Richings English Opera: Fra Diavolo

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)

17 Nov 1869, Evening
18 Nov 1869, Evening
20 Nov 1869, Matinee

Program Details

There were two interpolations: Balfe’s “Si tu Savais” (Haigh) and his “Muleteer’s Song (Bernard and Drayton).

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Fra Diavolo
aka Fra Diavolo, ou L’hôtellerie de Terracine Fra Diavolo, or The Inn of Terracina
Composer(s): Auber
Text Author: Scribe
Participants:  Richings English Opera Company;  James A. [bass] Arnold;  Brookhouse Bowler;  Henri Drayton;  Henry [tenor] Haigh;  Caroline Richings;  Henry C. [bass] Peakes;  Annie Kemp

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 November 1869, 9.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 November 1869, 12.
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. . . .Of the representation of ‘Fra Diavolo’ yesterday, we need but say that the opera was sung by Messrs. BROOKHOUSE BOWLER, ARNOLD, PEAKES and DRAYTON, and by Mrs. RICHINGS-BERNARD and Mrs. ANNIE KEMP BOWLER; and also that it was given with a unanimity of purpose and a certainty of effect, so far as each member of the troupe was concerned, deserving the heartiest praise.”

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 27 November 1869, 270.

“This troupe opened in ‘Maritana,’ followed on the 16th by ‘Crown Diamonds,’ 17th by ‘Fra Diavolo,’ which was repeated on the 18th instead of ‘Maritana,’ in consequence of the illness of Mr. Drayton; 19th, ‘Faust’ and for the debut of Emma Howson on the 20th, ‘Maritana’ was repeated.”