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.
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.
On May 16, 1870, the Handel and Haydn Society gave Rossini's Stabat Mater in Sacramento, Prof. Hugo Mansfeldt, leader, assisted by the societies of Sacramento. The chorus was 500 strong, the soloists were the best to be secured, assisted by Henry Heyman, violin soloist.