Grau French Opera Bouffe: Julien Carrier Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
French Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Jacob Grau

Manager / Director:
Jacob Grau

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 February 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Mar 1869, Evening

Program Details

"BENEFIT OF MONS. J. CARRIER, First tenor of Mr. Grau's renowned French Opera Company."

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Grau French Opera Bouffe Company;  Émile [tenor] Petit;  Marie Desclauzas;  Mlle. [singer] Rizarelli;  Mme. [soprano] Gueretti;  Rose Bell;  Julien Carrier;  [bass] Beckers;  [tenor] Goby;  [bass] Genot;  [bass] Bourgoin
2)
Fleur-de-thé, La, act 3
Composer(s): Lecocq
3)
Geneviève de Brabant, "Couplets des deux hommes d’armes"
aka Gendarmes' duet; Two men-at-arms; Pitou duet; Marines' hymn
Composer(s): Offenbach
4)
Oeil crevé, L’, act 1
Composer(s): Hervé
5)
Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le...
aka Prima donna of a night; Prima donna for a night
Composer(s): Offenbach

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 March 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 03 March 1869.
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 04 March 1869, 1.

“M. Carrier, the popular tenor of the French Theater, will have a benefit to-morrow evening. The programme embraces selections from ‘L’œil Crevé,’ ‘Genevieve,’ and ‘Fleur-de-Thé,’ and Offenbach’s one-act operetta of ‘Monsieur Choufiemy’ [sic].”