 She appeared in the world premiere of "The Fortune Teller" by Victor Herbert and toured several U.S. cities playing the leading roles in "The Princess Chic", "Miss Bob White", and "The Strollers".She eventually formed the Marguerite Sylva Opera Company to produce comic operas and operettas under the management of Samuel F. Nixon and J. Fred Zimmerman.In 1902 she married the theatrical manager William David Mann.