French Opera: Les Dragons de Villars

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
James, Jr. Fisk

Manager / Director:
L. [bass, manager] Benedick

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

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 May 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Jun 1869, Evening

Program Details

“Between the second and third acts there will be an intermission of grand ballet by Mlle. Bonfanti, M. Novissimo and a body of Coryphees.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Dragons de Villars, Les
aka Glöckchen des Eremiten, Das; Hermit's Bell, The
Composer(s): Maillart
Participants:  Corps de ballet, unidentified;  French Opera Company;  Irma Marié;  Maria Bonfanti;  Monseiur [tenor] Decrée;  G. [dancer] Novissimo

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 01 June 1869.

“At the Fifth Avenue Theatre Opera Bouffe will be continued, the ‘Hermit’s Ball’ being on the bills for Wednesday night.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 June 1869, 7.
3)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 02 June 1869.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 June 1869, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 June 1869, 12.