Grand Combination Italian and English Opera: Lurline

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Price: $1.50 parquet and balcony; $1; $.50 family circle; $8 private box

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 September 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 May 1869, Evening

Program Details

Beginning with the opera’s American premiere on 05/13/69, to be sung in Italian and English on alternate nights. This performance in English.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Participants:  Grand Combination Italian and English Opera Company;  Gustavus F. Hall (role: The Gnome);  Brookhouse Bowler (role: Count Rudolph);  G. [dancer] Novissimo;  Domenico Orlandini (role: Rhineberg);  Isabella McCulloch (role: Lurline);  Maria Bonfanti;  Annie Kemp (role: Ghiva)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 13 May 1869.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 May 1869, 12.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 May 1869, 7.