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
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.”