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Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Concert Saloon

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 August 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jan 1863, 8:00 PM

Program Details

There was an Intermede between the two vaudevilles:
Intermede: 1. “Das Kleebatt am Hochgebirge” (Schmid and Leute)
2. “Schweizerischer Alpenjodler” (Schmid and Leute)
“Vieux braconnier, La” (chansonnette by Juignet)

Performers included Swiss singers (NY debut)


Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
aka Das Kleebatt am Hochgebirge
5)
Composer(s): Abadie
Text Author: Richemont
Participants:  Paul Juignet

Citations

1)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 12 January 1863.
A list of performances, mostly non-musical. The vaudeville Bruno le fileur is a novelty and a “pièce de résistance,” for it combines drama and comedy. It is announced for Thursday, not Tuesday.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 January 1863, 7.
Announces a different programme for this date.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 January 1863, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 January 1863, 7.
5)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 19 January 1863, 1.
Le Chevalier du Gant was programmed, but the sudden indisposition of Hamburg forced a change.
6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 January 1863, 7.
Lists the Swiss singers.
7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 January 1863, 7.
“First appearance in New York of the three Swiss singers, Brothers Schmid and Leute.”
8)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 20 January 1863.