Show colonial firt fi arst night I 1 in 1750 writes garland smith la in 9 brooklyn eagle magazine the colonial sons song and dames of new york city assisted at a thrilling events event the tb performance for mance in the nassau theater of the first complete honest to goodness opera in the colonies as exactly as possible according to the best english specifications there had been scattered productions of old english ballad operas opera in america before but never anything its as elaborate as this never a bona fide opera with complete stage settings and a regular plots plot and all the sophistication ti of london society |