Grand Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Proprietor / Lessee:
James, Jr. Fisk

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jul 1870, 8:00 PM
21 Jul 1870, 8:00 PM
22 Jul 1870, 8:00 PM
23 Jul 1870, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Choreography of Hirka by Mlle. Lanner.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Viennoise Ballet Troupe;  Parisian Ballet Troupe;  Kathi [dancer] Lanner
2)
Nations, The; or, The conscript and vivandiere
Participants:  Parisian Ballet Troupe
3)
Hirka
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Viennoise Ballet Troupe;  Kathi [dancer] Lanner (role: Hirka)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 July 1870, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 20 July 1870, 5.

Uncommon merit of the troupe, despite the dreadful heat.

3)
Review: New York Post, 22 July 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Sun, 22 July 1870, 2.

“The music has not the unity nor brilliancy of ‘Gisele,’ which preceded it.”  

5)
Review: New-York Times, 24 July 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 July 1870, 134.

“During the first act Mme. Lanner and the five principal ladies of the troupe favored the audience with some excellent music from instruments composed of blocks of wood laid upon straw, which were struck with corks attached to the ends of slender rods. The orchestra played an accompaniment.”