Théâtre Français

Event Information

Venue(s):
French Theatre

Price: $1 orchestra and reserved dress circle; $.50 reserved and gallery

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 April 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Nov 1866, Evening

Program Details

Change in ticket prices from earlier in the season.

First appearance of Olive Logan.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Mlle. Dembrun;  Rosa Saunier;  Olive Logan;  Monsieur Deligne;  Monsieur [actor] Francis;  Mlle. Caruel
2)
Amour, que qu’c’est qu’ca, L'!
Composer(s): Nargeot
Text Author: Clairville
3)
Deux aveugles, Les
aka Blind beggars; Two blind men
Composer(s): Offenbach
Text Author: Moinaux
4)
500 francs de recompense
aka cinq cents francs de recompense
Text Author: Siraudin, Bernard
Participants:  Olive Logan

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 November 1866, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 23 November 1866, 6.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 24 November 1866, 4.
4)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 26 November 1866.

“. . . . Mlle Rosa Saunier, in the role of the young miller [in l’Amour que q’cest q’ca] was altogether remarkable. Never has a pants role [role in disguise] been better played. Mlle Saunier gave her character admirable grace, naturalness and ingenuity. She sang her verses with a superb voice and a skill that enchanted everyone. If Mlle Saunier became an opera singer, and if she perfected, through study, the magnificent and pleasing organ that nature has given her, she could lay claim to every success in the opera-house. In brief, the success of the evening was hers, and it’s a great success. Mlle Saunier, in whom we already recognized a great talent as a comedienne, is revealed, in this pastiche of Daphnis and Chloe, as conquering numerous admirers and enthusiasts. She was greeted as the star of our comic company.

Mlles Dembrun and Caruel performed very well, as did MM. Deligne and Francis: he obtained a mad success of laughter.”