Devil’s Auction

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
John de [manager] Pol

Conductor(s):
Auguste Predigam

Price: $.75; $1.50 reserved; $8 and $10 private boxes; .50 family circle; $1 matinees

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 December 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Dec 1867, Evening
11 Dec 1867, 1:00 PM
12 Dec 1867, Evening
14 Dec 1867, Evening

Program Details

Performance of 12/14/67 evening cancelled, because “the gas having frozen the management were compelled to close the house.” (New York Times 12/16/67)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Devil’s auction; or, The golden branch, [melodrama]
Text Author: Cuyás
Participants:  Eugenie [actor] Lupo;  Aurelia [actor] Ricci;  Giovanni [actor] Lupo;  Domenico [actor] Ronzani;  Giuseppina Morlachi;  Elisa [actor] Blasina;  Augusta [dancer] Sohlke;  Ermesilda [actor] Diani
2)
Fontaine d'amour, La
aka Fontain d'amour, La
Participants:  Giuseppina Morlachi
3)
Pacha de Janina, La

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 December 1867.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 10 December 1867, 8.

“It is difficult to say in the present condition of this piece whether it contains more of very fair ballet or very bad play.”

3)
Review: New-York Times, 16 December 1867, 4.

“On Saturday evening there was no performance of ‘The Devil’s Auction’ at the Academy of Music – the announcement made to the public being that the gas having frozen the management were compelled to close the house.”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 December 1867, 294.

“No performance of the ‘Devil’s Auction’ took place at the Academy of Music on the 14th inst., as was announced.  Very few bidders have been found for the attractions offered by the auctioneer the past two weeks.  Manager De Pol has sunk considerable money by his first attempt at American theatrical management, and we hope the next time he tried to cater for the public that he will produce a piece possessed of some little literary merit.  His ballet is the best ever seen in this country, but his dramatic company is very weak.”