Bateman French Opera

Event Information

Venue(s):
Pike's Opera House

Manager / Director:
H. L. [impressario] Bateman

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 December 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
08 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Included acts 2 and 4 from Barbe Bleue.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bateman French Opera Company;  Lucille [vocalist] Tostée;  [tenor] Aujac;  Irma Marié
2)
Grande duchesse de Gérolstein, La, act 1
Composer(s): Offenbach
3)
Barbe-bleue, selections
Composer(s): Offenbach

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 December 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 December 1868, 7.

For Les Bavards.

3)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 December 1868, [5].
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 07 December 1868, 6.
5)
Announcement: New York Post, 07 December 1868.
6)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 07 December 1868.

“CHRONIQUE HEBDOMADAIRE. – . . . . The posters  haven’t undergone any changes, except at Pike’s Opera House where Barbe-bleue is preceded now by Lischen et Fritzchen. This little work isn’t a play, to tell the truth, but a Spanish farce with dialogue that includes pretty motifs and has, above all, the merit of being played by Mlle Tostée. You’d have to not even have two sous in your pocket to refuse to buy little brooms from an Alsatian girl who’s so courteous and so engaging. . . . "

7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 08 December 1868, 4.
8)
Announcement: New York Post, 09 December 1868, [4].
9)
Announcement: New York Post, 11 December 1868, [2].
10)
Review: New York Post, 12 December 1868, [4].

Brief; “The comic duet in the first act, between Leduc and Lagriffoul, is the most popular item of the evening, and is encored three and sometimes even four times at each performance.”