Dreams

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Conductor(s):
Robert August Stoepel

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 July 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Sep 1869, Evening
07 Sep 1869, Evening
08 Sep 1869, Evening
09 Sep 1869, Evening
10 Sep 1869, Evening
11 Sep 1869, Evening

Program Details

Between the acts, selections from Mosè in Egitto, La favorite, and Un ballo in maschera.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Dreams
Text Author: Robertson [dramatist]
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  William (Pleater), Sr. Davidge (role: Ninety & Noble);  George [comedian] Holland (role: Nimble & Ninety);  Clara Jennings (role: Lady Clara Vere de Vase);  George H. [actor] Clarke (role: Rudolf);  Anne Hartley Gilbert [actress] (role: The Fran Harfthal);  Edwin L. [actor] Davenport;  James [actor, dancer] Lewis (role: John Hibbs);  J. B. [actor] Polk (role: Earl Leo);  Agnes [actress] Ethel (role: Lena, the true)
2)
Dreams, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Stoepel

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 01 September 1869, 2.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 September 1869, 11.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 September 1869, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 06 September 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

5)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 06 September 1869, 6.
6)
Review: New York Herald, 07 September 1869, 10.

Thorough review; little mention of music: “Mr. Stoepel and his orchestra gave some new and original music; but in so small a hall and in such sweltering weather there was almost too much of it.”

7)
Review: New-York Times, 07 September 1869, 5.

Long and positive review; no mention of music.

8)
Review: New York Post, 07 September 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Sun, 07 September 1869, 1.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Post, 09 September 1869, 2.

Long and positive review. Concludes: “The orchestra at the Fifth Avenue Theatre is well balanced, and the conductor evinces a refined taste in his selections. Instaed of inane quadrilles and wearisome adaptation of popular airs, he gives his hearers choice extracts from the best operas. Last night, for instance, Rossini, Donizetti, and Verdi were represented by arrangements from ‘Moses,’ ‘Favorita,’ and ‘Un Ballo.’ If anything could reconcile the patrons of the theatre to the long waits between the acts, it would be this charming music.”

11)
Announcement: New York Herald, 10 September 1869, 6.

No mention of music; praises cast and scenery.

12)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 10 September 1869, 4.

Long review; no mention of music

13)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 September 1869, 182 .
14)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 11 September 1869, 183.
15)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 September 1869, 190.

Somewhat negative; no mention of music.