Appendix 7. Itineraries of the American/National Opera Companies January 1886‐June 1887

1885 Season (January‐June). American Opera Company. Personnel: William Candidus, William H. Fessenden, George Fox, W. H. Hamilton, John Gilbert, John Howson, William H. Lee, M. O. Lonsdale, William Ludwig, Whitney Mockridge, Eugene Oudin, Albert Paulet Alonzo Stoddard, George Sweet, Charles Thompson, Charles Turner, Myron Whitney Pauline L’Allemand, Sara Barton, Kate Bensburg, Helen Dudley Campbell, Jessie Bartlett Davis, Hélène Hastreiter, Minnie Dilthey, Esther Jacobs, Emma Juch, Annis Montague, Esther Muelienbach Mathilde Phillipps, Charlotte Walker, Musical Director/conductor: Theodore Thomas; Assistant Conductor: Theodore Thomas; Gustav Hinrichs (assoc conductor); Manager: Charles Locke Date Venue 4 January‐17 April (Academy of Music) and Brooklyn (Metropolitan Theatre) 19‐24 April Boston. Boston Theatre 26 April‐1 May Philadelphia. Academy of Music 3‐5 May Washington, D. C. Albaugh’s House 6‐8 May Baltimore. Academy of Music 10‐15 May St. Louis (Exposition Music Hall; opera festival) (17‐22 May) (Thomas Orchestra in Cincinnati for May Festival) 24 May‐5 June Chicago. McVicker’s Theatre 7‐8 June Indianapolis, Indiana. English’s Opera House 9‐12 June Louisville. Music Hall (Southern Exposition Opera Festival) 14‐16 June . Whitney’s Grand Opera House 17‐18 June Unknown. Cleveland? (Auxiliary formed 19 June) 19‐20 June Unknown. 21‐22 June Rochester. Jacob’s and Proctor’s Academy of Music 23‐25 June Syracuse, Utica? 27 June Albany, New York.

1886‐1887 Season. American/National Opera Company. Personnel: Charles Bassett, Henry Bates, John Brand, William Candidus, Joseph Claus, W. H. Fessenden, William Hamilton, William Ludwig, William Mertens, Alonzo Stoddard, Myron Whitney, Pauline l’Allemand, Jessie Bartlett Davis, Emma Fursch‐Madi, Emma Juch, Laura Moore, Bertha Pierson, Mathilde Phillipps, Rose Ritchie, Cornelia Van Zanten Conductor: Theodore Thomas; Gustav Hinrichs (assoc conductor); Manager: Charles Locke 15‐20 November Philadelphia. Academy of Music 22‐27 November Cincinnati. Music Hall 29 November‐4 December St Louis. Music Hall Exposition Building 6‐18 December Chicago. Columbia Theatre 20‐22 December Milwaukee. New Academy of Music 23‐25 December Detroit. Whitney’s Opera House 27 December‐1 January Brooklyn. Academy of Music 3‐15 January 1887 Boston. Boston Theatre 17 January Worcester. Mechanic’s Hall 18‐19 January Providence. Low’s Grand Opera House 20 January New Haven. Carll’s Opera House 21‐22; 24‐27 January Philadelphia. Academy of Music 28‐29 January Baltimore. Academy of Music 31 January‐5 February Washington, D. C. Albaugh’s Opera House 7‐8 February Baltimore. Academy of Music 9 February Wilmington, Delaware. Grand Opera House 10‐12 February? Newark, NJ 14‐19 February Boston. Boston Theatre 20 February AV NYC [week of rehearsals] 28 February‐2 April New York. Metropolitan Theatre 4 April Albany. Leland Opera House 5 April Unknown. Buffalo? 6‐7 April? Cleveland? 8 April Columbus? 9 April Peoria, Illinois. Grand Opera House 11‐12 April Omaha. Exposition Building. Grand Opera Festival 13‐16 April travelling 18 April‐14 May San Francisco. Grand Opera House 16‐21 May Los Angeles. Hazard Pavilion 23‐24 May Kansas City. Coates Opera House 26 May‐1 June St. Louis. Music Hall 3‐6 June Louisville. Exposition Music Hall (Opera Festival) 7‐8 June Indianapolis. English Opera House June? Toledo 15 June conclusion of season in Buffalo