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However enchanting Havana may prove, when seen through the moonlight of memory, it seems as good a place to go away from as any other, after a stifling night in a net, the wooden shutters left open in the remote hope of air, and admitting the music of a whole opera-troupe of dogs, including bass, tenor, soprano, and chorus.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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When the company broke up in the spring, he found me a place as nurse-girl in a family that he knew, and said, that in the fall, a friend of his was going to organize an opera-troupe, and that he would try and get me in, for by that time, I had sung for him, and said that opera was what I had rather be in.
Six Girls A Home Story Fannie Belle Irving
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The two sang duets, or Caroline recited poems, while Carl improvised accompaniments; excursions to the fields, and water parties, and hilarious reunions of the opera-troupe kept life busy.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903
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Their only fit compeers were an Italian opera-troupe, who were chatting and gesticulating on the piazza of the great hotel, and planning, amid jest and laughter, their future campaigns.
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Their only fit compeers were an Italian opera-troupe, who were chatting and gesticulating on the piazza of the great hotel, and planning, amid jest and laughter, their future campaigns.
Malbone: an Oldport Romance Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867
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Mr. Lucas is at present a valued member of the Hyers Sisters opera-troupe, who are performing in
Music and Some Highly Musical People James M. Trotter 1867
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"The colored opera-troupe gave their first performance in
Music and Some Highly Musical People James M. Trotter 1867
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"The first colored opera-troupe of any merit ever organized in this country appeared at Lincoln Hall last night in
Music and Some Highly Musical People James M. Trotter 1867
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"It must be remembered that this troupe is composed entirely of amateurs, and is the first colored opera-troupe in existence.
Music and Some Highly Musical People James M. Trotter 1867
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