The greatest musical
treat of the season comes off this evening at Metropolitan Hall. The “Musical
Union,” which recently gave the “Haymakers” with so much success in this city,
is again out with a rich programme, embracing some of the choicest gems of
song. Among the prominent performers on this occasion, we notice the names of
Mrs. THOMAS, one of our best Sopranos; Mrs. Mattison, the finest Contralto in
the Northwest; De Passio, whose Baritone is not excelled, and well-known and popular Basso, J. G. Lumbard, and H.
Johnson, which, together with the choral strength of the Society, and the
orchestra of the Light Guard Band, the whole under the direction of J. G. Gird,
conductor, make up an entertainment rarely equaled in musical efforts.
SOURCE: “Musical Union
Concert,” The Press and Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May
15, 1860, p. 4, col. 2