Théâtre Français: Juignet Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Concert Saloon

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 October 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Apr 1863, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Theatre Francais
Extra Performance

Les memoires du diable (comedy with songs) includes: “Robert toi que j’aime” and “Ricci valse”.

Theatre Francais
Extra Performance

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Mémoires du diable, Les
Composer(s): Doche
Text Author: Arago, Guinot
4)
aka Robert! Robert! toi que j'aime ; Robert toi que j’aime; Robert, all I love!
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Text Author: Scribe, Delavigne
Participants:  Eugénie de Lussan

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 April 1863, 7.

2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 April 1863, 8.

“If there be any such thing as theatrical justice, Mr. Juignet should have at least two benefits – one in compliment to the cleverness of his acting, and another in commendation of his ability as a manager.  In strict equality, moreover, he should have a third, in token of his pluck and resolution in importing a foreign company, during a period when the giving of public entertainments threatened to be the most hazardous of experiments.”

3)
Announcement: New York Post, 20 April 1863, 2.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 April 1863, 7.

“In the concert scene of the 2d Act, Mme. De Lussan will sing ‘Robert Toi Que J’Aime,’ and the celebrated ‘Ricci Valse.’”

 

5)
Announcement: New York Post, 22 April 1863, 2.

“[T]wo songs by Madame Lussan.”

6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 April 1863, 12.
Cast
7)
Announcement: New York Post, 23 April 1863, 2.

8)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 28 April 1863, 2.

“One of the best soirees of the season. . . . The play is one of those that captivates the public.”