Farewell Matinee

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Price: $1

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 May 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Oct 1866, 2:00 PM

Program Details

Last appearance of the performing artists before embarking on a tour.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Marie Frederici;  Theodore Habelmann;  Franz Himmer;  James M. Wehli;  Joseph Hermanns;  Wilhelm Formes;  Mme. Pazzini
2)
Fantasie on Auber’s La muette de Portici, op. 52
Composer(s): Thalberg
3)
Danse bacchanale
aka Bacchanale
Composer(s): Wehli
Participants:  James M. Wehli
4)
Fantasia on Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera
Composer(s): Wehli
Participants:  James M. Wehli
5)
Faust, "Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je"
aka Faust. Garden scene; Saints above, what lovely gems!
Composer(s): Gounod
Participants:  Marie Frederici (role: Marguerite);  Theodore Habelmann (role: Scribel);  Franz Himmer (role: Faust);  Joseph Hermanns (role: Mephistopheles);  Wilhelm Formes (role: Valentine);  Mme. Pazzini (role: Marta)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 October 1866, 6.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 October 1866, 7.

Includes list of performers.