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Lillian Russell with McCaull Opera Co.

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Billy Rose Theatre Collection photograph file

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Lillian Russell with McCaull Opera Co.
Collection

Billy Rose Theatre Collection photograph file

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Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell, [File A]

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1881
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian) no. 4
Topics
Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922
Opera singers
Operas
Operas & operettas -- United States -- 1881-1890
McCaull Opera Comique Company
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Lillian Russell had many professional associations with John A. McCaull in her first years performing in New York. He was manager of the Bijou Opera House in 1881 when she performed in Olivette and produced her in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer in 1883. Later that year, he contracted Russell to perform in Johann Strauss's Prince Methusalem when she, with her future husband, the composer Edward Solomon, departed for England, breaking McCaull's and three other contracts, to take another in London. Russell later worked for him again in Solomon's Polly, the Pet of the Regiment in 1885, and, in 1892, she sang in a benefit for McCaull at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Content: Portrait of Lillian Russell, dressed in a heavily-decorated costume
Exhibitions: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: Photographer unknown
Physical Description
Extent: 1 photographic print : black & white ; 13 x 9 cm, mounted on board 18 x 12 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-F870
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14326410
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8fa9d080-ff8c-012f-f3fa-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1881: Created
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Lillian Russell with McCaull Opera Co." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ed2d777-5744-3a0f-e040-e00a1806218f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Lillian Russell with McCaull Opera Co." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ed2d777-5744-3a0f-e040-e00a1806218f

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1881). Lillian Russell with McCaull Opera Co. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ed2d777-5744-3a0f-e040-e00a1806218f

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Lillian Russell with McCaull Opera Co.