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The comic opera success Said Pasha by Richard Stahl

Description: Image of a man in a skirted costume with a sword, glancing over his shoulder at a boy in a similar outfit; the poster advertises the comic opera "Said Pasha" written by Richard Stahl.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1889?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000378
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Tony Denier's Alfred the great Miaco clown pantomimist and emperor of the stilts : with Humpty Dumpty newly hatched

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Image of a central scene of caricatures of two male and one female performers on a miniature stage consisting of a blond boy dancing in a sailors suit, presumably Tony Denier, a blond woman dancing in a servant's outfit, presumably Amanda Tissot, and a man with a cane and top hat, presumably Jules Tissot; with head-and-shoulder portrait vignettes presumably of the Tissots and Denier at top; date sheet for a February 22, [1882], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises Tony Denier's Humpty Dumpty Pantomime Troupe, with the text for "Mons. and Mlle. Tissot, the Living Automatons" covered by a sheet advertising the clown Alfred Miaco.

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Max Faetkenheuer offers the English Opera Co. in the success of two continents Madam Butterfly ... Miss Louis Collier

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Image of opera singer Louie Collier dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono and sandals holding two armfuls of flowers and standing in a screen doorway; the poster advertises the opera "Madam Butterfly" (also spelled "Madame Butterfly") written by Giacomo Puccini.

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F.C. Whitney presents the comic opera : when Johnny comes marching home

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Image of southern belles in hoop dresses paired with American Union officers walking in a line away from a plantation house with two African America women in the background; the poster advertises the comic opera "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" written by Julian Edwards and Stanislaus Stange and produced by F. C. Whitney.

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Arthur Rehan's Company : Augustin Daly’s latest & merriest success Nancy & Co

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Image of a woman in a traveling outfit pulling a man by the arm up from his chair as he holds onto his hat; the poster advertises the comedy "Nancy and Company" adapted by John Augustin Daly from “Halbe Dichter” by Julius Rosen.

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Von Suppe’s comic opera Fatinitza

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Image of a central image of a parade of primarily female performers in burlesque costumes carrying brooms, lanterns and weapons and marching in a Russian fort during a snow storm, with soldiers looking on; with two vignettes of exotic Middle Eastern scenes with women in a Turkish harem and men drinking tea and smoking from a hookah in the upper corner and two women at lower corners with palm trees above their heads looking on; fashion details include orientalism; the poster advertises the comic opera "Fatinitza" written by Franz von Suppe and set during the Crimean War.

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Princess Toto : comic opera in 3 acts by W.S. Gilbert and Frederic Clay

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Image of a collage of five scenes with a central image of men, dressed as brigands, standing in a circle outdoors in a forest clearing with rifles, while Native American Indians with tomahawks and a woman cross a wooden bridge across a rocky ravine in the background and four surrounding vignettes of explorers, male dancers in historical European costumes, and Indians; the poster advertises the comic opera "Princess Toto" written by W. S. Gilbert with a score by Frederic Clay.

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The comic opera success Said Pasha by Richard Stahl

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