Evans, leader.
Poem by R.C. Hopkins, Esq., read by John McCulloch, Esq.
Music, orchestra.
Vocal music, Gloria in Excelsis, Mozart.
Oration by Henry E. Highton, Esq.
Song, Star Spangled Banner.
Full chorus from the Handel and Haydn Society and quartette
composed of Mrs. S.D. Mayer, soprano; Mrs. M.R. Blake,
contralto; Mr. S.D. Mayer, tenor; Walter C. Campbell, bass.
Music, orchestra.
In 1868 we were visited by the Lyster Opera company from Australia,
which gave a season of ten operas at the old Metropolitan Theater on
Montgomery street. They brought with them a goodly company of artists.
Henry Squires, _tenor_
W.F. Baker, _tenor_
Armes Beaumont, _tenor_
Lucy Escott, _soprano_
Geraldine Warden, _mezzo-soprano_
Mrs. Ada King, _contralto_
Mr. Sutcliff, _baritone_
LOCAL SINGERS
Sig. Roncovieri, _tenor_
Mr. Nathanson, _bass_
Mrs. M.R. Blake, _contralto_
Mrs. Cameron, _soprano_
They gave, December 21 and 22, Les Huguenots; December 23
and 24, Bohemian Girl; December 25, Maritana.
[Illustration: MRS. MARGARET BLAKE-ALVERSON
On Her Fiftieth Anniversary as a Public Singer, June 12, 1896
Sixty Years of Age and Still in Good Voice]
After the close of the season Mr. Squires and Miss Escott gave a
farewell concert in Pacific Hall in which I participated and sang with
them the celebrated trio, Protect Us Through the Coming Night.
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