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Newspaper report
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Feb 3, 1882
Friday, February 3, 1882
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Feb 3, 1882
76-194, Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY
The Academy of Music on Montague Street was inaugurated on January 15th, 1861 with a program including Mozart and Verdi. Mercadante’s Il Giuramento, the first opera performance, appeared one week later with First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in attendance.
After the fire of 1903 the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) opened is new home on Lafayette Ave (Architect: Fort Greene), where it stands today.
31st Street and Broadway, New York, NY (now 1232-1238 Broadway)
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The New York Times, February 4, 1882, 8
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