Grau French Opera Bouffe: Genevieve de Brabant

Event Information

Venue(s):
French Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Jacob Grau

Manager / Director:
Jacob Grau

Price: $1; reserved seats .50 extra; family circle .30; private boxes $6

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 April 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Jan 1869, Evening
08 Jan 1869, Evening
09 Jan 1869, Evening

Program Details

Although advertised to open on the 7th, the premiere of L’oiel crevé was postponed to allow Rose-Bell to recover from illness. Genevieve de Brabant was performed in its place.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Geneviève de Brabant
aka Genevieve de Brabant; Geneviève of Brabant; Genevieve of Brabant; Genevieve d'Brabant
Composer(s): Offenbach
Text Author: Jaime, Etienne (Victor)
Participants:  Grau French Opera Bouffe Company;  Émile [bass] Gabel (role: Pitou);  Julien Carrier;  [bass] Beckers;  Marie Desclauzas (role: Drogan);  Mlle. [singer] Rizarelli (role: Geneviève)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Sun, 04 January 1869.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 04 January 1869, 4.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 January 1869, 7.
4)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 04 January 1869.

“At the fourteenth street theater, M. Grau’s boarders aren’t at a standstill. The rehearsals of l’Oeil crevé are being actively pursued, and the celebrated drollery of maestro Hervé will happen probably Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. As Mme Rose Bell’s indisposition persists, M. Grau, in order to give a few days of rest to the celebrated prima donna and to not interrupt the success of Geneviève de Brabant any sooner than he has to, has distributed the role of the page Drogan to Mme Desclauzas and that of Geneviève to Mme Rizareli, a new singer gifted with a lovely voice, a pretty physique, and what’s more, an excellent musician. Here’s a double attraction for the public.”