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Troja (singer)

Troja was a musical theatre performer in New York City in the 1890s and early 20th century. An 1894 advertisement commented that she was a serio-comic singer. Other items described her as a singing comedienne who is clever, and droll.

Comic singer
She performed at the Central Opera House Music Hall, Sixty-Seventh Street and Third Avenue (Manhattan-Bronx), on the east side of Manhattan (New York), in April 1894. At Koster & Bial's Music Hall, Troja was part of a variety show in June 1894. Other acts included Mlle. Naomi, equilibrist, Mlle. Lalo, female bicyclist, and the living pictures of Oscar Hammerstein. Bowery, show. On stormy nights presentations were given in the theatre. The Trocadero opened in March 1896 as a refurbishment of Koster & Bial's old place. Troja was engaged for the opening performance for which a new stage had been added along with new management. Mlle. Dumont, a chanteuse eccentrique, and Mignonette, a dancer, were among the other acts. She was with actor and violoncello player Auguste van Biene at Hammerstein's Olympia Music Hall, in January 1897. During the same month she took part in a benefit for Sam Weston, a blind minstrel, given at the Fifth Avenue (Manhattan) Theatre. Marie Dressler, Verona Jarbeau, and Bessie Bonehill also participated. At the end of January Troja and Van Biene were at the Olympia Music Hall, Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets, East 58th Street between Third Avenue (Manhattan) and Lexington Avenue (Manhattan), was managed by F.F. Proctor. Troja was on a bill there in October 1897. Entertainment included singing, dancing, and acrobatics. Troja appeared there with Emma Carus and Jennie Yeamans in June 1898. ==References==
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