Richings English Opera: Fra Diavolo

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
Caroline Richings

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 January 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Apr 1867, 10:00 AM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Fra Diavolo
aka Fra Diavolo, ou L’hôtellerie de Terracine Fra Diavolo, or The Inn of Terracina
Composer(s): Auber
Text Author: Scribe
Participants:  Richings English Opera Company;  William Castle;  Sherwood C. Campbell;  Caroline Richings;  Zelda Harrison;  Edward S. C. Seguin;  Henry C. [bass] Peakes;  David H. Wylie

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 April 1867, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 April 1867, 2.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 21 April 1867, 9.

“…Fra Diavolo, ye incomparable brigand, plotted, made love, caused jealousy and finally died to slow music at the Olympic.”