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    James Henry Mapleson (Colonel Mapleson) (4 May 1830 – 14 November 1901) was an English opera impresario and a leading figure in the development of opera...
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    between 1901 and 1903, by the Met librarian Lionel Mapleson (a nephew of impresario James Henry Mapleson). The cylinders contain short fragments of actual...
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    Lionel Mapleson (1865–1937) made a series of sound recordings at the Met. Mapleson, the nephew of the opera impresario James Henry Mapleson, was employed...
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    on 24 May 1862 at Her Majesty's Theatre in a concert organized by James Henry Mapleson. At another concert, the French pianist and composer Georges Pfeiffer...
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    from 1865 until after 1873 and were generally in connection with James Henry Mapleson's company. She made her London debut as Lucia di Lammermoor at Her...
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    props man at a small theatre. He began working at Drury Lane with James Henry Mapleson. While there, one of his teachers was Bradwell (first name unknown)...
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    (Santley); and 95–97 (Nilsson) Brooks, William, and Harold Rosenthal. "Mapleson, James Henry", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, 2001 (subscription...
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    Italy in 1875, he was engaged to sing opera in London and on tour by James Henry Mapleson, adopting his stage name from the borough of Brooklyn, and Italianizing...
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    to the United States, where she appeared under the management of James Henry Mapleson at the Academy of Music in New York City. She performed for the first...
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    Frederica. In 1879, the Douste sisters were introduced to Colonel James Henry Mapleson, who at once entered into an engagement with them for a tour in the...
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