Harlem Music Hall (Grand Opening)

Event Information

Venue(s):
Harlem Music Hall

Conductor(s):
Theodore Schreiner [pf, cond.]

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 April 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Jennie Kempton;  William Candidus;  Frederika [soprano] Rokohl;  Franz Remmertz;  Fernande Tedesca

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 December 1870, 12.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 15 December 1870, 10.

“The opening concert of the New Harlem Music Hall on Monday night was a very successful affair. In spite of the bad weather the hall was well filled. The artist were [list of performers] The great feature of the evening was the splendid violin playing of Mlle. Tedesca. The young lady met with a most legitimate success. She is evidently destined to become a star of first magnitude in her peculiar line.”