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 1993

Martin, George
Verdi at the Golden Gate : opera and San Francisco in the gold rush years
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993, 321 p.


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  Abalos, Francisca   soprano
  Acquasion, V.   bass-baritone
  Auber, Daniel Francois Esprit (b. 1782 a. 19th century )   composer, compositore
  Balfe, Michael William (b. 1808 a. 19th century )   composer, singer
  Barili, Clotilde (a. 1840)   soprano
  Basevi, Abramo (b. 1818 d. 1885 a. 1840)   critic, medico
  Bazari, Luigi   impresario
  Bedei, Marietta   soprano
  Belasco, David (b. 1853 d. 1931)   actor, author
  Bellini, Vincenzo (b. 1801)   composer, compositore
  Bianchi, Eugenio (b. 1823 d. 1895 a. 1850)   tenor, impresario
  Bianchi, Giovanna (b. 1827 d. 1895 a. 1850)   soprano
  Biscaccianti, Alessandro   cello, manager
  Biscaccianti, Eliza (b. 1824 d. 1896)   singer, soprano
  Bishop, Anna (b. 1810 d. 1884)   bassoon, chanteur
  Bishop, Henry Rowley (b. 1786 d. 1855)   composer
  Bochsa, Nicholas Charles [Robert Nicholas Charles] (b. 1789 d. 1856 a. 1830-1831)   compositore, harp
  Boieldieu, Adrien [Francois-Adrien] (b. 1775 a. 1774)   compositeur, compositore
  Budden, Julian   scholar, critic
  Cailly, Clarisse   soprano
  Comassi, Luigi   tenor, singer
  Cooke, Thomas Simpson (b. 1782 d. 1848)   singer, instrumentalist
  Coulon, Emile   baritone
  Crabtree, Lotta [Charlotte Mignon] (b. 1847 d. 1924)   child star, actress
  Daly, Augustin (b. 1838 d. 1899 a. 1860s-1870s)   author, director
  De Haga, John   basso
  De Russailh, Albert Bernard   French journalist
  Donizetti, Gaetano [Domenico Gaetano Maria] (b. 1797 d. 1848)   composer
  Dumas, Alexandre (b. 1824 d. 1895)   novelist, playwright
  Durand, Rosalie (b. 1833 d. 1866)   soprano
  Dwight, John Sullivan (b. 1813 d. 1893)   writer on music
  Escott, Lucy (b. 1828 d. 1895 a. 1860)   soprano
  Feret, Ferdinand Francois (b. 1823)   conductor
  Feret, Jenny   mezzo-soprano
  Flotow, Friedrich (b. 1812)   composer, compositor
  Foster, Stephen Collins (b. 1826 d. 1864)   bass guitar, composer
  Garbato, Drusilla (a. 1855)   soprano
  Garbato, Luigi   conductor, manager
  Gatti-Casazza, Giulio (b. 1869 d. 1940)   opera impresario
  Gould, Julia   actress, singer
  Grisar, Albert (b. 1808 d. 1869 a. 19th century )   composer
  Gutierrez, Garcia Antonio (b. 1812 d. 1884)   playwright
  Hauser, Miska (b. 1822 d. 1887)   violin, violinista
  Hayes, Catherine (b. 1825 d. 1861)   soprano
  Herbert, Victor (August) (b. 1859 d. 1924)   composer, conductor
  Herold, Ferdinand [Louis Joseph Ferdinand] (b. 1791 d. 1833 a. 19th century )   composer, compositor
  Herold, Rudolph (b. 1834 d. 1889 a. 1852)   piano, accompanist
  Herz, Henri (b. 1803 d. ?)   compositore, pianista
  Hodson, Georgina (b. 1826 d. 1901 a. 1859)   contralto, mezzo-soprano
  Kammerer, E.   mezzo-soprano, singer
  Keene, Laura   actress, manager
  Kellogg, Clara (Louise) (b. 1842 d. 1916)   soprano
  Lacy, Michael Rophino (b. 1795 d. 1867)   violin, playwright
  Laglaise (a. 1813)   tenor
  Lanzoni, Alessandro   baritone, bass
  Leach, Stephen W. (b. 1820 d. 1895 a. 1845-1853)   composer, utility singer
  Leonardi, Francesco (a. 1854)   bass-baritone
  Loder, George (b. 1816 d. 1868 a. 1845)   conductor, composer
  Lyster, Frederick (b. 1832 a. 1859)   baritone, arranger
  Lyster, William Saurin (b. 1828 d. 1880)   impresario, operatic director
  Maguire, Thomas (a. 1849)   saloon keeper, impresario
  Mauri-Pellegrini, Rosina (a. 1851)   soprano
  McKarkel, W.   organ, harp
  Mengis, Josef (a. 1852)   baritone
  Meyerbeer, Giacomo (b. 1791)   composer, compositore
  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (b. 1756 d. 1791)   composer
  Nisbet, James (b. 1817 d. 1884)   tenor, writer
  Paer, Ferdinando (b. 1771)   composer, compositore
  Patti, Carlotta (b. 1835 d. 1889)   cantatrice, soprano
  Pellegrini, Innocencio (b. 1818 d. 1905 a. 1851)   composer, tenor
  Planche, James Robinson (b. 1796 d. 1880)   poet, playwright
  Planel, Hortense (a. 1856)   soprano
  Planel, Louis Theophile (b. 1804 d. 1889 a. 1825-1833)   soprano, composer
  Reiff, Anthony Anton (d. 1916 a. 1857)   violin, conductor
  Rossini, Gioachino (Antonio) (b. 1792 d. 1868)   composer, compositore
  Santley, Charles (b. 1834 d. 1922)   baritone, composer
  Scola, Carlo   tenor
  Sinclair, Catherine Norton   actress, impresario
  Smith, J. Connor   baritone
  Squires, Henry (b. 1825 d. 1907 a. 1859)   tenor
  Thillon, Sophie Anne (b. 1819 d. 1903)   soprano
  Verdi, Giuseppe (Fortunio Francesco) (b. 1813 d. 1901)   author, composer
  Viardot, Pauline [Michelle Ferdinande Pauline] (b. 1821 d. 1910 a. 19th century )   cantante de opera, chanteuse
  Wallace, Vincent [William Vincent] (b. 1812 d. 1865)   composer
  Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) (b. 1786)   composer, compositore

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