French Opera: Barbe-bleue

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Theatre (1867-73)

Proprietor / Lessee:
James, Jr. Fisk

Conductor(s):
E. [conductor, violinist] Colonne

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 September 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 May 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Blue Beard; Bluebeard
Composer(s): Offenbach
Text Author: Halévy, Meilhac
Participants:  French Opera Company;  Lucille [vocalist] Tostée (role: Boulotte);  [tenor] Aujac

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 May 1869, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 May 1869, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 May 1869, 5.

“At the Fifth-avenue [sic] Theatre, Maillart’s opera, ‘Les Dragons de Villars,’ the success of which is a gratifying proof of popular musical intelligence, will be repeated to-night and on Wednesday and Friday. Mlle. Tostee will appear as Boulotte in ‘Barble Blue’ [sic] on the alternate evenings of the week.”

4)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 19 May 1869.