Innisfallen

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Giuseppe Operti

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 September 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Feb 1870, Evening
22 Feb 1870, Evening
23 Feb 1870, Evening
24 Feb 1870, Evening
25 Feb 1870, Evening
26 Feb 1870, Evening
26 Feb 1870, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Innisfallen; or, The men in the gap
Text Author: Falconer
Participants:  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams;  Barney Williams;  John B. Studley;  Lizzie Kelsey
2)
"Killarney"
Composer(s): Balfe
Text Author: Falconer
Participants:  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 21 February 1870, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 21 February 1870, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 February 1870, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 21 February 1870, 4.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 22 February 1870, 7.

“Miss Jennie Hughes, as Kathleen, a peasant, sang Balfe’s beautiful ‘Ballad of Killarney’ in a manner which evoked several encores, and, although at first lacking in nerve, did justice to the sweet and expressive melody.”

6)
Review: New York Post, 22 February 1870, 2.

“Miss Jennie Hughes affords special satisfaction by the singing of a pleasing melody by Balfe.” 

7)
Review: New York Sun, 22 February 1870, 3.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New-York Times, 22 February 1870, 5.

“Miss Lizzie Kelsey lent her fresh voice to the execution of a pretty ballad by Balfe, which was repeated and applauded again and again.” “The incidental music to the piece was arranged by Sig. Operti, and was very agreeable and appropriate.”

9)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 22 February 1870, 5.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 March 1870, 382.

“Miss Jenny Hughes, a young lady who appeared as a maid, sang with charming simplicity Balfe’s beautiful ballad of ‘Killarney,’ which drew forth the heartiest applause of the evening. Miss Hughes, who was rather nervous, possesses a sweet voice, and is rather prepossessing in appearance. Three times she was encored in the first act, and in the last act, as the panorama of ‘The Lakes of Killarney’ is moving, she repeated the ballad, and cheer upon cheer greeted her. It was the hit of the evening, and more genuine applause was bestowed upon it than upon anything else in the piece.”