Richings English Opera: Crown Diamonds

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Manager / Director:
Caroline Richings

Price: $1, .50

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 February 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Nov 1869, Evening

Program Details

Debut of tenor Henry Haigh.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Diamants de la couronne, Les
aka Diamonds of the crown, The; Krondiamanten
Composer(s): Auber
Text Author: Scribe, Saint-Georges
Participants:  Richings English Opera Company;  Annie Kemp;  Henri Drayton;  Henry [tenor] Haigh;  Annie Mischka;  Caroline Richings;  Henry C. [bass] Peakes

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 November 1869, 9.
2)
Review: New York Post, 17 November 1869, 3.

“The second performance of the Richings opera troupe at the Grand Opera House was another felicitous success. The vast house was crowded to excess by an audience evidently predisposed to enthusiasm. The opera was Auber’s ‘Crown Diamonds,’ in which Miss Richings is always pleasing and effective, and which on this occasion introduced Mr. Henry Haigh, a tenor of vigor and vivacity, and sure to win a rapid popularity.”

3)
Review: New-York Times, 18 November 1869, 5.

“The performances of the Richings opera troupe at the Grand Opera House continue, with very satisfactory results. . . .’The Crown Diamonds’ was noticeable as the means of introduction of a new tenor, Mr. HENRY HAIGH, as to whose merits, however, we should prefer to postpone a decision.”