Herrmann, Prestidigitateur

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Price: $1 reserved; $.75; $.50 family circle

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 July 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Dec 1869, Evening
01 Jan 1870, Evening

Program Details

Mme. Herrmann was to sing two operatic selections. Programme included La carte generale, the flying watch, the floating stick, the rings, the miser, the mysterious glass, the kitchen, the China ribbons, fire and water, and concert monster.

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 December 1869, 2.

“…AN IMMENSE PROGRAMME, on which occasion Mme. R. HERRMANN and Mons. LEON, tenor, his first appearance, WILL SING OPERATIC SELECTIONS.”

2)
Review: New York Sun, 03 January 1870, 2.

“In spite of a rainy week and the counter attraction of the theatre, the magical Hermann has had very large houses at the Academy. His legerdemain is so skillful as to reverse the old proverb that ‘seeing is believing,’ for if it were, certainly we might conclude that the age of miracles was not yet past. In addition to Mr. Hermann’s own performances, the entertainment will be varied by the singing of Madame Hermann, an accomplished vocalist.”

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 03 January 1870, 8.

M. Leone making his first appearance in New York.

4)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 04 January 1870, 4.

“Madame Hermann furnished an acceptable musical entertainment, incidental to the necromancy.” Includes necromancy programme.