feb 23, 24 |
Broadway |
Cathedral Grand Opera Co |
Mignon (Thomas) |
The second production of
Monsignor Bosetti's company |
| 1916 |
Apr 6 |
Auditorium |
Boston Grand Opera Co |
L'Amore dei Tre Re
(Caldanzano) and "Snowflakes" from Tchaikovsky's Nut Cracker |
With Anna Pavlowa Imperial
Ballet |
| Apr 7 |
La Bohème
(Puccini) and Spanish Dances |
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| Apr 8m |
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) and Divertissements by Mme. Pavlowa |
Sat matinee |
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| Apr 8 |
I Pagliacci 1st act
(Leoncavallo), Elysian Fields and Orfeo dances, and Carmen
2nd act (Bizet) |
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| 1916 |
Jun 11- 17 |
Lakeside Casino Theater |
Metropolitan Musical Comedy Co |
Sweethearts (Herbert) |
Series starred Dorothy Maynard
and Joseph W. Herbert |
| Jun 19- 25 |
The Firefly (Friml) |
With Emma
Trentini |
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| 1916 |
Jun 26- Jul 2 |
Lakeside Casino Theater | Ira Hard's Musical Comedy Co |
Mademoiselle Modiste
(Herbert) |
|
| July 3- 9 |
The Spring Maid
(Reinhardt) |
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| 1916 |
Jul 16 |
Tabor Grand |
Metropolitan Musical Comedy Co | Mary's Lamb (Herbert) |
Series starred Dorothy Maynard and Joseph W. Herbert |
| Jul 17- 23 |
The Waltz Dream
(Strauss) |
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| 1916 |
Oct 4 |
Auditorium | Pasquale Amato, baritone |
Concert with the Denver
Philharmonic Orchestra |
|
| 1917 |
Feb 6 |
Auditorium |
Florence
Easton, soprano; Francis MacLennan, tenor |
Concert |
"From the Chicago Grand
Opera": Easton and MacLennan were married |
| 1917 |
Feb 14 |
Auditorium |
Cathedral Grand Opera Co |
Romeo and Juliet (Gounod) | The third production by
Monsignor Bosetti |
| 1917 |
Mar 9- 14 |
Broadway |
Henry W, Savage |
Pom-Pom (Felix) |
Mitzi Hajos starred in this
comic opera Wed and Thu matinees |
| 1917 |
Mar 22 |
Auditorium | Boston National Grand Opera Co |
Aida (Verdi) |
|
| Mar 23 |
Faust (Gounod) |
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| Mar 24m |
Iris (Mascagni) |
Sat matinee |
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| Mar 24 |
Tosca (Puccini) |
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| 1917 |
May 28- Jun 2 |
Broadway |
Unstated |
Robin Hood (De Koven) |
|
| 1917 |
Jun 10- 16 |
Lakeside Casino Theater | Lakeside Musical Comedy Co |
Bright Eyes (Oberest) |
|
| Jun 17-23 |
A Stubborn Cinderella
(Howard) |
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| Jul 8- 14 |
Honeymoon Trail (Singer) |
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| 1917 |
Oct 11 |
Auditorium | Giovanni
Martinelli, tenor |
Concert |
Assisted by Victor Polant,
violinist, and Emilio Roxas, pianist; "Metropolitan Opera Company" |
| 1917 |
Nov 29 |
Auditorium | Alma Gluck, soprano |
Concert |
Assisted by Sig. Salvatore De
Stefano, harpist |
| 1917 |
Dec 26 |
Auditorium | San
Carlo Grand Opera Co |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
|
| Dec 27 |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
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| Dec 28 |
La Traviata (Verdi) |
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| Dec 29m |
Tales of Hoffman
(Offenbach) |
Sat matinee |
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| Dec 29 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| 1918 |
Feb 4, 6m |
Broadway |
Boston English Opera Co |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) | Wed matinee |
| Feb 5 |
Martha (Flotow) |
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| Feb 6 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| 1918 |
Mar 10 |
Auditorium |
Marguerite Namara, soprano |
Concert |
With Yolanda Mero, pianist;
Slack series |
| 1918 |
Mar 25 |
Auditorium |
John McCormack, tenor |
Concert |
Red Cross benefit concert |
| 1918 |
May 8 |
Auditorium | Amelita
Galli-Curci, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1918 |
Sep 26 |
Auditorium | Sophie
Braslau, contralto; Hipolito
Lazaro, tenor |
Concert |
First concert of the season in
Robert Slack series |
| 1918 |
Oct 11 |
Auditorium | Frances Alda,
soprano; Giovanni
Martinelli, tenor; Carolina
Lazzari, contralto; Giuseppe de Luca,
baritone |
All-Star Opera Singers
Quartet; operatic arias, duets, trios
and Rigoletto quartet |
Second concert in the Slack
series (Due to an influenza epidemic, all theaters were closed from mid-October to November 11) |
| 1919 |
Feb 2 |
Auditorium | Lucy Gates, soprano |
Concert |
With the Trio de Lutece
(flute, harp, cello); Slack series |
| 1919 |
Feb 7 |
Auditorium | Denver Operatic Society |
Grand Concert |
Helen Thompson, soprano, and
Gaston Garrone, soloist |
| 1919 |
Feb 18 |
Auditorium | Anna Case, soprano |
Concert |
She was from the Metropolitan
Opera Co; Slack series |
| 1919 |
Mar 1 |
Auditorium |
Boston Opera Singers |
Concert |
Anthony Guarino, tenor; Percy
Richards, basso; Louise Stallings, soprano; Esther Schultz, contralto;
Marion Carley, pianist |
| 1919 |
Mar 5 |
Auditorium |
Josef
Rosenblatt, tenor |
Concert |
Benefit Jewish war sufferers |
| 1919 |
Mar 13 |
Auditorium | Lambert Murphy, tenor |
Concert |
|
| 1919 |
Mar 18 |
Auditorium | San Carlo Grand Opera Co |
Aida (Verdi) |
|
| Mar 19 |
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) |
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| Mar 20 |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
||||
| Mar 21 |
The Secret of Suzanne
(Wolf-Ferrari) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
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| Mar 22m |
Martha (Flotow) |
Sat matinee |
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| Mar 22 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| 1919 |
Apr 2 |
Auditorium |
Dora de Phillippe, soprano |
Concert |
From Chicago Opera Co |
| 1919 |
Apr 29 |
Auditorium |
Riccardo
Stracciari, baritone |
Concert |
"Greatest Italian baritone of
the day, Chicago Opera Company star" |
| 1919 |
May 6 |
Auditorium | Frances Alda, soprano; Giovanni Martinelli, tenor; Carolina Lazzari, contralto; Giuseppe de Luca, baritone | All-Star Grand Opera Quartet |
Last concert of the season in
Slack's series |
| 1919 |
Jun 29- Jul 5 |
Broadway |
Shubert
Brothers |
Maytime (Romberg) | Headed by noted baritone, John
Charles Thomas; Wed and Sat matinees |
| 1919 |
Oct 8 |
Auditorium |
Geraldine
Farrar, soprano |
Concert |
With Arthur Hackett, tenor and
Rosita Renard, pianist; first concert of the season in Slack series |
| 1919 |
Nov 24- 30 |
Broadway |
A. L. Erlanger |
Macushala (Ball) |
Chauncey Olcott starred |
| 1920 |
Jan 15 |
Auditorium |
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano | Concert |
Assisted by Mayo Wadler,
violinist, and Pietro Cimara, pianist |
| 1920 |
Feb 2- 8 |
Broadway |
Lee and J. J. Shubert |
Maytime (Romberg) |
Sat matinee |
| 1920 |
Mar 12- 13 |
Auditorium |
Ralph Dunbar |
Robin Hood (De Koven) |
|
| 1920 |
Mar 17 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Grand Opera Co |
Faust (Gounod) |
|
| Mar 18m |
Madame Butterfly
(Puccini) |
Thu matinee |
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| Mar 18 |
La Traviata (Verdi) |
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| Mar 19 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
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| Mar 20m |
Romeo and Juliet
(Gounod) |
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| Mar 20 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| 1920 |
Apr 23 |
Auditorium |
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1920 |
Apr 28- 29 |
Auditorium |
Ralph Dunbar |
The Chocolate Soldier
(Straus) |
Thu matinee |
| 1920 |
Jun 4 |
Auditorium |
The Municipal Music Commission
of the City and County of Denver |
Aida (Verdi) |
Municipal chorus of 300
voices; Tuesday Musical Club, El Jebel Glee Club, and soloists from the
Met and Chicago |
| 1920 |
Oct 9 |
Auditorium |
Enrico Caruso,
tenor |
Concert |
Caruso's first and only Denver
appearance; he died August 2, 1921 |
| 1920 |
Oct 19 |
Auditorium |
Scotti Grand Opera Co |
La Oracolo (Leoni) and I
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
Antonio Scotti, general
director |
| Oct 20 |
La Bohème (Puccini) |
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| 1920 |
Dec 11 |
Auditorium |
Renato
Zanelli, baritone |
Concert |
With Raoul Vidas, French
violinist; Slack series |
| 1920 |
Dec 27- 29 |
Auditorium |
Ralph Dunbar |
The Mikado (G & S) |
|
| 1921 |
Jan 2- 8 |
Broadway |
Ralph Dunbar |
Robin Hood (De Koven) |
Matinees Sun, Wed, and Sat |
| 1921 |
Jan 32 |
Auditorium |
Anna Case, soprano |
Concert |
With Salvi, harpist; Slack
series |
| 1921 |
Mar 10 |
Auditorium |
Frances Alda, soprano |
Concert |
With Theodore Flint, pianist;
Slack series |
| 1921 |
Mar 21 |
Auditorium | Giovanni
Martinelli, tenor; Betty Ruffner, soprano |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1921 |
Apr 19 |
Auditorium |
Musical Oranizations of East
Denver High School |
The Mikado (G & S) |
"Cast of 100 with 50-piece
orchestra" |
| 1921 |
Apr 26 |
Auditorium |
Chicago Grand Opera Co |
Otello (Verdi) |
Mary Garden was General
Director of company; Rosa
Raisa starred |
| Apr 27 |
Monna Vanna (Favier) |
Garden starred |
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| Apr 28 |
La Traviata (Verdi) |
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| Apr 29 |
Lohengrin (Wagner) |
||||
| Apr 30m |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Sat matinee; Garden starred |
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| Apr 30 |
L'Elisir d'Amore
(Donizetti) |
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| 1921 |
May 10 |
Auditorium |
Rosa Ponselle,
soprano |
Concert |
"Leading dramatic soprano
Metropolitan Opera" |
| 1921 |
May 19, 20 |
Auditorium |
Denver Music Week |
Martha (Flotow) |
Florence Lamont-Abramowitz
(later Hinman) was Betsy Anne in the May 19 performance. Both
performances were broadcast by radio station 9ZAF in Denver, the first
full opera to be broadcast by radio. |
| 1921 |
Oct 3 |
Auditorium |
Frances Alda, soprano; Charles Hackett, tenor; Carolina Lazzari, contralto; Renato Zanelli, baritone | Concert |
"World's greatest operatic
quartet"; Slack series |
| 1921 |
Oct 7 |
Auditorium | Marie Sundelius, soprano;
Nicola Zerola, Italian tenor |
Concert |
"Metropolitan Opera stars" |
| 1921 |
Oct 11 |
Auditorium |
Scotti Grand Opera Co |
Manon Lescaut (Puccini) |
Slack series |
| Oct 12 |
La Tosca (Puccini) |
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| 1921 |
Oct 24 |
Auditorium |
Edward
Johnson, tenor |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1921 |
Oct 27 |
Auditorium |
Titta Ruffo, baritone |
Concert |
"The world's greatest singer" |
| 1921 |
Dec 14 |
Auditorium |
Mabel Garrison, soprano |
Concert |
With Wilhelm Bachaus, pianist;
Slack series |
| 1922 |
Jan 3 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Grand Opera Co |
Rigoletto (Verdi) | Fortune Gallo, general
director; Arthur M. Oberfelder series |
| Jan 4 |
Aida (Verdi) |
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| Jun 5m |
Madam Butterfly
(Puccini) |
Thu matinee |
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| Jun 5 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| 1922 |
Jan 15- 22 |
Broadway |
Nat Goldstein |
Angel Face (Herbert) |
Wed and Sat matinees;
"Original New York cast" |
| 1922 |
Jan 16 |
Auditorium |
Alma Gluck, soprano |
Concert |
With Efrem Zimbalist, violin;
Slack series |
| 1922 |
Feb 17 |
Auditorium |
Sophie Braslau, contralto |
Concert |
With Freidman, pianist |
| 1922 |
Mar 8 |
Auditorium |
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano |
Concert |
With Manuel Berenguer,flutist |
| 1922 |
Apr 18 |
Auditorium |
Chicago Grand Opera Co |
L'Amore dei tre Re (Caldanzano) | Mary Garden, general director |
| Apr 19 |
Thais (Massent) |
Mary Garden's favorite role |
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| Apr 20 |
Tannhauser (Wagner) |
Rosa Raisa starred |
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| 1922 |
Jun 4- 10 |
Denham Theater |
Brandon Light Opera Co |
The Mikado (G & S) |
Matinees Sun, Thu, and Sat for
series; the Denham Theater was on 16th Street |
| Jun 11- 17 |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
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| Jun 18- 24 |
H.M.S. Pinafore (G
& S) |
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| Jun 25- Jul 1 |
The Chimes of Normandy
(Planquette) |
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| Jul 2- 8 |
The Mascot (Audran) |
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| 1922 |
Oct 2 |
Auditorium |
Rosa Ponselle, soprano |
Concert |
Opening concert of Oberfelder
series |
| 1922 |
Oct 23 |
Auditorium |
Lucrrezia Bori,
soprano, and Mario Chamlee, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder series |
| 1922 |
Oct 24 |
Auditorium |
Rosa Raisa, soprano; Giacomo
Rimini, baritone |
Concert |
Raisa and Rimini were married;
Slack series |
| 1922 |
Nov 23 |
Auditorium |
Titto Schipa,
tenor; Frances Paperte, mezzo-soprano |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1922 |
Nov 26- Dec 2 |
Broadway |
Henry W. Savage |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
Matinees Thu and Sat |
| 1922 |
Dec 20 |
Broadway |
Cathedral Choir |
Bethlehem (Bosetti) |
Operetta composed by Rev.
Joseph Bosetti, Denver Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| 1922 |
Dec 20 |
Auditorium |
Johanna Gadski, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1923 |
Jan 4 |
Auditorium |
Renato
Zanelli, baritone; Grace Wagner, soprano |
Concert |
Zanelli debuted as a tenor in
October 1924: Slack series |
| 1923 |
Feb 1 |
Auditorium |
Feodor Chaliapin,
bass |
Concert |
"Greatest living opera star" |
| 1923 |
Feb 13 |
Broadway |
Tuesday Musical Club |
Faust (Gounod) | "With a notable cast of Denver
soloists" |
| 1923 |
Feb 19 |
Auditorium |
Marguerite
d'Alvarez, Peruvian contralto |
Concert |
Oberfelder series |
| 1923 |
Feb 26 |
Auditorium |
Frieda Hempel,
coloratura soprano |
"Jenny Lind" costume recital |
Coenradd V. Bos, accompanist; Oberfelder series |
| 1923 |
Feb 28 |
Auditorium |
Louise Homer, contralto;
Louise Homer Stires, soprano |
Concert |
Louise Homer Stires was the
daughter; Slack series |
| 1923 |
Apr 12 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Grand Opera Co |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
Fortune Gallo, director;
Oberfelder series |
| Apr 13m |
The Tales of Hoffman
(Offenbach) |
Fri matinee |
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| Apr 13 |
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leonvallo) | ||||
| 1923 |
Oct 8 |
Auditorium |
Mary Garden, soprano |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1923 |
Oct 15 |
Auditorium |
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor |
Concert |
With Flora Greenfield,
soprano, and Salvatore Fucito, pianist (former accompanist and coach of
the late Enrico Caruso) |
| 1923 |
Nov 3 |
Auditorium |
Rosa Ponselle, soprano |
Concert |
"A Caruso in petticoats";
Oberfelder series |
| 1923 |
Nov 13 |
Auditorium |
Geraldine Farrar, soprano |
Concert |
With Weldin, baritone, and
Malkin celloist |
| 1923 |
Nov 27 |
Auditorium |
Charles Hackett, tenor |
Concert |
With Lionel Tertis, violist |
| 1924 |
Jan 20- Feb 3 |
Broadway |
Lee and J. J. Shubert |
Blossom
Time (Schubert/Romberg) |
Matinees Wed and Sat; "New
York Century Theater cast" |
| 1924 |
Mar 18 |
Auditorium |
Chicago Grand Opera Co |
The Jewess (Halevy) |
Rosa Raisa and Charles
Marshall starred |
| Mar 19 |
Cleopatre (Massenet) |
Mary Garden starred |
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| 1924 |
Mar 24 |
Auditorium |
John McCormack, tenor |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1924 |
Mar 27 |
Broadway |
Tuesday Musical Club |
Dorothy (Cellier) | |
| 1924 |
Apr 21 |
Auditorium | Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1924 |
Apr 24 |
Auditorium | Marie Sundelius, soprano |
Concert |
Benefit of Swedish National
Sanitorium |
| 1924 |
May 8- 10 |
Auditorium | Denver Music Week Assoc. |
The Bohemian Girl (Balfe) | |
| 1924 |
Oct 5- 19 |
Broadway |
Lee and J. J. Shubert |
Blossom Time (Schubert/Romberg) | Matinees Wed, Sat and Sun |
| 1924 |
Oct 16 |
Auditorium |
Metropolitan Quartet |
Concert and second act of Martha
(Flotow) |
Frances Alda, soprano; Merle
Alcock, contralto: Armand Tokatyan,
tenor: Lawrence
Tibbett, baritone; Slack series |
| 1924 |
Nov 10 |
Auditorium |
Florence Macbeth, soprano |
Concert and "Mad Scene" from Lucia
di Lammermoor (Donizetti) |
Accompanied by Mabel Garrison,
soprano, and Eddy Brown, violinist |
| 1924 |
Nov 20 |
Auditorium |
Sophie Braslau, contralto |
Concert |
With Cecile de Horvath,
pianist; Slack series |
| 1924 |
Dec 5 |
Auditorium |
Denver Music Week Operatic
Ensemble |
Shanewis (Cadman) and The Sunset Trail (Cadman) (Charles Wakefield Cadman incorporated into his operas Native American songs.) |
Title role in Shanewis
performed by soprano Princess
Tsianina. Shanewis premiered 23
Mar 1918, Metropolitan Opera, NY. |
| 1925 |
Feb 8 |
Auditorium |
Rolald Hayes,
tenor |
Concert |
"The celebrated Negro tenor";
Slack series |
| 1925 |
Mar 15 |
Auditorium |
Titto Schipa,
tenor |
Concert |
"Premier tenor Chicago Opera
Co.; Slack series |
| 1925 |
Mar 19 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Grand Opera Co. |
La Bohème
(Puccini) |
Robert Slack, local manager |
| Mar 20 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
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| Mar 21m |
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) |
Sat matinee |
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| Mar 21 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| 1925 |
Apr 27 |
St. Francis de Sales Church |
Senior Choir |
The Mascot (Audran) |
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| 1925 |
May 7- 9 |
Auditorium |
Denver Music Week Assoc. |
Erminie (Jakobowski) | "Brilliant cast of 60 leading
soloists" |
| 1925 |
Oct 2 |
Auditorium |
Elisabeth
Rethberg, soprano |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1925 |
Oct 27- Nov 7 |
Broadway |
Shubert Brothers | The Student Prince
(Romberg) |
Matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1925 |
Nov 6 |
Auditorium |
Cecil Arden, mezzo-soprano and
Ricardo Martin, tenor |
Joint recital |
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| 1925 |
Dec 2, 3 |
Auditorium |
Denver Music Week Assoc. |
I Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo) and Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) |
"Denver's greatest operatic
production" |
| 1925 |
Dec 18, 19 |
East Denver High School
Auditorium |
Music Club of the Denver Dry
Goods Co. |
Miss Cherry Blossom
(Dodge & Wilson) |
"A Japanese opera" |
| 1925 |
Dec 26- Jan 2 |
Broadway |
Shubert Brothers | Blossom Time (Schubert/Romberg) | Matinees Sat, Wed and Fri |
| 1926 |
Jan 14 |
Auditorium |
Knut Ohrstrom, tenor |
The Sunset Trail (Cadman's
operatic cantata) |
With the Orpheus Male Chorus |
| 1926 |
Jan 29 |
Auditorium |
Sigrid Onegin, contralto |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1926 |
Feb 7- 20 |
Broadway |
Arthur Hammerstein |
Rose Marie (Friml) |
Matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1926 |
Feb 17 |
Auditorium |
Joseph
Schwarz, baritone |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1926 |
Feb 21- Mar 13 |
Broadway |
No company name |
No, No Nanette (Youmans) |
With Taylor Holmes Wed and Sat matinees |
| 1926 |
Mar 16 |
Auditorium |
Toti Dal Monte, soprano |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1926 |
Mar 24 |
Auditorium |
Rosa Ponselle, soprano |
Concert |
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| 1926 |
Mar 30 |
Auditorium |
Claire Dux, soprano |
Concert |
With Hans Kindler, cellist;
Slack series |
| 1926 |
May 26- 28 |
Auditorium |
Denver Music Week Assoc. |
Rob Roy (De Koven) |
John C. Wilcox, musical
director |
| 1926 |
Sep 11 |
Auditorium |
John McCormack, tenor |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1926 |
Oct 8 |
Auditorium |
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1926 |
Nov 8- 14 |
Broadway |
Shubert Brothers | Blossom Time (Schubert/Romberg) | Matinees Wed and Sat;
"Greatest operetta success in all stage history" |
| 1926 |
Dec 5-11 |
Broadway |
May Valentine's Comic Opera Co |
The Bohemian Girl
(Balfe) |
Matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1927 |
Jan 9- 15 |
Broadway |
Shubert Brothers | The Student Prince
(Romberg) |
Matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1927 |
Feb 24 |
Auditorium |
Titto Schipa, tenor |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1927 |
Mar 7 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Crand Opera Co |
Aida (Verdi) |
Gaetano Tommasini starred;
Slack series |
| Mar 8 |
Faust (Gounod) |
Bianca Saroya was Marguerite |
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| Mar 9 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
Tina Paggi starred |
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| 1927 |
Mar 14- 20 |
Broadway |
Russell Janney |
The Vagabond King
(Friml) |
Matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1927 |
Mar 17 |
Auditorium |
Sigrid Onegin, contralto |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1927 |
Apr 4 |
Auditorium |
Denver Civic English Grand
Opera Co |
Excerpts from Carmen
(Bizet) (sung in English) |
With the Police Quartet and De
Reszke Singers |
| 1927 |
Apr 11 |
Auditorium |
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano | Concert |
Slack series |
| 1927 |
Sep 20- 28 |
Broadway |
Shubert Brothers | My Maryland (Romberg) |
Matinees Wed, Fri and Sat;
"The American operetta" |
| 1927 |
Oct 12 |
Auditorium |
Louise Homer, contralto; | Concert |
Slack series |
| 1927 |
Oct 31 |
Auditorium |
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1927 |
Nov 6- 12 |
Broadway |
Shubert Brothers | Blossom Time (Schubert/Romberg) | Matinees Wed and Sat |
| 1927 |
Dec 5 |
Auditorium |
Edward Johnson, tenor |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1928 |
Feb 1 |
Auditorium |
Claire Dux, soprano |
Concert |
Slack series |
| 1928 |
Mar 5 |
Auditorium | Ernestine Schumann-Heink,
contralto |
Concert |
"Her farewell appearance";
Slack series |
| 1928 |
Mar 20 |
Auditorium | Zavel Kwartin,
baritone |
Concert |
Kwartin was a cantor from
Brooklyn |
| 1928 |
Mar 27 |
Auditorium |
Chicago Civic Opera Co |
Aida (Verdi) |
Rosa Raisa starred |
| Mar 28 |
Resurrection (Alfano) |
Mary Garden starred |
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| 1928 |
Apr 11 |
Auditorium | Luella Melius, soprano |
Concert |
Followed by Rossini's Stabat
Mater with the Immaculate Cathedral Choir conducted by Father
Joseph Bosetti |
| 1928 |
Apr 16 |
Auditorium |
Paul
Althouse, tenor |
Concert |
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| 1928 |
May 10- 13 |
Auditorium |
Denver Music Week |
The Chocolate Soldier
(Straus) |
John C. Kendel, musical
director |
| 1928 |
Nov 12 |
Auditorium |
John Charles Thomas,
baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder series |
| 1929 |
Feb 1 |
Auditorium |
Titto Schipa, tenor |
Concert |
"World's greatest lyric
tenor"; Oberfelder series |
| 1929 |
Feb 18 |
Auditorium |
Sigrid Onegin, contralto |
Concert |
"World's greatest contralto";
Oberfelder series |
| 1929 |
Feb 21 |
Auditorium |
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor |
Concert |
"Leading and first tenor of
the Metropolitan Opera Co.; Slack series |
| 1929 |
Mar 3- 16 |
Denham |
Lillian Albertson |
The Desert Song
(Romberg) |
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| 1929 |
Mar12, 16m |
Broadway |
D'Oyly Carte Opera Co |
The Mikado (G & S) |
Sat matinee |
| Mar 13m, 13 |
The Gondoliers (G & S) | Wed matinee |
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| Mar 14 |
Trial by Jury and Pirates of Penzance (G & S) | ||||
| Mar 15 |
Ruddigore (G & S) | ||||
| Mar 16 |
Iolanthe (G & S) | ||||
| 1929 |
Mar 30- Apr 6 |
Denham |
Arthur Hammerstein |
Rose Marie (Friml) |
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| Apr 7- 13 |
The Student Prince
(Romberg) |
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| Apr 14- 20 |
Russell Janney |
The Vagabond King
(Friml) |
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| Apr 21- 27 |
The Firefly (Friml) |
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| Apr 28- May 4 |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
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| 1929 |
Mar 11 |
Auditorium |
Rosa Ponselle, soprano |
Concert |
"World's greatest soprano";
Oberfelder series |
| 1929 |
May 9- 11 |
Auditorium |
Denver Music Week |
The Singing Girl
(Herbert) |
John C. Wilcox, musical
director |
| 1929 |
Nov 7 |
Auditorium |
Mary Lewis, soprano |
Concert |
Elmer Zoller, pianist;
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1930 |
Jan 9 |
Auditorium |
Reinald Werrenrath, baritone |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1930 |
Feb 4 |
Auditorium |
Dusolina Giannini, soprano |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1930 |
Mar 24 |
Auditorium |
German Grand Opera Co |
Das Rheingold (Wagner) |
Sol Hurok's company;
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| Mar 25 |
Die Walküre
(Wagner) |
Johanna Gadski was Brünnhilde | |||
| Mar 26 |
Siegfried (Wagner) |
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| Mar 26 |
Götterdämmerung
(Wagner) |
First performance of "Der Ring" in Denver | |||
| 1930 |
May 8- 10 |
Broadway |
Denver Music Week |
The Chimes of Normandy (Planquette) | |
| 1930 |
Oct 16 |
Auditorium |
Clara Clairbert, soprano |
Concert |
De Bourguignon, pianist; Lon,
flutist; Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1930 |
Nov 10 |
Auditorium |
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1930 |
Dec 8, 9 |
Auditorium |
Lamont Opera Club |
Mlle. Modiste (Herbert) |
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