Opening Ball at the Walhalla

Event Information

Venue(s):
Walhalla

Proprietor / Lessee:
539 Broadway between Spring and Prince Sts. Chinese Rooms to Barnum's New American Museum

Event Type:
Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Oct 1867, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 18 October 1867, 6.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 19 October 1867, 8.
3)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 22 October 1867, 8.

The event attracted such a large number of attendees that the crowd caused discomfort for some guests. The Colonia chorus attended the ball in corpora and performed a few choral pieces with excellent skill. The atmosphere of the event was the most cheerful of all the balls we have visited so far.