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Event Information

Venue(s):
Union League Theatre

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 October 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Mar 1870, Evening

Program Details

Musico-dramatic performance by some of Booth’s most popular artists, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society. The potpourri is comprised of themes from Verdi’s Rigoletto, Weber’s Der Freischütz, and Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Mozart
3)
aka Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer(s): Nicolai
4)
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 February 1870, 5.
2)
Review: New York Post, 03 March 1870, 2.

“In the former Miss Fanny Morant acted with charming vivacity, and played cleverly a solo on the guitar, despite the disadvantages of a broken string.”