Birgfeld French Opera: Barbe-bleue
Event Information
Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Theatre (1867-73)
Proprietor / Lessee:
James, Jr. Fisk
Manager / Director:
Adolph Birgfeld
Price: $1 reserved
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
4 September 2019
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
24 Apr 1869, 2:00 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“This is the last week of the well-known French operas at this theatre. The house has been nightly crowded, but Mr. Birgfeld has felt impelled to change the programe. To-night ‘Barbe Bleue’ will be sung, and to-morrow evening ‘La Belle Hélene’ [sic]. On Friday, ‘La Chanson de Fortunio’ and ‘Les Bavards.’ At the Saturday matinée ‘Barbe Bleu’ will be presented for the last time, and on Saturday evening two new operas will be given, ‘Mons. Landry,’ by D. Dufrato, and ‘Le Matire de Chapelle,’ a comic opera by Ferdinand Paez. The charming opera, ‘La Drayon de Villas,’ is in active rehearsal. The Fifth Avenue is at present the only theatre devoted entirely to the interests of French opera.”